Opponents: Macedonian Referendum Will Fail on Low Turnout
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An official of Macedonia&#39;s ruling coalition says Sunday&#39;s referendum challenging ethnic Albanian autonomy will go down to defeat for lack of sufficient turnout.
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Former Soviet Georgia on Saturday voted in a presidential election expected to hand its pro-U.S. leader Mikhail Saakashvili a narrow win but opponents said they may take to the streets in protest.
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Low turnout has marked the second round of parliamentary elections in Lithuania.
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Senegal on Monday defended the low poll turnout used by critics to question the legitimacy of weekend legislative elections, saying the west African nation had never had enthusiastic voters.
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Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has a huge lead over his rivals ahead of the October 22 presidential election but may face a second-round runoff because of a low turnout, a Gallup survey showed on Tuesday.
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A referendum that would halt moves to give Albanians greater autonomy is under way in Macedonia.
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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 on legalizing abortion in Portugal looked likely to fail on Sunday because of low voter turnout, exit polls said.
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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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SKOPJE, Macedonia A weekend referendum on self-rule for ethnic Albanians in Macedonia met democratic standards, international monitors declared Monday, despite claims of fraud from opposition parties.
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Bulgarian President Georgi Parvanov has a  huge lead over his rivals ahead of the October 22 presidential  election but may face a second-round runoff because of a low  turnout, a Gallup survey showed on Tuesday.
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A controversial referendum on legislation that would give Albanians greater autonomy gets under way in Macedonia.
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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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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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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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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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Latvians head to the polls, but low turnout is expected amid a lack of issues and series of corruption scandals.