Low Turnout Likely to Kill Macedonian Referendum
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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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Macedonia's three-year peace process faces one of its biggest hurdles as voters go to the polls in a referendum called by opponents of EU-backed laws designed to empower the ethnic Albanian minority.
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8 November 2004 -- Javier Solana, the European Union foreign-policy chief, today congratulated Macedonians for largely ignoring a referendum on reversing ethnic power-sharing legislation, declaring the outcome a boost for their drive to join the EU.
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Greece isn't the only country seeing low turnout for the 2004 Summer Olympics. About 8 percent fewer U.S. television viewers tuned in, on average, to Friday's opening ceremonies on broadcaster NBC.
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The Czech Republic's rightist minority government is likely to lose a confidence vote in parliament this week, nudging the EU member closer to an interim administration followed by early elections.Comment
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Bosnia&#39;s main Muslim, Serb and Croat nationalist parties were ahead in local polls, partial results showed on Sunday, but voter turnout fell below 50 percent for the first time.
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Iraqis living abroad are being given more time to register for the 30 January poll because of a low turnout.
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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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Macedonia faced a period of coalition  building on Thursday following a national election that sank  the ruling coalition and assuaged European Union concerns over  the country&#039;s democratic maturity.
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Bosnians were reluctant voters in their third post-war local elections this weekend, with the ruling Croat, Muslim and Serb nationalists benefiting from the lower turnout, early results indicated.
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Why D.C.'s turnout is so low, even when the district is choosing its likely next mayor
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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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With less than a month to go before Spain holds the EU's first referendum on the European Constitution, not everyone is happy with the campaign.
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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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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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Latvians head to the polls, but low turnout is expected amid a lack of issues and series of corruption scandals.
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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.