1.   The referendum would give lawmakers the power to give state aid to religious schools.

2.   A constitutional referendum last fall gave him virtually unlimited powers.

3.   On Sunday, a national referendum gives citizens their first chance to influence privatization directly.

4.   The referendum gave wide powers to the president of the former Soviet republic.

5.   The referendum also gave popular backing to an amnesty law that allows militants who do not have blood on their hands to return to society.

6.   The referendum gave Lukashenko broad new powers over a newly formed parliament, staffed with loyal deputies transferred from the old assembly.

7.   The referendum gave President Alexander Lukashenko broad new powers over a newly formed parliament, staffed with loyal deputies transferred from the old assembly.