Basque independence plan rejected
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Spanish MPs overwhelmingly reject a plan put forward by the Basque leader for greater autonomy.
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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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MADRID, Nov 4 (IPS) - The Basque separatist group ETA, which has received   severe blows in recent years, appears to be on the verge of  abandoning the  use of violence and instead seeking Basque  independence and unification  through peaceful means.
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Accusations of Libyan and Burkina Faso involvement in an alleged coup plot in Mauritania are rejected.
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Basque MPs vote in favour of a proposal to loosen ties with central government in Madrid.
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The Socialist Group in the European Parliament (EP) on Thursday rejected a proposal by incoming European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso designed to defuse a row over
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MADRID, Spain  - The governing Socialists accused Basque nationalist legislators Friday of teaming up with terrorists to win passage of a proposal seeking to make the Basque region virtually independent from Spain.
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BELGRADE, Feb. 14 -- Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a U.N. plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.
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Members of the Basque parliament vote in favour of greater independence from Spain.
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On Sunday voters rejected government-backed plans to simplify naturalisation procedures for second-generation foreigners. They also turned down a proposal to grant children born in Switzerland to foreign parents the automatic right to a Swiss passport.
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Spain's Parliament overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to grant increased autonomy to the troubled Basque region, with lawmakers on Tuesday accusing the region's president of an unconstitutional attempt to secede.
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Spain's ruling Socialists on Saturday put the rejection of any new peace talks with the armed Basque separatist group ETA at the heart of their campaign for a March 9 general election.
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Serbia's parliament on Wednesday overwhelmingly rejected a U.N. plan that would give virtual independence to the breakaway province of Kosovo.
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The armed Basque separatist group ETA has backed a call for dialogue with the Spanish government put forward by its political wing.
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Spain's prime minister condemned an initiative by Basque lawmakers to make their region virtually independent, deriding it Monday as secessionist, unconstitutional and anomalous in a Europe seeking to become more united.
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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 European Commission has rejected proposals to ban cod fishing in several areas of the North Sea in favour of greater restrictions.