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A southern Sudanese official says parliament will review a disputed law on holding a referendum over his region's independence after it was altered in a way that violates a fragile peace deal.
Sudan's leaders have settled their differences Sunday over the hotly disputed 2011 referendum on southern independence, the official news agency reported, clearing a main hurdle facing the fragile four year-old north-south peace deal.
A smattering of villages and towns in rich, independence-minded Catalonia gave a lukewarm embrace to the idea of breaking away from Spain in a rare vote Sunday at the grassroots level.
Southern Sudan may secede from the Muslim-dominated north of the country in an upcoming referendum because unity has become "unattractive," the south's leader said Monday.
Niger's electoral commission on Friday released provisional results showing the West African country's president can extend his rule for years past the constitutional limit, a move critics say grants him near totalitarian powers.
The president of uranium-rich Niger pushed forward Tuesday with a highly controversial referendum on a new constitution that would remove term-limits and grant him another three years in office — this time with increased powers.
The president of uranium-rich Niger is pushing forward with a highly controversial referendum Tuesday on a new constitution that would remove term-limits and grant him an unprecendented three-year transitional term with boosted power.
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Ousted President Manuel Zelaya said Saturday that he would return to Honduras to try to retake office following last week's military-backed coup, despite warnings of a potentially bloody confrontation and the interim government's vow to arrest him and put him on trial.
The mostly Muslim Indian Ocean island of Mayotte on Sunday overwhelmingly voted to integrate fully with France, a move that will bring financial benefits to residents but also outlaw practices like polygamy and early marriages.
Election officials in Azerbaijan said Thursday that citizens overwhelmingly voted to scrap presidential term limits in the oil-rich country courted by Russia and the West.
In a Feb. 13 story about Venezuela's referendum eliminating term limits for elected officials, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Cuba was the only other country in the Americas that allows indefinite re-election. Canada also allows indefinite re-election for elected officials.
President Hugo Chavez says a referendum victory that removed limits on his re-election is a mandate to intensify his socialist agenda for decades to come. Opponents warn of an impending dictatorship.
President Hugo Chavez said victory in a Sunday referendum that would abolish presidential term limits is key to his transformation of Venezuela into a socialist state, and shrugged off opposition claims that it would send the country on a dangerous path toward dictatorship.
Thousands of opponents and supporters of President Hugo Chavez took to the streets Friday as demonstrations heated up ahead of a divisive referendum in February on ending presidential term limits.
Key elements of the new constitution proposed by Bolivian President Evo Morales:
Bolivian election authorities say the nation's new constitution won 61.5 percent support in a recent referendum, with only a handful of ballots left to count.
President Hugo Chavez on Saturday accused Barack Obama of meddling in a referendum that could allow him to run for re-election indefinitely and ordered a crackdown on disorderly student protests against the upcoming vote.
Greenland voters overwhelmingly approved a plan to seek more autonomy from Denmark and take advantage of oil reserves that may lie off the glacial island, official results showed Wednesday.
Dreaming of oil wealth, Greenland voters are expected to decide in a nonbinding referendum Tuesday to extend the island's self rule in what many see as a key step toward independence from Denmark.
Ecuador's leftist President Rafael Correa urged his opponents Monday to join his efforts to build a more just society, saying the overwhelming victory of his constitutional referendum gives him a broad mandate.
Spain's highest court rejected a planned referendum in the Basque region on self-determination, ruling Thursday night that such an issue must be decided by all of Spain and that only the central government can call such a vote.
Bolivia's National Electoral Court has suspended a referendum on a new constitution, delivering a blow to President Evo Morales' plans to empower the long-marginalized indigenous majority.
Talks between Bolivia's president and opposition governors ended without progress Thursday, stalled by the governors' demand that the central government refund energy profits from their regions as a gesture of good will.
D.C. mayor signs same-sex marriage billThe nation's capital city took a major step Friday toward legalizing same-sex marriage. District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty signed a measure recognizing such marriages as legal.
A matter of equal rights: With gay marriage soon to be legal in D.C., how will Maryland respond?On Tuesday, Washington, D.C.'s city council voted to make the District the sixth place in the nation where gay couples can legally marry.
D.C. council says 'I do' to same-sex marriageThe City Council voted Tuesday to legalize gay marriage, giving supporters a victory after a string of recent defeats elsewhere and sending the issue to Congress, which has final say over laws in the nation's capital.
DAWN.COM | World | Dread of �Eurabia�?Bigoted, xenophobic, reactionary, alarmist, radical, hateful, rabid: these words are more commonly used to describe extremist Muslims.
Karl Rove: 'A Referendum on This White House'Over the weekend, White House Senior Adviser David Axelrod tried to calm jittery Democrats who might go wobbly on the president's ambitious agenda by telling NBC's Chuck Todd that next year's congressional elections will be "nationalized." Because they "will be a referendum on th …
Gay Rights Rebuke May Change Approach They had far more money and volunteers, and geography was on their side, given that New England has been more accepting of same-sex marriage than any other region of the country.
Irish VoteWe imagine many readers will be, like us, appalled by the dreadful performance of the Irish electorate in their recent referendum on the ratification of the Lisbon Treaty. Though maybe it's not entirely fair to blame them for the mess it leaves us in.
Boris challenges Cameron with pledge to cut £5bn and call for EU referendum* 'This is how we cut': Challenges Cameron with £5bn savings * Fuels row with Cameron over EU with new referendum call * Don't treat bankers 'like lepers': defends City against regulation
Delicate Dealings With a Tehran at War With Itself THOUGH STREET demonstrations are fewer, Iran's political crisis appears to be intensifying.
US leaves Honduras to its fate The military coup that overthrew President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras took a new turn when he attempted to return home on Sunday. The military closed the airport and blocked runways to prevent his plane from landing.
Scots 'want an independence vote'An opinion poll commissioned by BBC Scotland has shown a clear majority (58%) of Scots want a referendum on independence next year.
We won't have another referendum: BarnettWest Australians yesterday rejected a fourth bid to introduce daylight saving during the summer months.
Governor Bob Riley has been gambling with Alabama's right to a state-wide referendum on gambling for years, and now his number is finally up.
Same-sex marriage debate resurfaces in N.C. North Carolina lawmakers and religious leaders spoke out Tuesday in support of an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as a union of a man and woman.
Irish may get earlier Lisbon vote The Irish government is considering whether it would be logistically possible to bring forward the date for a second Lisbon Treaty referendum. "All options are being considered," an Irish government spokesman told the BBC News website on Monday.
Venezuela Military to Voters: Don't Eat Your Ballot In Venezuela, it's illegal to eat your vote. Rebellious voters could go to jail if they protest leftist President Hugo Chavez by munching on paper voting machine receipts in a referendum on Sunday on allowing him to run for re-election.
Swiss approve prescription heroinSwiss voters have backed a change in health policy that would provide prescription heroin to addicts. Final results from the national referendum showed 68% of voters supported the plan.
I find it very interesting and disturbing that 70% of black voters in California voted to ban gay marriage. Blacks in America have a special history of slavery and segregation. Many men have sacrificed their lives so blacks could live freely and be fully included in society.
Referendums in UN Could be a Thing of the PastIrish Independant 24.10.2008 By Dearbhail McDonald Legal Editor EUROPEAN treaties could be ratified by a parliamentary vote instead of a referendum under new legal reforms.
APA ban pressures US government to shut down enhanced interrogation programStephen Soldz [Director, Center for Research, Evaluation, and Program Development, Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis]: "In results released this week, the members of the American Psychological Association overwhelmingly approved a referendum repudiating the APA's years-lon …
Failure to understand Lisbon the key reason for No vote - The Irish Times - Thu, Sep 11, 2008THE DIFFICULTY faced by the Government in getting the Lisbon Treaty passed in a second referendum has been underlined by its own research which found that a significant number of people did not understand what they were voting on last June.
Putting Nature in Ecuador's ConstitutionFinally! Some good news about the state of our insight into the relationship between humanity and nature. In this news item a government recognizes the value of respecting the planet.
Irish media now more Eurosceptic, warns EC report - The Irish Times - Tue, Sep 02, 2008IRELAND'S MEDIA have become more Eurosceptic and more tabloid in their reporting in the years between the second Nice Treaty referendum and the Lisbon campaign, the European Commission has warned. ... British "Eurosceptic" titles have become more influential in the Republic, wh …
Bolivia sets date for referendumBolivian President Evo Morales has announced the date for a controversial referendum on a new constitution which would advance his socialist policies.
Irish officials meet Danes for advice on Lisbon opt-outs - The Irish Times - Thu, Aug 28, 2008SENIOR IRISH officials met their Danish counterparts in Copenhagen earlier this month to get advice on how Ireland could opt out of significant provisions of the Lisbon Treaty in order to resolve the impasse created by the outcome of the referendum in June.
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