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NEWS ABOUT: separatists

separatists stories: 14 news summaries

ETA Admits Attacks as 2nd Bomb Hits Spanish Island

'We will answer with weapons,' separatist group warns

Aug 9, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Basque separatist group ETA is claiming responsibility for three blasts today in the Spanish island of Mallorca, including one at a restaurant where so far there are no reports of injuries, CNN reports. ETA had already claimed responsibility today for a series of attacks in Spain in June and July,... More »

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terrorism • Spain • ETA • separatists • bomb explosion

 140 Dead in China Muslim Riots 

1,000 said to have protested Beijing's handling of Uighur/Chinese incident

Jul 6, 09 2:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - At least 140 people have been killed and 800 injured in clashes between rioters and police in China’s restive oil-rich Xinjiang region, reports the BBC. The clashes are the deadliest outbreak of violence in China in several years. The violence began after more than 1000 protesters—primarily Uighur Muslims—... More »

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China • protests • separatists • political demonstrations • Xinjiang • Uighurs • Chinese Muslims

Russian Veto Forces UN Out of Abkhazia

Mission in breakaway Georgian republic ends after vote deadlocks

Jun 16, 09 5:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia today vetoed a UN Security Council resolution to keep troops and observers in Abkhazia, one of the two breakaway Georgian regions in last year's war. Western nations say that Abkhazia remains part of Georgia, but Russia has recognized its independence. The veto means that the UN will have to... More »

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Russia • United Nations • Georgia • separatists • UN Security Council • Abkhazia

Basque Separatists Hand Over Power After 30 Years

After 30 years, separatists lose power in Spanish region

May 5, 09 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Security has been ramped up in the Basque region of Spain today as it prepares for the inauguration of its first non-separatist government in 30 years. Spain's national left- and right-wing parties have come together to form a unity coalition, ending decades of rule by Basque separatists. The terrorist group... More »

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Spain • Basque • ETA • separatists • Spanish • Basque separatists • Popular Party • Socialist Party of Spain

Sri Lankan Army Seizes Last Big Rebel Base

Loss is latest setback for beleaguered Tamil Tiger separatists

Jan 25, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The Sri Lankan army says it has captured the last urban Tamil Tiger base in a surprise morning assault, CNN reports. Soldiers and rebels battled fiercely for the town of Mullaittivu, the latest effort in the army’s recent campaign to capture Tiger areas. The army says the rebels are... More »

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Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • civil war • separatists • rebel fighters

Separatists
Make Comeback in Quebec Vote

Once-moribund party's victory revives talk of breakup of Canada

Dec 9, 08 4:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Voters in Quebec gave a small majority to the Liberal Party last night, providing premier Jean Charest with his third election victory. But the big winner of last night's vote, reports the Gazette of Montreal, was the Parti Québécois—which advocates an independent Quebec. Once written off for... More »

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Canada • separatists • Quebec • Canadian politics • Pauline Marois • Jean Charest

 Palin's Alaskan 
 Secessionist 
 Sympathies 
 Come to Light 

Governor recorded video message for separatists this year

Sep 2, 08 10:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The latest surprise from Sarah Palin's past is her membership in the fringe Alaskan Independence Party, ABC News reports. A party leader says the governor and her husband were members in the 1990s. Though not strictly secessionist, the AIP is a "states' right party" that wants a vote on... More »

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John McCain • Alaska • separatists • Republican candidate • secession • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Alaskan Independence Party

ANALYSIS

China Likely to Use Georgia War to Justify Crackdowns

Beijing sees conflict as new lesson to keep minorities in line

Aug 19, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Chinese government will likely seize upon the Georgia conflict to justify crackdowns on its own separatists in Tibet and Xinjiang, according to a Bloomberg analysis. Chinese officials view the Georgia conflict "as the result of Russia's inability to control the country," and they don't want to make... More »

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China • Soviet Union • Georgia • Tibet • separatists • Central Asia • Xinjiang • Uighurs

OPINION

How the West's Mistakes Stoked War in Georgia

Diplomatic laziness increased the likelihood of conflict

Aug 13, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the conflict between Georgia and Russia cooling and a truce in progress, it’s time for the West to appreciate its role in the conflict, writes Ronald D. Asmus for the New Republic.
  • From the early '90s, the West accepted the Russians as peacekeepers in the secession dispute.
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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • George HW Bush • separatists • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

 130K Flee Rebels
 in Philippines

Battles with Islamic separatists threaten humanitarian disaster

Aug 12, 08 7:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fighting in the southern Philippines between government forces and Islamic separatists has now displaced 130,000 people, the New York Times reports, and welfare officials are warning of a humanitarian disaster as battles once confined to two provinces have spread throughout the island of Mindanao. Thousands, most of them Muslims,... More »

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Philippines • separatists • Islamic State • rebels • Moro Islamic Liberation Front

 NATO Warns Russia
 Over Georgia Buildup 

Moscow sends troops to breakaway regions; peacekeeping role doubted

Apr 30, 08 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - NATO chided Russia today for sending additional troops into the breakaway Georgian provinces, saying the show of force “undermined Georgia’s territorial integrity,” the BBC reports. The alliance also warned Tbilisi against exacerbating the situation: Georgia has warned against Russian intervention, and, according to Moscow, also increased troop... More »

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NATO • Moscow • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • Kosovo • Tbilisi • separatists • Kodori Gorge • Abkhazia

 Bus Bomb Kills 24 in Sri Lanka  

Rebel Tamil Tigers again responsible for rush-hour attack, government claims

Apr 25, 08 2:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb blast on a public bus killed 24 and injured 52 people today in Sri Lanka, the BBC reports. The device exploded in a vehicle full of rush-hour commuters; government officials blamed the separatist Tamil Tigers for the attack. More »

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terrorism • Sri Lanka • Tamil Tigers • separatists • ceasefire • bus bombing • Colombo

Serbia Calls Home US Envoy

PM vows to pull diplomats from all nations that support Kosovo independence

Feb 18, 08 8:26 PM CST
(Newser) - Serbia called home its US ambassador today to protest America's recognition of Kosovo's independence, the BBC reports. Serbian PM Vojislav Kostunica called the move Serbia's "first urgent measure," and warned that envoys in other countries that recognize Kosovar autonomy will soon be withdrawn. More »

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United Nations • Serbia • European Union • Kosovo • separatists • Kosovar independence • secession • Boris Tadic • Vojislav Kostunica • ambassador • UN Security Council

Scot Separatists Publish Plans for Independence

In challenge to Brown, seek army, taxation, control of oil reserves

Aug 15, 07 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - The August lull in British politics has given way to a national debate on an unexpected topic: Scottish independence. The separatist leader of Scotland's regional parliament has published a white paper outlining plans for a referendum and suggesting features of an independent Scotland: its own army, its own EU membership,... More »

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oil • European Union • United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Scotland • independence • separatists • North Sea • Alex Salmond • Britain

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