21.   Aquino made it clear in an interview that a new one-year notice would not be issued until the government had held a referendum.

22.   The move to hold a referendum on the possibility of a split into separate Czech and Slovak republics also reached deadlock.

23.   Holding a referendum had been one of the conditions demanded by the European Communities before it would consider diplomatic recognition of an independent Bosnia-Hercegovina.

24.   Sufficient signatures had been collected to hold a referendum in the Crimea on independence from Ukraine.

25.   Why hold a referendum, when no one could challenge the imposition of his will?

26.   It has prompted President De Klerk to hold a referendum to guage white support on ending apartheid.

27.   It denied Mr Yeltsin the right to hold a referendum and accused him of stirring confrontation.

28.   Mr Geddes said that counsel for Lothian and Tayside had advised that a referendum could be held within certain legal parameters.

29.   The fact that the abortion referenda will be held the same day may also count against Fianna Fail.

30.   The official Soviet newsagency TASS says Lithuania is ready to compromise with the Kremlin and hold a referendum on breaking away.