31.   Lukashenko strengthened his grip on power last fall, winning a nationwide referendum that gave him new sweeping powers.

32.   Lukashenko and the lawmakers, who are seeking to impeach the president, are locked in a bitter feud over a nationwide referendum set for Sunday.

33.   Lukashenko and the legislators are locked in a bitter struggle over a nationwide referendum proposed by the president and aimed at expanding his powers in the former Soviet republic.

34.   Many Japanese believe the North Korean threat is exaggerated, and a constitutional revision would require a nationwide referendum.

35.   Mussolini, whose grandfather was fascist dictator Benito Mussolini, said Wednesday she would boycott a key nationwide referendum to protest the voting-list cleanup.

36.   Parliament also waived a requirement to put the legislation to a nationwide referendum.

37.   Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski, a VMRO member, also broke ranks with the peace plan framework and urged a nationwide referendum on the constitutional changes.

38.   President Alexander Lukashenko and lawmakers are locked in a bitter feud over a nationwide referendum set for Sunday.

39.   President Alexander Lukashenko proposed a compromise in his bitter fight with parliament over a nationwide referendum on expanding presidential powers.

40.   Russian lawmakers voted Friday to begin drafting a nationwide referendum that would ask voters whether Russia should unite with the former Soviet republic of Belarus.