Belarusian KGB raids journalists' homes, offices
MINSK, Belarus (AP) - The Belarusian KGB has been searching the homes and offices of independent journalists following an election that handed the authoritarian president a fourth term, journalists and a media watchdog group said. Reporters Without Borders condemned the systematic raids, which it...


Moscow police detain 68 anti-Kremlin protesters
MOSCOW (AP) - Moscow police detained 68 people during anti-Kremlin protests that drew hundreds of people on New Year's Eve. Police said about 50 were detained at a similar protest in St. Petersburg. In Moscow, an opposition group had city permission to hold a rally on one corner of a central...