Turnout Is Key in Macedonian Vote on Ethnic Rights
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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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BELGRADE, Oct 2 (IPS) - The results emerging from the crucial general  elections in Bosnia-Herzegovina Sunday confirm the deep ethnic  divisions between its Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs.
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Macedonians have begun voting in a referendum that could decide if the country remains on a pro-Western path and gives its Albanian minority more rights or slips back on a nationalist course.
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Bosnian Serbs appear to have voted for the continuing division of their country in national elections.
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Montenegrins voted Sunday in the first parliamentary elections since the tiny state split from Serbia &#151; a ballot that could prove key to the new country's aspirations to become a member of NATO and the European Union.
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HONG KONG - Hong Kong voters made a strong turnout Sunday in a hard-fought legislative election being closely watched by Beijing. As of 5:30 pm, turnout was 35.
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HONG KONG Turnout is brisk in Hong Kong where voters could give pro-democracy leaders more clout than they&#39;ve had since China reclaimed the area in 1997.
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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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Bosnians have begun voting in the third post-war local elections, which are expected to confirm the dominance of the ruling nationalist Croat, Muslim and Serb parties.
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Macedonians showed the West they would not slide back toward ethnic division, largely ignoring a nationalist referendum that would have reversed a law giving the Albanian minority more rights.
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Voters in Hungary went to the polls Sunday to decide a double referendum on citizenship rights and their nation&#39;s health care system.
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Bulgarians voted Sunday in municipal elections that attracted a record number of candidates given the scheduled influx of millions of euros in EU funding over the next few years.
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Voting is due to being in Hungary on a double referendum on citizenship rights and the health care system. Voters are being asked whether to offer citizenship to about 5 million ethnic Hungarians living outside Hungary.
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Macedonia's peace process was at a crossroads Sunday as voters cast ballots in a referendum on whether to grant local autonomy to the country's ethnic Albanians or risk undermining a peace pact with the restive ...
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UK Europe Minister, Denis MacShane, has welcomed the decision of the Macedonian people in Sundayâs referendum. âThis is a clear signal that Macedonia wants to continue on its path towards full membership
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Macedonians showed the West they would  not slide back toward ethnic division, largely ignoring a  nationalist referendum that would have reversed a law giving  the Albanian minority more rights.
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Macedonia's ruling party said a referendum challenging EU-backed laws to empower the ethnic Albanian minority had failed to pass the turnout minimum.