From Our Overseas Bureaus: Ukraine to Vote on NATO?

Joe Mathews — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:13:00 -0400

YUSHCHENKO PLEDGES VOTE: Ukraine's president says the country will hold a popular referendum on joining NATO within two years.

CAYMANS VOTE: The Cayman Islands are moving towards its first ever popular referendum, a vote the prime minister wants on his proposals for a "modernized" constitution. This story from the Caymanian Compass, a national newspaper there, says the referendum may include more than one question.

SCOTS ON THEIR OWN: Scots want to vote on independence, a new poll says.

ISRAELI VOTE? The Israeli Knesset debates the wisdom of holding a public referendum on territorial concessions.

SOLVING PAKISTAN'S CRISIS: How to restore those Pakistani judges deposed by Musharraf? Former parliamentarian Haji Saifullah Khan suggests a popular referendum might solve the problem -- and give the judiciary new public legitimacy.

From Overseas: Scots and Austrians Wanna Vote

Joe Mathews — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:07:00 -0400

Scottish billionaire Tom Hunter is calling for a vote on independence. There's a big debate in Scotland now about how to pursue independence -- and what exactly Scots want to be independent of. Great Britain? The monarchy? Europe?

Angry Austrians demand that people vote: No, not a California story. A huge rally is being planned for April 9 in Vienna by folks, or should I say volks, who want the country to be able to vote on the new Lisbon Treaty, a new constitution of sorts for the EU. So far, only the Irish are having such a vote.