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    CONSTITUTION AFFIRMING INDEPENDENCE OVERWHELMINGLY PASSES IN NAGORNO-KARABAKH

    Voice of America
    Dec 11 2006

    Election officials say voters in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region
    of Azerbaijan have overwhelmingly approved a new constitution that
    affirms the area's independence.

    The head of the region's election commission, Sergei Nasibyan, said
    Monday that 98 percent of those voting in Sunday's referendum favored
    the constitution. Voter turnout was about 86 percent.

    The balloting took place on the 15th anniversary of the 1991 referendum
    in which the region's majority ethnic Armenian population backed
    independence.

    A declaration of independence in 1988 triggered a six-year war that
    claimed 35,000 lives. A ceasefire has been holding since 1994, but
    tensions persist.

    The international community does not recognize Nagorno-Karabakh's
    independence. The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
    has been seeking to mediate the dispute. In a statement Monday the
    group called the referendum counterproductive for efforts to settle
    the ongoing conflict.
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