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MINSK: The main challenger in Belarus’s disputed presidential election said on Tuesday she made a “difficult decision” to leave the country, after a second night of street clashes between police and opposition supporters left a protester dead. Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who claimed victory over authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko in Sunday’s vote, said she had left out of concern for her children. …

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