Basques plan early regional poll
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The leader of the Basque government calls for regional elections to be moved forward.
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As attacks continue, some officials call for poll delay
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The Spanish and Basque leaders meet to discuss controversial plans for greater independence.
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Spain's prime minister says he will announce in June the start of talks with the armed Basque separatist group Eta.
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Election Day is still two weeks away, but voters across the state have the option Monday of beginning to cast their ballots early in this pivotal battleground state.
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Spain&#39;s ruling Socialists and the  conservative opposition held their ground on Sunday in regional  polls that test the waters before a general election next year.
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Early voters are casting ballots at a runaway pace in Arizona's biggest county. They've exhausted absentee ballots in some towns in Maine. They're far outpacing 2000 in Florida hot spots.
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Spain's Basque regional government  called on armed separatist group ETA to renounce violence on  Tuesday, stepping up political pressure on the severely  weakened guerrillas to lay down their arms.
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VITORIA, Spain  - A Basque proposal for virtual  independence from Spain gained vital and unexpected support in  the regional parliament on Thursday from Batasuna, a party  banned as the political wing of armed separatists ETA.
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Rival Basque nationalist groups set aside their differences yesterday to push a controversial bill through the regional parliament making increased independence for the region a real possibility - and a showdown with Madrid almost inevitable.
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The government formed by the ruling coalition and led by Algirdas Brazauskas will most likely receive a mandate to start its activities as early as Tuesday afternoon.
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The Basque parliament approved a plan for negotiated independence from Spain last night, thanks to three surprise votes from MPs belonging to a banned separatist party sympathetic to Eta.
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Spain's Basque regional government called on armed separatist group ETA to renounce violence on Tuesday, stepping up political pressure on the severely weakened guerrillas to lay down their arms.
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Banned separatist party Batasuna is expected to call for an end to violence in the campaign for Basque independence.
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Voters want Shinzo Abe to prioritize domestic issues over regional relationships.
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Basque's parliament approved a proposal for virtual independence from Spain, with last-minute support from a formerly banned party seen as the political wing of the Basque separatist group ETA.
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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