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Date: 15/06/2009
Israeli premier turns down establishment of a normalized Palestinian state
Netanyahu would only recognize a demilitarised state on condition that Palestinians acknowledge Israel as a 'Jewish state' and renounce to negotiate the refugee issue · The Palestinian government has accused Tel Aviv of 'sabotaging' the peace talks.
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Date: 12/06/2009
Peoples and nations today: Ossetia
DOSSIER. For many, the Ossetian nation became known during the summer of 2008, when the 'de facto' independent republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia sparked off war between Russia and Georgia. Above all, Ossetians have a distinct language and culture stretching across the Caucasus Mountains, an identity that differs from the traditional view based on a mere appendix of the Russian Federation within Georgia
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Date: 12/06/2009
Students and workers join indigenous protests against Peruvian government
Peruvian president Alan García has suspended two decrees that sparked off protests · Death toll in Bagua killing exceeds 50 · Nicaragua grants political asylum to spokesman of the main Peruvian indigenous organization.
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Date: 11/06/2009
Catalan organizations call for political parties to give up pro-autonomy way out
The organization Acte de Sobirania (Act of Sovereignty), made up of several pro-independence groups, has rallied today in front of the house of the Catalan Government · The demonstration seeks holding Catalan political leaders responsible for the Statute and the financing system crises, as well as pushing them towards the path of self-determination.
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Date: 10/06/2009
Talks on Cyprus reunification enter critical stage
Pressure mounts on island leaders not to give in during negotiations · Return of Turkish-occupied land to Greek Cypriots remains a thorny issue · Turkish Cypriot president becomes weaker after its party lost parliamentary elections.
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Date: 09/06/2009
Nationalist parties given more strength in Flemish Parliamentary elections
NEWS IN BRIEF. Up to 7 parties to hold seats in the regional assembly.
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Date: 08/06/2009
Pro-sovereignty candidates see their support grow in the European Parliament
Scottish National Party, the Welsh Plaid Cymru, Catalan Convergència i Unió and the New Flemish Alliance, among the parties with seats in the “Eurochamber” · In France, the list Europe Écologie, with Basque, Occitan and Breton candidates, comes third, close behind the Socialist Party.
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Date: 05/06/2009
Basque language is no longer the teaching language in education
The High Court of the Basque Country suspends decrees establishing Basque language as the teaching language in primary and high school education · The Court accepted for consideration the complaints filed by Plataforma por la Libertad de Elección Lingüística.
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Date: 03/06/2009
Pro-independence party wins Greenland’s elections
Inuit Ataqatigiit, a leftist pro-independence party, removes from government social democrats, in power for the last 30 years · These are the first elections after last November’s referendum, which granted self-government and self-determination for the island.
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Date: 03/06/2009
PKK extends unilateral ceasefire to negotiate a peaceful resolution for the Kurdish issue
NEWS IN BRIEF. A Turkish general replies that Ankara is "determined to eradicate" the Kurdish rebels
