Spain's parliament rejects Basque autonomy plan
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Spain's parliament overhwelmingly rejected a plan by the moderate leader of the Basque country for greater autonomy for the restless region in the north of the country.
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Basque MPs vote in favour of a proposal to loosen ties with central government in Madrid.
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The Spanish government has authorized legal proceedings to outlaw two Basque parties close to Batasuna, the political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega said Friday.
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JosÃ© MarÃ­a Aznar, Spain&#39;s former prime minister, accused the Socialist government yesterday of failing to investigate suspected links between Islamic terrorists and Basque separatists.
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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&#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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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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The Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday rejected a proposal by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso designed to defuse a row over
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BELGRADE, Feb. 14 -- Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a U.N. plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.
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Members of Spain's Popular Party have rejected efforts to strip their political platform of a reference to "Christian humanism" as a philosophical source of the party.
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MADRID The Spanish justice minister on Monday rejected a new proposal from Basque militants for dialogue with the intention of ending the region&#39;s long conflict, saying the proposal lacked an explicit renunciation of violence.
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Thursday rejected a proposal to grant virtual independence to the troubled Basque region and warned the group's leader to comply with Spanish law.
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Jewish settler leaders say Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has rejected their proposal to put his controversial Gaza withdrawal plan to a public vote.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon&#39;s plan to withdraw Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip suffered a symbolic setback on Monday when the legislature voted to reject the speech in which he raised the proposal.
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Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a U.N. plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.Comment
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Israel's parliament voted on Monday  to reject a session-opening speech by Prime Minister Ariel  Sharon, dealing a symbolic setback to his disputed plan to  withdraw from some occupied territory.