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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, candidate for the presidential elections, speaks at a news conference after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.The country's central election commission said that with all ballots counted, Lukashenko, who has led Belarus for 26 years, took 80.23% of the vote and his main opposition challenger, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, had only 9.9%. &quot;We don't recognize these results,&quot; Tsikhanouskaya, a former English teacher and political novice, told reporters Monday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Protests in Belarus continue despite challenger’s departure

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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, candidate for the presidential elections greets people waving old Belarus flags during a meeting to show her support , n Brest, 326 km (203,7 miles) southwest of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020. The presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for Aug. 9, 2020. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Ex-teacher hopes to free Belarus from president’s iron fist

By YURAS KARMANAU - Associated Press