Russian President Vladimir Putin told his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama in an early Monday call that the Crimea referendum was totally legal, while the White House rejected the results.
The commission preparing and holding the All-Crimean Referendum in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea announced Sunday that the final turnout rate for the referendum was 82.71 percent.
Yurii Klymenko, permanent representative of Ukraine to the UN, on Tuesday reiterated that the upcoming referendum on Crimea's status scheduled on March 16 "is illegitimate under the constitution of Ukraine."
Over 90 percent of Egyptians approved the country's new draft constitution in a referendum, the official MENA news agency reported Thursday, citing preliminary results.
Egyptians started casting their votes Tuesday on the country's new draft constitution, which is widely seen as a milestone during Egypt's political transition after Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was ousted last July.
Egyptians started casting their votes on Tuesday on the country's new draft constitution, which is widely seen as a milestone during Egypt's political transition after Islamist president Mohamed Morsi was ousted last July.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday called for a "transparent" constitutional referendum in Egypt to ensure all voters cast their vote "freely" on Tuesday and Wednesday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Sunday voiced concern about the political climate in Egypt as the Arab country braces for a constitutional referendum next month amid growing violence.
Five million Scots will vote in September next year to decide whether they will seek independence and leave the United Kingdom.
The islanders of Malvinas, known as the Falklands in Britain, on Monday voted overwhelmingly in a referendum to keep the disputed territory under British rule.
Bulgarians have postponed construction of a new nuclear power plant for an indefinite future, according to unofficial data released on Sunday evening after a low-turnout referendum held on this issue.
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