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Police in Serbia fire tear gas at election protesters

Police in Serbia have fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building. A crowd was outside Belgrade city hall on Sunday to protest what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election a week ago.

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Police in Serbia fired tear gas to prevent hundreds of opposition supporters from entering the capital’s city council building Sunday in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend.
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Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic speaks during a public address in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. Serbia's ruling populists insisted that weekend snap elections were free and fair despite criticism from international observers who noted multiple irregularities during the vote in the Balkan nation that is a candidate for European Union membership. Vucic say that the institutions will end the electoral process, and that it is a matter of institutions and laws.
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Opposition supporters attempt to enter the capital's city council building in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Opposition supporters attempt to enter the capital's city council building in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Police officers guard the capital's city council building after opposition supporters attack in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Opposition supporters attempt to enter the capital's city council building in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Opposition supporters attempt to enter the capital's city council building in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Opposition supporters attempt to enter the capital's city council building in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Police officers guard the capital's city council building after opposition supporters attack in protest of what election observers said were widespread vote irregularities during a general election last weekend in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Protesters gather outside the country's electoral commission headquarters in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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A woman blows a whistle during protest outside the electoral commission building in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Serbian opposition supporters hold up lights during a protest outside the electoral commission building in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.
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Serbian opposition supporters hold lights during protest outside the electoral commission building in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Dec. 24. The country's populist authorities have denied rigging the vote. President Aleksandar Vucic said Sunday that those claims were blatant "lies" promoted by the political opposition.

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