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Spokesmen for the Basque separatist group ETA have floated the possibility that the group could disarm in an interview with a newspaper that acts as a mouthpiece for ETA.
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Tens of thousands of Basque separatists held a rally in the region's largest city Saturday, two days after armed militant group ETA declared it was abandoning violence.
Basques digesting the apparent end of separatist group ETA's armed campaign are taking it with quiet, careful relief. Because the more than four decades of violence were too agonizing, there was no celebratory dancing in the streets or champagne bottles being popped open.
A Spanish court convicted a prominent Basque separatist of terrorism Friday and sentenced him to 10 years in prison for trying to resurrect the banned political wing of the militant group ETA.
Spain's National Court has acquitted a former Basque separatist leader who was sentenced to two years in prison for defending terrorism.
Police say officers in central France have arrested a man and a woman allegedly linked to the Basque separatist group ETA following a pair of weekend shooting incidents against officers that injured at least one.
Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in Spain's troubled Basque region Saturday, calling for the government to legalize a new pro-independence party that says it rejects violence by armed separatist group ETA.
The Obama administration has designated two members of the Basque separatist group ETA as terrorists and is banning Americans from doing business with them.
Spanish police on Tuesday arrested four suspected members of the armed Basque separatist group ETA they believe may have been behind several attacks in recent years, the interior minister said.
Tens of thousands of people marched in Spain's Basque region on Saturday to protest the government policy of shipping separatist prisoners convicted of terror to jails far from their homes.
A Spanish police official says a small explosive device has detonated in an industrial area outside the Basque capital and caused minor damage but no injuries.
As one of the largest Basque communities in the United States prepares for the traditional Jaialdi festival in southwestern Idaho, a not-so traditional Basque president is expected to be among the visitors.
Northern Ireland police said Friday they have arrested a Basque separatist accused by Spain of involvement in a string of car bombings.
French police arrested the leader of Basque separatist group ETA Thursday and his second in command, Spanish officials said, calling it an important blow but not a death knell for the violent organization.
The leader of the armed Basque group ETA was arrested in France on Sunday, officials said, in another setback for the separatists, who have seen five of their commanders taken into custody in the last two years.
Portuguese police seized a large amount of explosives Friday at a home being used by Basque separatist group ETA as a base to prepare attacks in neighboring Spain, officials said.
Spanish police say they have arrested two suspected members of Basque separatist group ETA in northern Spain and discovered a hidden cache containing explosives and bomb-making equipment.
Police detained three suspected members of Basque separatist group ETA in a French Alps ski resort and seized material for making explosives, officials said, after a series of bombings claimed by the group on the Spanish island of Mallorca.
Spanish and Basque authorities have banned three protests marches called by groups linked to the armed group ETA in the northern cities Bilbao and San Sebastian.
Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for four bombing attacks that left three people dead and 60 injured in Spain this summer.
Three suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA who were captured in France were wanted for violent acts within Spain and had been on the run from police for months, the interior minister said Sunday.
Basque Socialist leader Patxi Lopez was voted in as the Basque region's first non-nationalist president Tuesday and vowed to wage a relentless fight against the armed separatist group ETA.
Three suspected members of the Basque separatist organization ETA have been arrested in southern France, including one considered to be the group's military leader, officials said Saturday.
The armed Basque separatist group ETA considered assassinating King Juan Carlos by attacking his plane or helicopter with a surface-to-air missile, Spain's interior minister said Monday.
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Security forces are on maximum alert - Basque officialPolice in the Basque Country were on maximum alert Thursday over a possible attack by the armed Basque armed group ETA after police found explosives and arrested eight suspects in a raid, a Basque official said.
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Eta 'calls permanent ceasefire'-- The Basque separatist group Eta has declared a permanent ceasefire, according to reports on Basque radio. --
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