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MADRID Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco from a vast mausoleum near Madrid. The sensitive decision to move Franco's remains from the monument was approved by a vote of 172 in favour and two against. There were 164 abstained votes, from the centrist Citizens party and the conservative Popular Party (PP). Socialist PM Pedro Sanchez, who came to power in June after toppling his conservative predecessor amid a graft scandal, has made removing Franco's remains from the grandiose monument in the Valle de los Caidos one of his priorities. (AFP)
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