Macedonian Bid to Kill Rights Bill Fails
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In Macedonia, a referendum aimed at blocking plans to grant more local autonomy to the country&#39;s ethnic Albanian minority has failed due to low voter turnout.
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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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The U.N. Human Rights Council rejected on Tuesday an attempt to hold the Sudanese government responsible for halting atrocities in Darfur, opting instead for a less-pointed resolution calling on all warring parties to end abuses.
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Early voter turnout was low in a referendum on Sunday in Macedonia, where nationalist opposition parties want to stop a Western-inspired law giving ethnic Albanians more power.
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Macedonia's opposition complained of "fraud" after a referendum to overturn EU-backed legislation giving more autonomy to the country's ethnic Albanian minority failed due to low turnout.
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Japan's upper house of parliament rejected a bill Friday to revive a naval mission to support U.S.-led forces in the Indian Ocean, but the ruling party was expected to push the measure into law in the lower chamber.
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Spanish MPs overwhelmingly reject a plan put forward by the Basque leader for greater autonomy.
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ATHENS  - The government said Friday it would block neighbouring Macedonia from joining NATO or the European Union unless a name dispute with the Balkan republic is resolved.
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Macedonian opposition parties looked headed for a flop on Sunday in their referendum bid to block a Western-inspired law that gives the ethnic Albanian minority more local autonomy.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip suffered a symbolic setback on Monday when the legislature voted to reject the speech in which he raised the proposal.
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Groups representing torture victims of Chile's former military government reject a proposed compensation deal.
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A national referendum to scrap Portugal's strict abortion law appeared headed to defeat Sunday because of low turnout, even though a majority of voters approved it.
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Macedonia's failed referendum to overturn EU-backed legislation giving more autonomy to the ethnic Albanian minority met European standards despite opposition claims of fraud, European observers said.
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The upper house of the Russian parliament on Wednesday rejected a bill that would have banned public beer consumption.
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The U.S. House of Representatives failed on Thursday to muster the two-thirds majority needed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment backed by President Bush to ban gay marriage.
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Hungary's new prime minister, who campaigned against giving citizenship to ethnic Hungarians in neighboring countries, claimed victory Sunday when a referendum to enfranchise them failed.
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KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine&#39;s parliament failed on Saturday to approve changes to the electoral laws demanded by the opposition ahead of a new presidential vote, after opposition and government lawmakers deadlocked and adjourned for 10 days.