Read more separatists stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/10102/separatists.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:10:04 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66472/eta-admits-attacks-as-2nd-bomb-hits-spanish-island.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBasque 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,...http://www.newser.com/story/66472/eta-admits-attacks-as-2nd-bomb-hits-spanish-island.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 9:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/63635/140-dead-in-china-muslim-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAt 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—marched...http://www.newser.com/story/63635/140-dead-in-china-muslim-riots.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Jul 2009 2:27:28 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61960/russian-veto-forces-un-out-of-abkhazia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagRussia 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...http://www.newser.com/story/61960/russian-veto-forces-un-out-of-abkhazia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 16 Jun 2009 5:53:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58064/basque-separatists-hand-over-power-after-30-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSecurity 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...http://www.newser.com/story/58064/basque-separatists-hand-over-power-after-30-years.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 05 May 2009 7:24:36 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/48935/sri-lankan-army-seizes-last-big-rebel-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 now...http://www.newser.com/story/48935/sri-lankan-army-seizes-last-big-rebel-base.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 25 Jan 2009 15:11:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44813/separatists-make-comeback-in-quebec-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagVoters 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 dead, the...http://www.newser.com/story/44813/separatists-make-comeback-in-quebec-vote.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Dec 2008 4:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36405/palins-alaskan-secessionist-sympathies-come-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 leaving...http://www.newser.com/story/36405/palins-alaskan-secessionist-sympathies-come-to-light.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 02 Sep 2008 10:16:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/35204/china-likely-to-use-georgia-war-to-justify-crackdowns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe 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 the same...http://www.newser.com/story/35204/china-likely-to-use-georgia-war-to-justify-crackdowns.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 19 Aug 2008 2:10:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34836/how-the-wests-mistakes-stoked-war-in-georgia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWith 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. While Boris...http://www.newser.com/story/34836/how-the-wests-mistakes-stoked-war-in-georgia.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 Aug 2008 18:15:01 CDT