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Algeria votes on new constitution amid opposition boycott
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algerians voted Sunday on whether to approve a revised constitution that imposes term limits, promises new freedoms and is aimed at answering demands from pro-democracy protesters who pushed out their long-serving, autocratic president last year. However, opponents of the amended constitution called for a boycott after they were barred from campaign venues or from expressing their views on public television or radio. The referendum is taking place symbolically on the 68th anniversary of the beginning of Algeria’s war for independence from France. Overall turnout was less than six percent at 11 a.m., three hours after polls opened. In one example of public discontent,

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