Low Turnout Sinks Macedonian Bid to Kill Rights Bill
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A referendum bid to block a law that  gives Macedonia's Albanian minority more rights failed on  Sunday, upholding a Western-brokered peace plan which ended  ethnic fighting in 2001.
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A referendum to liberalize the abortion law was approved, but turnout was too low for the result to be deemed valid.
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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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Macedonians began voting on Sunday 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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Politics: 6 November 2004, Saturday. Macedonia sank into contemplation on Saturday, prior to the crucial referendum on whether to grant local autonomity to ethnic Albanians in the country.
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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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SKOPJE, Macedonia In a boost for the country&#39;s multiethnic coalition government, a referendum backed by Macedonian nationalists that would have blocked efforts to give the country&#39;s ethnic Albanian minority greater autonomy appeared likely to fail late
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Macedonians voted Wednesday in parliamentary elections considered crucial for the tiny Balkan nation&#039;s aspirations of eventual membership in the European Union and NATO.
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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 Macedonian government wins a vote of no-confidence introduced by the opposition.
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Portuguese voters backed a proposal to liberalize one of Europe's most restrictive abortion laws, but the referendum is not legally binding due to the low turnout, according to exit polls.
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Hong Kong pro-democracy candidates,  stung by a sex scandal, made limited gains against the Beijing  camp in legislative polls as voters wary of irking their  communist rulers chose stability, results showed on Monday.
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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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Macedonia's national referendum Sunday on abolishing local autonomy for the country's ethnic Albanian minority failed, authorities said.
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Opponents of a plan to give the ethnic Albanian minority in  Macedonia greater clout aim to force a vote  on the issue.
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Macedonia&#39;s national referendum on abolishing local autonomy for the country&#39;s restive ethnic Albanian minority appeared to have failed Sunday, early turnout figures suggested.
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Despite official WashingtonÃ¢ÂÂs obsession with the upcoming midterm elections, voter turnout in this yearÃ¢ÂÂs primaries dropped to a record low, according to a study released Friday.