End of ETA truce deals blow to Spanish PM
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The photos said it all. Eyes downcast, his face puffy, Spain's prime minister looked shattered by news that Basque rebels ETA were ending their truce, a move that dooms a key policy with elections looming next year.
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Six months after Basque separatist group ETA declared a historic ceasefire, little progress has been made in efforts to end the long-running conflict between the movement and Spain's central government.
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HUANUNI, Bolivia  - A deadly dynamite battle between rival groups of Bolivian miners ended in a truce on Friday night and President Evo Morales fired his mining minister, who was criticized for not anticipating the violence.
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Spain&#39;s banned Batasuna party, widely considered the political mouthpiece of the armed Basque separatist group Eta, offered last night to open a process of negotiations and dialogue to achieve peace in the Basque country.
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The Basque separatist group ETA called off its cease-fire on Tuesday, saying the government was not committed to ending the nearly 40-year conflict.
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced that his government would open talks with the armed Basque movement ETA to try to end nearly four decades of separatist unrest.
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A Spanish judge on Friday barred two Basque pro-independence parties from running in general elections next month, suspending their activities for three years.
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The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Tuesday it was ending the &quot;permanent&quot; ceasefire declared in March last year, accusing the Spanish government of trying to persecute the group rather than negotiate.
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The Basque separatist group Eta says it will end its ceasefire with the Spanish government on Wednesday.
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"Basque society is fed up with ETA's decision"  Spain's prime minister met with the president of the Basque region Wednesday to discuss efforts to defeat the armed separatist group ETA, which announced an end to its cease-fire earlier this month.Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has been meeting with political leaders to seek support for the government's efforts to deal with ETA after attempts to negotiate a permanent end to the group's activities collapsed.After their two-hour meeting, Basque regional President Juan Jose Ibarretxe described the sense of frustration he said was gripping the northern region. Read more
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The Basque separatist group Eta provided Spaniards with a sharp reminder that it was still in business last night as five simultaneous bomb blasts at petrol stations produced chaos on roads leading out of Madrid.
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The armed Basque separatist group ETA said Tuesday it has called off the cease-fire it declared last year, setting the stage for a resumption of attacks.
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The armed struggle of the Basque separatist group ETA may be coming to an end, a senior Spanish government source said, a day after ETA indicated its support to opening a dialogue.
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Tens of thousands of people marched in Madrid on Saturday to reject any negotiations with the Basque separatist group ETA, whose car bombing in the capital a month ago shattered a nascent peace process.Comment
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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Tuesday that ETA is &quot;making a mistake again&quot; by ending the unilateral ceasefire it declared last year, and reiterated his demand for the armed separatist group to definitively abandon violence.
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The arrest of the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA may mark the beginning of the end of Western Europe&#39;s most active guerrilla group, some analysts said on Monday.
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The chief negotiator for Iraq&#39;s rebel-held city of Falluja said after his release by US forces that peace talks with the interim government had been called off.