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A Belorussian border town

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Summary

hidden europe casts an eye on Hrodna in northwest Belarus

When the United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice spoke out against Belarus during her visit to neighbouring Lithuania on 21 April, she contrived to make Belarus sound actually quite interesting. And if Ms Rice gets her way, and everything in Belarus is set to change, as America tries to export democracy to Belarus, now may be the moment to plan a quick trip to this little corner of the former Soviet Union that scarcely features in any of the guidebooks.

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