1.   But both men have declined to support the kind of far-reaching changes that are in the planned referendum proposal.

2.   Unopposed in a planned referendum, Mubarak will win his fourth six-year term from Egyptians accustomed to distant leaders and limited options.

3.   An angry mob attacked U.N. staff and ransacked their office in an East Timor town on Tuesday after protesting against a planned referendum on independence for the troubled territory.

4.   It was the strongest signal yet that separatist leaders in the province might succeed when they hold a planned referendum on sovereignty sometime this fall.

5.   On Sunday, Djukanovic met in Brussels with European foreign policy chief Javier Solana as the EU stepped up its pressure against the planned referendum.

6.   Rebels urge new king to keep to planned U.N. referendum on Western Sahara.

7.   Silvio Berlusconi, a media magnate and former premier, on Friday bitterly attacked a planned referendum that could dismantle his television empire.

8.   Striking down a challenge to President Pervez Musharraf, the Supreme Court on Saturday ruled that a planned referendum to extend his term of office is legal.

9.   The European Union kept up pressure Sunday on Montenegro to call off a planned referendum on independence from Yugoslavia.

10.   The planned referendum has also alarmed international labor groups, which see it as blatant attempt to interfere in the private affairs of unions.