Basque vote set to annoy government
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Spain&#39;s semi-autonomous Basque Country was heading for a fresh showdown with the central government last night after its Congress voted for changes to political statutes that could clear the
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Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to  keep up bomb attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year&#39;s  peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the  Socialist government.
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Spain's prime minister, heckled Monday by opposition lawmakers, angrily denied his Socialist party instigated anti-government rallies on the eve of a general election to reap political benefit from the Madrid train bombings.
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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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Spain's Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to grant increased autonomy to the troubled Basque region, with lawmakers on Tuesday accusing the region's president of an unconstitutional attempt to secede.
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The Basque separatist group, Eta, says it will continue its violent campaign for self-determination.
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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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Spain said Monday that it was on the verge of crushing the Basque separatist group ETA following the arrest of its alleged leader and seizure of a vast weapons arsenal in raids in France.
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Officials are worried that the efforts of the political parties to promote absentee balloting could taint the general election.
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The banned Basque separatist party, Batasuna, is expected to appeal for an end to decades of armed conflict in its campaign for Basque independence.
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The armed Basque separatist group ETA threatened to set off four bombs in different parts of Spain at 12:30 p.m. GMT Monday, the Basque newspaper Gara said on its Web site.
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Lithuania's second round of general elections got under way on Sunday, with a recent-formed party threatening to force its way into government.
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Spain's prime minister condemned an initiative by Basque lawmakers to make their region virtually independent, deriding it Monday as secessionist, unconstitutional and anomalous in a Europe seeking to become more united.
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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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MADRID - Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators protested at an opposition rally in Madrid on Saturday to vent their rage at what they say is the Spanish government's "surrender" to Basque ...Comment
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Spain&#39;s ruling Socialists face a battle  to win back support in Madrid before next year&#39;s general  election after the capital voted in favor of the opposition in  regional polls.
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Spain's ruling Socialists on Saturday put the rejection of any new peace talks with the armed Basque separatist group ETA at the heart of their campaign for a March 9 general election.