ALGERIA APPROVES NEW CONSTITUTION - NYTimes.com - 1 views
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a new Constitution in balloting Thursday, paving the way for a multiparty system for the first time since independence from France in 1962.
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More than 70 percent of the 10.4 million people who voted favored the constitutional change, the Interior Ministry said.
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About 80 percent of the 13 million voters
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ALGIERS, Feb. 24- The Government announced today that Algerian voters overwhelmingly approved a new Constitution in balloting Thursday, paving the way for a multiparty system for the first time since independence from France in 1962. More than 70 percent of the 10.4 million people who voted favored the constitutional change, the Interior Ministry said.