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Kazakhstan hopes Kyrgyz referendum brings peace, stability

Referendum in Kyrgyzstan

09:02 29/06/2010

Kazakhstan hopes the recent referendum in Kyrgyzstan will lay the foundations for peace and stability in the country, Kazakh President and OSCE chairman Nursultan Nazarbayev said on Tuesday

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More than half of voters in Kyrgyzstan's referendum on a new constitution on Sunday voted to approve the document, the Central Election Commission reported in preliminary results published on its website.
Kyrgyz elections head says too soon to call constitution adopted
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It is premature to say voters in Kyrgyzstan approved the new constitution, the head of the country's Central Election Committee told journalists on Sunday.
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Kyrgyzstan's voters approved on Sunday a new constitution for the country, interim leader Roza Otunbayeva said.
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Russian election monitors have not observed any major violations during Kyrgyzstan's referendum on a new constitution on Sunday, Russia's top election official told RIA Novosti by telephone from Osh.
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Kyrgyzstan's voters approved on Sunday a new constitution for the country, interim leader Roza Otunbayeva said.
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Around 170 international observers will monitor the referendum on a new Kyrgyz Constitution, Kyrgyz interim Prime Minister Roza Otunbayeva said on Friday.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the forthcoming referendum on a new constitution in the ex-Soviet Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan will be important for stabilization of a situation in the country, Russian Foreign Ministry said.
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Kyrgyz constitutional referendum: no violence, only tears
16:52 28/06/2010
Kyrgyzstan held a referendum to adopt the country’s new constitution on June 27. The voting list included only one question – whether the citizens agree to “approve the constitution of the Kyrgyz republic and the law “On implementing the Constitution” proposed by the interim government.

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Constitutional referendum in Kyrgyzstan

On June 27, 2010, Kyrgyzstan holds a referendum on changes to the constitution and public confidence in the new government

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