Myanmar held a rare election on Saturday to approve a new army-drafted constitution, ignoring calls from the outside world to postpone the vote amid the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Nargis. More than a week after Nargis (Daffodil) swept up the Irawaddy Delta aid was barely dribbling to 1.5 million increasingly desperate survivors.
Multi-party general elections in Myanmar would be held in 2010.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/myanmar-to-hold-general-elections-in-2010/58571-2.html
Marisabel Rodriguez says her return to the spotlight is not a personal vendetta.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/exwife-takes-up-campaign-against-hugo-chavez/53860-2.html
Chavez will quit office five years from now, as he lost Sunday's referendum.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/chavez-promises-to-work-without-rest-till-his-last-day/53791-2.html
The Venezuelan President lost the referendum vote by a whisker 51 per cent of voters.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/hugo-chavez-tastes-defeat-in-referendum/53505-2.html
Chavez's planned reforms would give him too much power indefinitely.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/venezuelan-students-clash-with-police-troops/53291-2.html
52 per cent of votes were cast in support of Thailand's 18th Constitution.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/thailand-referendum-goes-in-favour-of-the-military/47173-2.html
Khan enjoys an iconic status in Pak as the man behind the 'Islamic bomb'.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/aq-khan-elected-pakistans-president/47108-2.html
BJP says MCD poll results is a referendum against Sheila Dikshit-led Congress Government in Delhi.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/mcd-results-a-vote-against-cong-bjp/37908-4.html
The Sri Lankan Govt reportedly plans to hold a referendum on the five-year-old ceasefire agreement with the LTTE.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/sl-plans-referendum-on-ceasefire/37490-2.html
Montenegro's Parliament has proclaimed independence for the tiny Balkan republic, forming a new European state.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/montenegro-declares-independence/12242-2.html
PM claims pro-independence bloc has won 55.5 per cent votes in referendum on secession from Serbia on Monday.
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/montenegro-tells-serbia-goodbye/11087-2.html
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