Strikes expected in Belarus after mass protests

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More workers' strikes are due to get underway today in Belarus following Sunday's mass protest against President Alexander Lukashenko. It's estimated that at least one hundred thousand people marched through the capital, Minsk. Talks on the peace process in Afghanistan were expected to start in Qatar in the coming but have now been thrown into doubt. Sources in the Afghan government say the release of some Taliban prisoners is being delayed because of objections from home and abroad. Two football teams in Germany have played a match in the nude - bar their socks and boots - all in the name of art.