A Referendum is held in Belarus on a proposal by President Alexander Lukashenko to permit Lukashenko to run for a third term by amending the country's Constitution to remove term limits. The Belarus electoral commission says the referendum won the support of at least 75 percent of voters, but independent elections monitors say that the voting procedures "fell significantly short" of international standards. In Minsk , the capital, more than 2,000 people protest the results of the referendum. (BBC)(Reuters)
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Australia n Journalist John Martinkus is released after approximately one day in the custody of unknown captors in Iraq . Martinkus strayed into an unsafe part of Baghdad while compiling a report for SBS ' ''Dateline'' program. (AAP)