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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Two of the most senior figures of Eta, the outlawed Basque separatist group, were arrested yesterday following a series of raids in France.
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Police detained 20 suspects after finding a series of arms caches believed to belong to Basque guerrilla group ETA in southwest France, officials said on Sunday.
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French security forces arrest 20 people suspected of belonging to the Basque separatist group, Eta.
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French police arrested 17 people and discovered a cache of heavy weapons during raids targeting suspected members of Spain's armed Basque separatist group ETA based in southwestern France, officials said.
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Two of Spain's most wanted alleged terrorists and at least 16 other suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA were captured Sunday in a vast French-Spanish police operation, authorities said.
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French police, using information from raids that netted the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA and a huge arms cache, have found more weapons in hideouts allegedly kept by the group, Spanish officials said Monday.
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Seven town centres across France will be invaded today by winemakers protesting the handling of the French wine crisis - this morning thousands of people have already taken over the centre of Avignon.
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Nearly 200,000 protestors answered a call from Spain's conservative opposition and turned out in Madrid to protest against any talks with the armed Basque separatist group ETA.
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Thousands of striking taxi drivers drove at a snail's pace around France on Wednesday as part of a protest against government plans to open up their business to greater competition.
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Police swooped in northern Spain inthe early hours of Tuesday to net 17 suspected members of the Basque separatist guerrilla group ETA, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced Tuesday.
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MADRID : The Spanish and French governments hailed a &quot;historic&quot; victory against armed Basque separatist group ETA following the weekend arrest in France of ETA&#39;s political leader and 16 associates.
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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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EVRY, France  - Around 200 French police swooped   on a Paris suburb on Monday and arrested 12 people after an   attack on two policemen renewed fears of rising crime and   sparked a row between France's judges and interior minister.
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Thousands of gas and electricity workers took part in demonstrations across France against a government bill currently being debated in parliament to privatise the state-owned Gaz de France (GDF).
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French officials say they found two portable anti-aircraft missiles among weapons seized in weekend raids against suspected members of Spain&#39;s Basque separatist group, ETA.
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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.