referendum

The euro falls against the dollar and sterling after Ireland rejects the EU's reform treaty in a referendum.

AP - Every vote counts. But what happens when there are no votes at all? That's the situation city officials in Tamarac are facing.

No voters showed up Wednesday night to cast a ballot in an annexation referendum for an unincorporated Broward County community.

Reuters - Army-ruled Myanmar said on Saturday it will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May followed by elections in 2010, a move critics said was aimed at deflecting pressure after last year's crackdown on protesters.

Reuters - Myanmar's military government will hold a referendum on a new constitution in May this year followed by multi-party elections in 2010, the first in two decades, state television announced on Saturday.

A pro-Western leader is elected president of Serbia in a vote seen as a referendum on future ties with the EU.

The election may also have improve prospects for an independent Kosovo, a province under U.N. control since 1999.

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has suffered a startling defeat in a referendum that would have greatly enhanced his power, including ending presidential term limits.

Voters rejected the referendum by 51 to 49 percent. Opponents said the country was hurtling toward dictatorship.