Eta calls for talks with Madrid
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The armed Basque separatist group Eta says it is ready to enter dialogue with the Spanish government.
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unveiled a plan to end the long-running conflict in the region, saying it wants peace talks. demilitarising the 36-year-old conflict and a referendum in the Basque country on its future.
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ETA, the Basque separatist organisation, detonated five small bombs in Madrid last night, signalling that, despite recent setbacks, it was not yet ready to renounce violence.
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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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Hundreds of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Spain's capital Saturday to demand a tougher government policy toward Basque separatists.
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Spain's prime minister outlined on Sunday his government's program to resolve troubles in the Basque region during his first visit there since the armed separatist group ETA shattered a cease-fire in December.Comment
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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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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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The Basque separatist group ETA set off  five bombs at petrol stations around Madrid on Friday in its  most serious attack in months, putting a stranglehold on the  capital at the start of a long holiday weekend.
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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 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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The Basque separatist group ETA and Spanish officials have been holding secret talks at an undisclosed location in Norway to prepare for official peace negotiations, Norwegian television reports.Comment
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Basque rebels ETA, who want independence from Spain, will end their ceasefire as of June 6, the armed separatists said in a communique released in Basque newspaper Berria on Tuesday.
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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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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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MADRID, Oct 4 (IPS) - The Basque separatist group ETA in Spain is on the   verge of disappearing, according to political and social leaders  in Spain  who commented on the arrests of the organisation's  top leaders in France.
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Spain's Basque regional government  called on armed separatist group ETA to renounce violence on  Tuesday, stepping up political pressure on the severely  weakened guerrillas to lay down their arms.