ETA calls off year-old cease-fire
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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 Basque separatist group Eta says it will end its ceasefire with the Spanish government on Wednesday.
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The cease-fire appeared to be holding after Palestinian factions stopped firing rockets in exchange for an Israeli troop withdrawal.
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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 persecuting the group rather than negotiate.
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The radical Basque separatist party Batasuna, which has close links with ETA, called for the start of a peace process on Sunday, raising hopes again to end the 36-year-old conflict.
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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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A cease-fire between northern fighters and the government is expected to be signed Friday.
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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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"It will continue hitting the structure of the Spanish state on all fronts until achieving democratic conditions that allow the defense of all political projects"  Basque guerrillas ETA vowed on Sunday to continue attacks on the Spanish state, saying last year's exploratory peace talks showed there was no point in negotiating with the government. via New York Times
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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...
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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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A weekend announcement by the armed Basque separatist group ETA has revived hopes of a long-awaited end to violence but Spain's government said the organisation would have to show it intends to abandon violence 'once and for all.'
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A decade after the Irish Republican  Army's (IRA) first cease-fire came into force, negotiations  open in Northern Ireland on Wednesday aimed at reaching a deal  to stand down the guerrilla group.
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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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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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This year's staging of annual race from Lisbon to Dakar called off due to security fears in Mauritania
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BELFAST/DUBLIN  - Anglo-Irish attempts to seal a  lasting political settlement in Northern Ireland were halted on  Tuesday by a row over whether IRA guerrillas should allow  pictures to be taken of their arms being destroyed.