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Early voters head to a Dublin polling station to take part in a double referendum on proposals to modernise constitutional references to the make-up of a family and women's "duties in the home". All the major political parties support a "Yes-Yes" vote, which falls on International Women's Day. IMAGES
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar hails a "quiet revolution" as this traditionally Catholic country votes to liberalise some of Europe's strictest abortion laws in a historic landslide referendum. SOUNDBITE
Votes are counted in Dublin as the final tallies come through in the Irish abortion referendum. The country looks set to 'make history' by liberalising its abortion laws, the Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Saturday. IMAGES of vote counting
By the light of a flashlight, electoral agents begin counting ballots as polls closed in Chad's referendum on a new constitution, a vote seen as a key step toward elections and the return of civilian rule promised, which has been postponed, by the ruling military junta. IMAGES
Polls close in Columbus, Ohio, after voters were asked by referendum whether or not to enshrine the right to abortion in the state constitution. According to first projections by US media, the "yes" votes won, in what could be a bellwether for an issue which is likely to dominate next year's presidential race. IMAGES
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