Basque party 'to call for peace'
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Banned separatist party Batasuna is expected to call for an end to violence in the campaign for Basque independence.
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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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Gun-toting Basque militants claiming to speak for ETA said the Basque separatist group will 'keep taking up arms' until the region achieves independence, a newspaper reported Sunday _ the starkest sign yet that ...Comment
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Spain's prime minister said that he still expected armed Basque separatist movement ETA to renounce violence, despite the group's recent declaration that it had no plans to give up its weapons.
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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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Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Sunday made his first visit to the Basque region since the Basque separatist group ETA broke a nine-month ceasefire in December last year.Comment
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President Nicolas Sarkozy and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero pledged Thursday to join forces to fight Basque separatist violence.
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Spain's Basque separatist group ETA has said it would not give up its weapons before independence for the Basque region is won, according to a new statement from the militant group.
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MADRID, Spain  - The governing Socialists accused Basque nationalist legislators Friday of teaming up with terrorists to win passage of a proposal seeking to make the Basque region virtually independent from Spain.
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The Basque separatist group, Eta, says it will continue its violent campaign for self-determination.
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Prominent Palestinian figures have appealed for an end to violence, adding weight to the election campaign of moderate Mahmoud Abbas to succeed Yasser Arafat and launch peace talks with Israel.
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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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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 vowed Wednesday to stand firm against ETA, saying the armed Basque separatist group was at a &quot;dead end&quot; after it halted its ceasefire last week.
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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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Three hooded gunmen claiming to speak  for the Basque guerrilla group ETA have told a rally their  armed struggle for independence from Spain continues, despite  an ETA ceasefire declaration, Spanish media said on Sunday.
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Gun-toting Basque militants claiming to speak for ETA said the Basque separatist group will "keep taking up arms" until the region achieves independence, a newspaper reported Sunday &#151; the starkest sign yet that a fledgling peace process is struggling.