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3 suspected Basque militants detained in France

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.

Basque separatist protests banned in Spain

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 separatists claim 4 deadly attacks in Spain

Basque separatist group ETA has claimed responsibility for four bombing attacks that left three people dead and 60 injured in Spain this summer.

Spain: 3 arrested Basque suspects were armed

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.

Spain: Basque leader to fight armed separatists

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.

Top ETA official reported arrested in France

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.

Spain: Basque group in missile attack plot on king

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.

Spain faces shift in power in Basque region

Spain's Socialists on Monday savored the prospect of governing the troubled Basque region for the first time, after scoring big electoral gains at the expense of nationalists who have held power there for nearly 30 years.

Spain: Basque group claims businessman's killing

The armed Basque separatist group ETA claimed responsibility Wednesday for the recent slaying of a businessman and warned of attacks on the region's high-speed rail project.

Former ETA prisoners call for Spain talks

About 100 demonstrators who were formerly jailed as members of the violent Basque group ETA protested in northern Spain on Saturday calling on the government to begin talks to end the region's long-running separatist conflict.

Spain: Businessman is shot, killed in ETA attack

A suspected Basque separatist gunman firing at close range killed a businessman Wednesday, two weeks after the arrest of the militant group ETA's leader, officials said.

Spain: Militant plotted attack on America's Cup

A judge charged the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA on Wednesday with plotting an attack on the America's Cup sailing race last year in Valencia, Spain.

French charge suspected Basque terrorist leader

A French judge has filed preliminary anti-terrorist charges against the suspected leader of the Basque separatist group ETA, a judicial official said Thursday.

Spain indicts Basque suspect over airport attack

A Spanish court indicted the suspected leader of armed Basque separatist group ETA on Monday for his alleged role in a bombing that killed two people at Madrid's international airport in 2006.

Suspected ETA commando leader arrested in France

French and Spanish police arrested the reputed leader of ETA's commando units on Monday — dealing a devastating blow to the armed Basque separatist group.

Suspected ETA commando leader arrested in France

French and Spanish police arrested the reputed leader of ETA's commando units on Monday — dealing a massive blow to the armed Basque separatist group, officials said.

French police arrest 11 suspected Basque militants

Police arrested 11 suspected Basque militants Wednesday in southwest France in two separate investigations, including the financing of terror attacks in France and Spain, officials said.

Spain: Another Basque party banned

The Spanish Supreme Court has banned a Basque nationalist party on grounds that it is linked to the armed group ETA, the third ruling this week against pro-independence groups in the troubled region.

Spanish high court rejects Basque referendum

Spain's highest court rejected a planned referendum in the Basque region on self-determination, ruling Thursday night that such an issue must be decided by all of Spain and that only the central government can call such a vote.

Basque separatist freed from prison after 21 years

A notorious and unrepentant Basque separatist convicted of killing 25 people — including a dozen policemen in a Madrid car bombing — walked out of a Spanish prison a free man Saturday after 21 years behind bars.

7 suspected members of Basque group ETA jailed

Spain's National Court on Sunday jailed seven people on charges of belonging to a militant cell of the Basque separatist group ETA.

Spain arrests 10 in Basque region

Spanish officials say they have arrested 10 people on suspicion of engaging in street violence in support of the armed Basque separatist group.

Basque Party Members Arrested in Spain

Spanish police on Monday arrested at least 13 members of the outlawed Basque separatist party Batasuna in a crackdown on groups linked to the armed organization ETA before next month's elections.

Spain Suspends 2 Basque Parties

A Spanish judge on Friday barred two Basque pro-independence parties from running in general elections next month, suspending their activities for three years.

Bomb Explodes in Spain's Basque Region

A small bomb damaged the office of Spain's governing party in a Basque town an hour after authorities received a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, an official said Tuesday. No injuries were reported.

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ETA's empty message - Spain must remain sane in the face of this Basque separatist madness
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Through the long, weary years of the Troubles, Spain's media reported obsessively on Northern Ireland's ordeal. It saw Madrid's own struggle against Basque terrorism reflected in an Irish mirror.

Basques set for 'historic' change
Source: BBC News

The Basque region of Spain is preparing to swear in its first non-nationalist government in 30 years.

Basque-ing in the Glory of Bakersfield...

Bakersfield, you say? A Culinary Mecca? What the Hell? That's right, Bakersfield... Sitting right at the bottom of Hwy. 99 in California's Central Valley. There it sits, calling out to the gourmands and carnivorous creatures from far and wide.

Arguments: The Limits of the Northern Ireland Analogy
Source: z-word.com

THIS IS THE SECOND in our occasional series, Arguments, in which Z Word writers examine certain recurring themes in the ongoing debate about the Middle East.

Half a century on, Spanish terrorist group ETA vows to keep fighting (text & video)
Source: euronews

Two Basque newspapers published a statement from ETA in which it says support for independence is stronger now then when it was formed. The tough talk comes a month before key regional elections.

Women dominate Spanish cabinet
Source: BBC News

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has unveiled his new cabinet, which for the first time includes more women than men. Nine of the ministers are women, and eight are men; when the prime minister is included, the cabinet is equally divided by gender.

36 Hours in San Sebastián
Source: The New York Times

WHAT is it about San Sebastián that has foodies reaching for superlatives ("culinary capital of Europe"; "best place to eat in the world")? Maybe it was the French aristocracy, who imported their haughty chefs in the 19th century, turning this belle époque town on the B …

Lost son revives police hunt for Eta fugitive
Source: Guardian Unlimited

A fugitive Eta terrorist charged with multiple killings stands accused of abandoning his 12-year-old son on a remote and dangerous mountainside when he thought police were on his trail.

Ubuntu Tribe The Movie
Source: ubuntutribe.com

Ubuntu Tribe the movie is inspired in the Basque free software developers community, which actually has a lot of handicaps adapting the language to the fast changes of the new technologies.

ETA says ready for peace if Spanish attacks stop
Source: Reuters

MADRID (Reuters) - Armed Basque separatists ETA on Sunday offered to make new commitments to the stagnated peace process if the Spanish state stopped its "attacks" in the Basque region, where police have been arresting ETA suspects.

Security forces are on maximum alert - Basque official
Source: eitb24.com

Police 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.

Cost in translation: EU spends €1bn on language services
Source: Independent.co.uk

New translation and interpretation rights for the Irish language will cost the European Parliament more than €677,000 (£470,000) next year. The figure has stoked the debate on whether the EU is becoming an outrageously expensive "Tower of Babel".

Zapatero invita y advierte al PP
Source: periodistas21.blogspot.com

Eta 'calls permanent ceasefire'
Source: BBC News

-- The Basque separatist group Eta has declared a permanent ceasefire, according to reports on Basque radio. --

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