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DATE: TUESDAY, September 27, 1994                   TAG: 9409270136
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-6   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: TALLINN, ESTONIA                                 LENGTH: Short

ESTONIA LEADER LOSES VOTE OF CONFIDENCE

Estonian Prime Minister Mart Laar, 34, one of the former Soviet bloc's star reformers and the youngest premier in Europe, lost a vote of confidence Monday, meaning the end of his 2-year-old government.

His government collapsed under the weight of political infighting, charges of financial impropriety and discontent with reform's high cost. Laar must now resign.

- Associated Press

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