1.   Opposition parties have expressed outrage at his flouting of the referendum vote.

2.   A referendum vote for independence would follow the same legislative path, while a vote for commonwealth status would maintain the status quo.

3.   Ecuadoreans will be able to cast separate referendum votes on the ouster of former President Abdala Bucaram and the appointment of interim President Fabian Alarcon.

4.   Eighty-eight percent said they would be willing to participate in a statewide referendum vote on the issue.

5.   For now, it is unclear how the referendum vote might go.

6.   Quebec Premier Jacques Parizeau, a militant separatist, announced his resignation a day after losing the referendum vote.

7.   Suffolk Republican leader John Powell neither supported nor opposed the referendum vote, said Alan F. Eysen, a spokesman.

8.   The group also is collecting signatures in Florida to force a November referendum vote on closing the gap.

9.   The nation received a bit of economic good news in the wake of the referendum vote.

10.   The violence followed a landslide referendum vote in favor of independence from Indonesia.