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Basque nationalists who seek independence can already join a party that advocates peaceful means to that end.
ECONOMIST: Spain and the Basques
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The atrocities committed by Indonesian troops after the August 30th referendum on independence have already cost Indonesia dear.
ECONOMIST: East Timor: Misadventure | The
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Alex Salmond's two-question referendum is at least three years away - but his independence campaign has already started.
BBC: SNP treads 'road to independence'
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Nonetheless, with a clear path to independence, GM is already looking forward to less government oversight.
FORBES: Smelling Freedom, GM Better Not Get A Corporate Jet For Christmas
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However the eurosceptic UK Independence Party claimed his appointment had already led one party member, a town councillor, to defect to them.
BBC: Clarke heads Cameron's reshuffle
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And these steps have already helped put America on a path to greater energy independence.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks on Increasing Oversight on Manipulation in the Oil Market | The White House
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With the very act of opposing the Franco-British consensus on Libya, Berlin already has shown a level of assertiveness and foreign policy independence not seen in some time.
FORBES: Connect
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Mr Lafontaine has already tilted against the Bundesbank, seeking to undermine its independence from government and that of its successor, the European Central Bank, by shouting for lower interest rates.
ECONOMIST: Who��s running Germany?
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The Scottish government believed they already had the authority to hold a consultative referendum on more powers if not full independence.
BBC: Scotland politics
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But I do not want to see anything that would reduce the independence of the Fed from the political process (any more than it already has been reduced).
FORBES: Why the Fed Should Stay Rogue
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In 1860 the Finns, already autonomous within the Russian Empire, were granted their own currency, the markka, a foretaste of the independence that would follow in 1917.
BBC: Coining a new Europe