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from ABC News (& affiliates)
TV Network in New York, New YorkA key opposition leader in Belarus has disappeared in the country's capital, Minsk, after another weekend of mass protests against the rule of embattled President Alexander Lukashenko. Maria Kolesnikova, the central opposition figure inside the Eastern European nation, was seen being bundled into a vehicle by men in plainclothes, according to independent Belarusian news outlet Tut.By. Kolesnikova’s press representative, Gleb German, confirmed to ABC News that their team had had "no contact" with her Monday. Her whereabouts, along with that of two other leaders involved in the opposition's Coordination Council, Anton Ronenkov and Ivan Kravtsov, are unknown and their lawyers are looking for them, according to German.
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from DW News (Deutsche Welle)
Broadcasting & Media Production Company in Bonn, Germany
The poisoning of Russia's opposition leader Alexei Navalny with the nerve agent Novichok has raised tensions between Germany and Russia. The affair is casting doubt on the future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline being built to carry Russian gas to Germany.
All eyes are on the chancellor as calls for Germany to end the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline grow louder. By pulling the plug on the pipeline, Angela Merkel could make history all over again, DW's Miodrag Soric writes.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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