Belarus parliament dismisses chairman
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Your support makes all the difference.MINSK - Belarus's Soviet-era parliament ousted the country's liberal leader Stanislav Shushkevich and appeared to bury any hope of rapid economic reforms and neutral foreign policy, Reuter reports. Deputies voted 209 to 36 to dismiss Mr Shushkevich, the chairman of parliament, who has waged virtually a single-handed battle against reluctant converts to market economics.
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