Villagers back EU referendum call
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Residents of a Dorset village vote in favour of a national referendum on the proposed European treaty.
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Jose Manuel Barroso, the European Commission president, yesterday backed France&#39;s European Commissioner, Jacques Barrot, and said he had no regrets over his handling of a dramatic showdown with MEPs last month.
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A Supreme Court decision in favor of one protesting village has inspired others.
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By Stephanie Sandoval, The Dallas Morning News  Dec. 12--A group of residents hoping to force a public vote on a Farmers Branch ordinance banning apartment owners from renting to illegal immigrants didn't turn in their petition Monday as they had hoped.
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President Jacques Chirac has backed calls for France to hold a referendum on Turkey&#39;s entry to the European Union, but has made clear it is unlikely to take place for more than a decade.
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PARIS A resounding vote in favor of the European Union constitution by France&#39;s opposition Socialist Party was welcomed Thursday across a Continent that faces a string of national referendums on the treaty next year.
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I am extremely glad to see the DUP standing firm on commitments made to the electorate. The DUP made its case clear to both governments and to the public time and time again.
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Gordon Brown has rejected renewed calls from the Conservatives for a national vote on the new European treaty.  Your views?
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Gibraltar's citizens vote in favour of changes to the colony's constitution, devolving powers from Britain.
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A small Cheshire village last year set itself the aim of becoming the country's first carbon neutral community -- only to be swamped with requests for advice from around the world.
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Construction firms are invited to bid for the right to build five new eco-villages in England.
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Comment is free: Simon Jenkins: The issue is not whether the Brussels treaty is good or bad for Britain, but that the country deserves a referendum.
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LONDON, Dec 3  - The vote by French Socialists to back the EU constitution bodes well for its ratification, even though the outcome of a referendum in 2005 is still uncertain, major British newspapers said Friday.
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Three-quarters of British residents back some form of restrictions on immigrant workers, according to a survey.
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For the Record: 8 November 2004, Monday. In Macedonia, a referendum aimed at blocking plans to grant more local autonomy to the country's ethnic Albanian minority has failed due to low voter turnout.
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By CAROLINE INNES  MORE than 400 Haydock residents gathered to protest against proposals for a recycling plant on green belt land earmarked to become a country park.
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By Chuck Mcshane, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 10--The Wesley Chapel Village Council could vote as soon as Monday night on a controversial request for Extra Territorial Jurisdiction.