The Romanian public were actually asked two questions in this referendum. One was on the ballot paper: "Do you want to remove Traian Basescu from office?"; the other question was not written, but was on everyone's minds: do you care enough about it to actually go out and vote? Temperatures of 39°C on Romania's Black Sea coast are not much less in the capital, plus the growing distrust of the population in the whole political elite appeared to be keeping numbers down. But it's beginning to look as though President Traian Basescu has survived yet another attempt to unseat him.
Six people have been arrested in Kenya in connection with the murder of the most senior Venezuelan diplomat in the country. On Friday, Venezuela's acting ambassador to Kenya, Olga Fonseca, was found
strangled
to death in her official residence in Nairobi. Kenyan officials said staff of the residence had complained about being fired by Ms Fonseca after they refused to
retract
allegations about her predecessor who left Nairobi two months ago.
An Italian embassy security official has been kidnapped in Yemen. The man was seized in a street and forced into a car close to the Italian embassy in the Capital Sanaa. He was taken to an unknown destination. There are no reports of any demands by his abductors.
The Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 are launching a range of products under the name "The 33 of the miracle". They will be selling T-shirts, mugs and commemorative medals. One of the miners, Jose Ojeda, said that the items would be on sale at airports.