As Catalonia asserts identity, Spaniards exchange fighting words
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BARCELONA -- When Elvira Lindo, a Spanish writer, delivered the opening speech at the annual festival of the patron saint of Barcelona one autumn afternoon this year, she arrived under the protection of an armored car.
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Spain's government uses a top football match to promote the EU's proposed constitution.
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Gibraltar Governor Sir Francis Richards has acknowledged Spain's 'courage' in entering into a new forum of dialogue involving the British Overseas Territory and has also criticised those in Spain seeking to ...
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Some Spaniards are beginning to ask if a divided workday is compatible with the modern world and Spain's growing integration into Europe.
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President Nicolas Sarkozy and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero pledged Thursday to join forces to fight Basque separatist violence.
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The racist chanting by Spanish fans at Wednesday night&#39;s friendly international in Madrid has left the government here red-faced and fearing a black-mark against the city&#39;s bid to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
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"Basque society is fed up with ETA's decision"  Spain's prime minister met with the president of the Basque region Wednesday to discuss efforts to defeat the armed separatist group ETA, which announced an end to its cease-fire earlier this month.Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been meeting with political leaders to seek support for the government's efforts to deal with ETA after attempts to negotiate a permanent end to the group's activities collapsed.After their two-hour meeting, Basque regional President Juan Jose Ibarretxe described the sense of frustration he said was gripping the northern region. Read more
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Barcelona trounce Real Madrid at the Nou Camp, but the game is marred by racist chanting.
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In a move to protect Spain's image and bid for the 2012 Olympics, Spanish leaders stressed that its citizens and sports fans are not racist.
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By Graham Keeley in Barcelona  A battle is raging in the world of flamenco which is almost as passionate as Spain's most quintessential art form.   Purists are fighting to stop the dance and music from being "ruined", as they see it, by modernists introducing new influences.
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Spain's main opposition party is angered by  moves to give Gibraltar an equal say in talks over the future of the Rock.
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Three hooded gunmen claiming to speak  for the Basque guerrilla group ETA have told a rally their  armed struggle for independence from Spain continues, despite  an ETA ceasefire declaration, Spanish media said on Sunday.
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The armed Basque separatist group Eta says it is ready to enter dialogue with the Spanish government.
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Gun-toting Basque militants claiming to speak for ETA said the Basque separatist group will "keep taking up arms" until the region achieves independence, a newspaper reported Sunday &#151; the starkest sign yet that a fledgling peace process is struggling.
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Catalan Socialist party launches fragrance in novel form of election campaigning
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"It will continue hitting the structure of the Spanish state on all fronts until achieving democratic conditions that allow the defense of all political projects"  Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to continue attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year's exploratory peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the government. via New York Times
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Letter from San Sebastian: Talks between the Spanish government and a feared terror group are finally providing reason for optimism