Madrid rebuffs Basques on proposal for talks
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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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The Reds are eager to boost their striker options in the New Year, yet according to reports their offer for the Spanish international has been rejected, with Real wanting double the amount tabled.
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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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EU nations rejected a &quot;vague&quot; Turkish offer to ease a trade dispute with Cyprus and thereby stop the European Union discussing a partial freeze of Turkey's membership talks, officials said.
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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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The Iraqi government denied on Monday  it had suspended talks to avert a military assault on the  rebel-held city of Falluja.
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Tens of thousands of people marched in Madrid on Saturday to reject any negotiations with the Basque separatist group ETA, whose car bombing in the capital a month ago shattered a nascent peace process.Comment
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Tuesday that ETA is &quot;making a mistake again&quot; by ending the unilateral ceasefire it declared last year, and reiterated his demand for the armed separatist group to abandon violence.
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Real Madrid sought to dampen speculation over the future of Fernando Morientes by issuing a statement saying the striker was not for sale.
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Former Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar rejected the idea that the Madrid train bombings stemmed from his backing for the war in Iraq and told a parliamentary inquiry into the attacks that terrorist groups were inextricably linked.
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The government on Wednesday rebuffed a recent offer by Cuba for talks and said Havana had become even more hard-line since Raul Castro stepped in for his ailing brother Fidel Castro.
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The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Tuesday it has called off the cease-fire it declared last year, setting the stage for a resumption of attacks.
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A Spanish judge on Friday barred two Basque pro-independence parties from running in general elections next month, suspending their activities for three years.
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Javier Solana, European Union foreign policy chief, was on Thursday forced to issue a retraction after saying he had made &quot;direct contact&quot; with Hamas, listed by the EU as a banned terrorist group.
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Cuba&#39;s communist government rejected  calls from the European Union for negotiations to improve  relations on Friday and said talks can only happen when the EU  scraps sanctions imposed on the island in 2003.
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The next holder of the EU presidency rejects a French bid to debate on Turkey's EU membership bid.
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Venezuela has said that it will not give citizenship to four Basque separatists living in the country since the 1980s.