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Serbia holds constitutional referendum

RECLAIMING KOSOVO Serbians cast their vote to decide the fate of a new constitution declaring Kosovo, where 90 percent of the residents are Albanians, part of its territory

AP , BELGRADE

Tadic claims that approval of the draft will propel Serbia toward coveted membership in the EU and NATO.

The bloc suspended talks with Belgrade in April because of authorities' failure to capture and hand over to the UN war crimes court the top war crimes suspect, Bosnian Serb wartime commander Ratko Mladic.

The need for a new constitution arose in June after Montenegro -- Serbia's last partner from the former Yugoslav federation -- declared independence and left Serbia on its own for the first time since 1918.

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