By Yuras Karmanau Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus' authorities on Monday detained a factory strike organizer and a leading opposition activist, part of a methodical effort to stifle weeks of protests against the country's authoritarian leader after an election the opposition says was rigged. President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the 9.5-million nation with an iron fist for 26 years, has dismissed the protesters as Western puppets and rejected the European Union's offers of mediation. fter a ferocious crackdown on demonstrators in the first days after the Aug. 9 presidential vote that caused international outrage, his government has […]

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