Spanish Leader Rejects Basque Independence
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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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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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Spanish newspapers condemn the latest bombings by Eta Basque separatists across Spain.
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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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Argentine leader Cristina Kirchner rejects US allegations that Venezuela tried to fund her campaign.
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Spain's defense minister on Tuesday rejected Pope John Paul II's criticism of its Socialist government, which wants to legalize gay marriage and streamline laws on divorce and abortion, and he said some church positions go against the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Monday strongly defended Spain&#39;s withdrawal of troops from Iraq after the March 11 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.
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Basque rebels ETA, who want independence from Spain, will end their ceasefire as of June 6, the armed separatists said in a communique released in Basque newspaper Berria on Tuesday.
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The parliament of Spain's autonomous Basque region has voted in favour of a proposal to loosen ties with the central government in Madrid.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero ruled out any further dialogue with the armed Basque separatist group ETA if re-elected in March elections, in an interview broadcast Monday.
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The parliament of Spain&#39;s autonomous Basque region has voted in favour of a proposal to loosen ties with the central government in Madrid.
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Venezuela has said that it will not give citizenship to four Basque separatists living in the country since the 1980s.
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Spain's Basque separatist group ETA has said it would not give up its weapons before independence for the Basque region is won, according to a new statement from the militant group.
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Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to keep up bomb attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year's peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the Socialist government.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero vowed Wednesday to stand firm against ETA, saying the armed Basque separatist group was at a &quot;dead end&quot; after it halted its ceasefire last week.
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A Spaniard on trial for selling Islamists explosives to carry out the Madrid train bombings dismissed suggestions on Wednesday that he worked with Basque separatists ETA, describing such talk as "rumors."
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Saturday called on all parties to present a united front against  separatist group ETA following Friday&#39;s car bomb attack in the northern Basque region which injured two policemen.