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Belarus charges Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with terrorism

Authorities say they have opened an investigation into the exiled opposition figure over allegations she plotted to stage explosions in Minsk and other cities. Her spokeswoman dismissed the claims as "absurd."

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