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Region votes for autonomy

Bolivia's energy-rich Tarija province voted overwhelmingly on Sunday for greater autonomy from the central government, the fourth region to defy leftist President Evo Morales, early results showed.

The referendum in Tarija, the smallest of Bolivia's nine provinces but home to more than 80 percent of its vast natural gas reserves, followed similar ballots in the Amazon regions of Pando and Beni, and wealthy Santa Cruz.