Spanish PM rejects negotiation on greater Basque autonomy
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Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the leader of the Basque country he refused to negotiate on a controversial plan to loosen ties between the restless region and the central Spanish government in Madrid.
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The Spanish and Basque leaders meet to discuss controversial plans for greater independence.
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MADRID A contested plan to turn the troubled Basque region into a virtually sovereign state was assured passage through the regional parliament on Thursday when a pro-independence party that had opposed the proposal as insufficient said it would vote in
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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.
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Spain's prime minister says he will announce in June the start of talks with the armed Basque separatist group Eta.
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Spain's banned Batasuna party, widely considered the political mouthpiece of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, offered last night to open a process of negotiations and dialogue to achieve peace in the ...
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The leader of the Basque regional government outlines his autonomy plan to parliament in Madrid.
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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, testifying Monday before a parliamentary commission investigating Spain's worst terrorist attack, dismissed any link between his surprise election victory last March ...
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Spain's parliament is predicted to reject a plan to give more independence to the Basque country.
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SPAIN MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the Basque regional premier yesterday his plan for virtual independence from Madrid was a dead end and rejected any negotiations on the matter. But the Basque leader Juan Jose Ibarretxe remained defiant, saying that if his plan was rejected by Madrid he would still put it to the Basque ...
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Iran on Tuesday said Spanish trainer Javier Clemente rejected an offer to coach the national football team after a row over his insistence on living at home in Spain rather than in the Islamic republic.
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The prime minister on Wednesday denied suggestions his government had bowed to terrorists by allowing a hunger-striking Basque separatist to serve out his jail term under house arrest.
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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain  - A Basque nationalist party  banned by Spain as ETA's political wing unveiled a plan to end  the long-running conflict in the region on Sunday, saying it  wanted to launch a peace process.
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Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to  keep up bomb attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year&#39;s  peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the  Socialist government.
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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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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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Churchill denied that any promises were made to give Gibraltar to Spain, prompting a row, archives show.