British gov't welcomes Macedonia referendum failure
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The British government welcomed the failure of an opposition-backed referendum in Macedonia attempting to overturn EU-backed laws to empower the ethnic Albanian minority.
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Call for immediate vote on referendum stymied, as Miliband says text is different to rejected treaty
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The Macedonian government survived a confidence vote on Saturday forced by the opposition lawmakers in the parliament, amid brewing political tensions in the Balkan republic.
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Three years after a narrow escape from full-scale civil war, Macedonia holds a referendum on Sunday that its Western friends warn could mark a step backwards on the road to stable, multi-ethnic democracy.
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Foreign secretary vows government will not bow to calls for referendum on EU treaty.
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A referendum in Hungary on giving citizenship to millions of ethnic Hungarians living abroad has failed because of low voter turnout.
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The British government has no plans to hold a referendum on the new EU treaty, the foreign minister said here Thursday as a cross-party campaign kicked off in Britain to demand a vote on the document.
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Macedonia's governing coalition early Friday defeated a no-confidence motion introduced by the main opposition party, which blamed the government for a weak economy and accused it of making too many concessions to the ethnic Albanian minority.
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The British government says there is no reason why devolution cannot be restored to Northern Ireland.Comment
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SKOPJE, Macedonia -- A referendum bid to block a law that gives Macedonia's Albanian minority more rights failed yesterday, upholding the Western-brokered peace plan that ended ethnic fighting in 2001.
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Monitors say a referendum on extending the rule of Belarus' authoritarian leader fell short of democratic standards.
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Officials expressed dismay over remarks by a British official who implied that London would not support the draft âopen skiesâ agreement.
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The British government Monday rejected claims it was planning to put some of its troops under U.S. command as a political show of support for President Bush ahead of the presidential election.
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Tony Blair has refused to give a clear indication of support for chancellor of the exchequer Gordon Brown as his successor, despite repeated questions on the subject.
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Afghanistan must not be allowed to become a failed state again, Gordon Brown says.
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The North East of England overwhelmingly rejects John Prescott's regional government plan.
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Foreign secretary admits party scarred by invasion as demands for a referendum on EU treaty rejected.