Basque Autonomy Plan Set for Shock Victory
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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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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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MADRID, Oct 4 (IPS) - The Basque separatist group ETA in Spain is on the   verge of disappearing, according to political and social leaders  in Spain  who commented on the arrests of the organisation's  top leaders in France.
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Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to  continue attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year&#39;s  exploratory peace talks showed there was no point in  negotiating with the government.
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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain -- Call it prophetic or defeatist or just plain cynical. But when the Basque separatist group known as ETA shattered its so-called "permanent cease-fire" in December with a massive bombing at Madrid's airport that killed two people, former ETA leader and convicted killer Eduardo...
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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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MADRID, Feb 8  (IPS) - Spanish Judge Baltasar GarzÃ³n on Friday barred two  small Basque country parties, considered political arms of ETA,  from taking part in politics for three years -- thus leaving the  armed separatist group without voice or vote in parliament and  without being able to hold public rallies or produce political  ads.
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ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, today vowed to resume its violent struggle for an independent nation.
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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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Basque separatists caught trying to  cross into Spain from France in an explosives-packed van on  Monday had planned to detonate the vehicle this week, the  Spanish interior minister said on Wednesday.
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Spain was bracing for fresh attacks by the Basque separatist group ETA on Tuesday after the group called off a 15-month-old cease-fire.
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The armed Basque separatists Eta made their first conciliatory gesture for seven years yesterday, saying they were ready for talks, but the group's proposal fell short of an agreement to lay down arms.
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Eta says its campaign of violence will continue until it achieves self-determination for the Basque region.
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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 will step up protection for recently elected government and opposition town councilors after the armed Basque separatist group ETA said it was ending a 15-month cease-fire, security officials said Monday.
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The plan poses the stiffest challenge to the Spanish central Government since the region became semi-autonomous 25 years ago.
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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.