Major swoop against ETA in SW France
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MADRID, Oct 4  - Spain on Monday expressed further satisfaction at the arrests in France of 17 suspected Basque extremists, saying that the neighbouring country had made hunting down members of the underground ETA group a top priority.
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Four suspected members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA, including its lead explosives expert, were arrested early Saturday in southern France, the Spanish interior minister said.
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BORDEAUX, France  - Police arrested the suspected  political leader of the Basque guerrilla group ETA, detained 20  others, and seized explosives, grenades and other weapons in a  series of raids on Sunday, officials said.
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The separatist group ETA defended its use of violence in pursuit of Basque independence from Spain on Monday amid a new campaign of economic sabotage, but also said it saw a new opportunity to end the conflict.
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French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin declared Sunday that &quot;France will be extremely severe against those who perpetrate anti-semitism,&quot; after visiting the Jewish social
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Anti-terrorist police arrested the political leader of Spain's armed Basque separatist group ETA in raids in France and Spain that resulted in arms caches and other suspected members being seized, officials said.
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Rail workers join France's rolling campaign of strikes in the public sector, with massive disruptions expected.
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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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In a major joint operation by France and Spain, two of Spain&#39;s most wanted terrorist suspects were captured Sunday in southwestern France, French and Spanish officials said.
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France's Right-wing establishment has rallied behind the former interior minister Charles Pasqua, who has come under furious attack after securing immunity from a series of criminal investigations by winning a ...
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The separatist group ETA defended its  use of violence in pursuit of Basque independence from Spain on  Monday amid a new campaign of economic sabotage, but also said  it saw a new opportunity to end the conflict.
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MADRID  - Spain hailed the weekend arrest in France of 17 suspected Basque extremists, the worst blow the underground separatist ETA group has suffered for more than a decade.
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20 people, including two leaders, were arrested near Pau in southwestern France in a vast French-Spanish police operation. Explosives, grenades, machine guns, grenade launchers, detonators, bullets and other weapons have been excluded during operation.
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Police have arrested the suspected political leader of the Basque guerrilla group ETA, detained 20 other people and seized weapons in a swoop on the outlawed group in France and Spain, officials say.
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Police in France and Spain arrested 21 suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group Eta today in a series of raids that authorities described as a blow to the organisationâs logistics unit.
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Spain&#39;s prime minister promised a tough line Sunday against armed Basque separatist group ETA as a bomb went off on a motorway and a day after four ETA suspects were arrested in France.
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THE suspected leader of Basque terror group ETA&#39;s political wing was arrested in France yesterday. Mikel Iriarte, 43, had been on the run since 1993.