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Will the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, jail any farmers before September?

Settled as NO - Nothing reported

No such news reported.

Background:

Food crisis: farmers warned 'waste and face jail'


The President of Belarus has threatened to jail farmers who harvest inefficiently, saying such carelessness is criminal in the midst of a global food crisis.

"No one will understand until we send a couple of people to jail," he said.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/07/25/2314053.htm?section=world

Will President Alexander Lukashenko jail any farmers during the month of August (before September) 2008?

YES settlements need not blame the jailing(s) on the president... they just need to be reportedly jailed for farming inefficiently or carelessly or wastefully or for breaking Belarus laws regarding Agriculture (including price control/quota laws)
 
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YES
1%
NO - Nothing reported
99%
Activity: H$21,338
Settled as NO - Nothing reported on last Tuesday 4:19pm PDT
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.

Suspend date: Sun 31st Aug 8:59pm PDT

Settlement date: last Tuesday 4:19pm PDT

Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Sun 31st Aug 8:59pm PDT have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: YES: 20%, NO - Nothing reported: 80%

Action history:

Created Mon 4th Aug 10:35pm PDT by fingers_of_fury
Suspended Sun 31st Aug 8:59pm PDT : Suspend date reached
Settled as 'NO - Nothing reported' last Tuesday 4:19pm PDT by infernalmachine[Admin]: No such news reported.
All questions are settled by Hubdub according to settlement info provided by the question creator.

Settlement details: As reported by a major mainstream news source.... read all

 

Predictions (29)

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6 days ago
rbrog77 predicted NO - Nothing reported (H$6,511 at 99%)
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chett predicted YES (H$50 at 16%)
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pepe predicted NO - Nothing reported (H$100 at 84%)
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