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Saturday, April 16, 2005
Minsk -- The Supreme Court in Belarus ordered the closing down of the ex-Soviet state's best known independent polling institution yesterday.
The oder came months after it angered authorities over an exit poll.
The Independent Institute of Socio-economic and Political Research caused consternation in the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko by suggesting in October that Mr. Lukashenko had won less than 50-per-cent support in a referendum. Reuters
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