Basque MPs back greater autonomy
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Basque MPs vote in favour of a proposal to loosen ties with central government in Madrid.
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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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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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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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unveiled a plan to end the long-running conflict in the region, saying it wants peace talks. demilitarising the 36-year-old conflict and a referendum in the Basque country on its future.
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Catalan voters in Spain approve plans to make their region one of the most independent in Europe.
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Spain opposes separation as EU countries are expected to formally recognise independent state
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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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Spain's prime minister outlined on Sunday his government's program to resolve troubles in the Basque region during his first visit there since the armed separatist group ETA shattered a cease-fire in December.Comment
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Spanish PM Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero thanks UK PM Tony Blair for help with the Basque peace process.
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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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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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Sunday's referendum in Transdniestria, a separatist province of Moldova, could boost other regional efforts.
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"Socialists win power but Popular Party strongest in votes after landslide in Madrid."  Spain's ruling Socialists and opposition conservatives both claimed victory in weekend local elections that were seen as primaries for next year's general elections. via The China Post
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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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VITORIA, Spain  - A Basque proposal for virtual  independence from Spain unexpectedly won approval in the  regional parliament on Thursday with votes from Batasuna, a  party banned as the political wing of armed separatists ETA.
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Pro-Moroccan leaders in the Western Sahara have come up with a self-rule plan for a government, parliament and legal system in the territory, while acknowledging Rabat's sovereignty, their chief has said.