1.   Traders sold German marks Monday to buy Swedish kronor after Swedish voters, in a weekend referendum, approved entering the European Union.

2.   An overwhelming majority of Belarussians voted for closer economic integration with Russia and official status for the Russian language in the weekend nationwide referendum, officials said Monday.

3.   Lukashenko, who won broadened powers from voters who approved a weekend referendum, moved swiftly Tuesday to convene a new parliament that declared the existing one moot.

4.   Hashimoto met Ota on Tuesday following a weekend referendum in Okinawa which called for a reduction in the US military presence in the islands.

5.   Hashimoto met with Ota on Tuesday following a weekend referendum in Okinawa which called for a reduction in the US military presence in the islands.

6.   In a weekend referendum, the Bosnian Serbs voted overwhelmingly against the plan.

7.   In another referendum this weekend Swiss voters refused to allow the naturalisation of young foreign residents brought up in Switzerland.

8.   But three right-wing small political groups launched a petition which garnered enough signatures to hold the weekend referendum.

9.   The talks came two days after a weekend referendum calling for cuts in the US military presence.

10.   This came after Okinawa residents voted in a referendum last weekend for cuts in the US presence in their prefecture.