SPAIN:  Hemmed In, ETA Steps Up Pressure
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MADRID, Aug 6  (IPS) - Although greatly weakened, the Basque separatist  group ETA has stepped up its pressure on businesses in that  northern Spanish region with a view to raising funds through  extortion, while it has become increasingly radical in its  political demands and is preparing a new attack, according to the  police.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Saturday called on all parties to present a united front against  separatist group ETA following Friday&#39;s car bomb attack in the northern Basque region which injured two policemen.
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Spain braced for fresh attacks by the armed Basque separatist group ETA on Wednesday, after the movement formally ended a 15-month ceasefire and vowed to resume its battle for an independent state.
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SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain -- Call it prophetic or defeatist or just plain cynical. But when the Basque separatist group known as ETA shattered its so-called "permanent cease-fire" in December with a massive bombing at Madrid's airport that killed two people, former ETA leader and convicted killer Eduardo Uriarte was not surprised.
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Spain coach Luis Aragones has risked further uproar with an attempt to repair the damage caused by his racist comments about Thierry Henry.
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Spain's Socialist government is on the defensive just two months ahead of a general election that polls show will be closely fought following the publication last week of weak economic data.
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Explosions rocked containers in two  coastal cities in northwestern Spain on Saturday after a Basque  newspaper received a telephoned warning in the name of the  armed Basque separatist group ETA, state radio said.
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Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to  continue attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year&#39;s  exploratory peace talks showed there was no point in  negotiating with the government.
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Spain would make full efforts to help push the Iraqi election held on schedule, although the country keeps "very concerned" about the current situation in Iraq, a senior Spanish official said Monday in El ...
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The armed Basque separatists Eta made their first conciliatory gesture for seven years yesterday, saying they were ready for talks, but the group's proposal fell short of an agreement to lay down arms.
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Spain has tightened control over prisoners tied to Islamic terrorism or who exhibit other signs of extremism, EFE said Tuesday.
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Eta armed separatists urge firms in Spain's Basque region to pay donations towards Basque "liberation".
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The Spanish energy sector, the scene of clashes between political and corporate forces in the last 12 months, was the scene of more titanic stake-building moves.
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The Basque separatist group ETA set off bombs in seven cities across Spain on Monday, slightly wounding five people and escalating the fight for independence.
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Spain's socialist government has initiated steps during summer to combat two of the greatest political problems facing the country: illegal immigration and the threat from radical Islamist terrorism.
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Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to keep up bomb attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year's peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the Socialist government.