Belarus on Monday expelled the entire staff of Latvia's embassy, including the ambassador, the foreign minister said, after Latvian authorities used a Belarusian opposition flag at an ice hockey championship. "The ambassador was asked to leave Belarus within 24 hours. The entire diplomatic and administrative staff of the embassy was also asked to leave Belarus within 48 hours," Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei was quoted as saying by the Belta state-run news agency. tk-acl/jbr/bp