Ilustration of ballots on the Corsican flag. Corsicans cast their
ballots July 6, 2003 in a referendum on limited autonomy from mainland
France almost 30 years after a deadly gunbattle between separatists and
police plunged the Mediterranean island into lawlessness. Around
191,000 voters are being asked whether they want to scrap two
administrative departments and back changes that would give an assembly
of locally elected politicians in the southwestern city of Ajaccio more
say over tax, tourism and the environment. REUTERS/Pierre Murati

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