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Spain Dismisses Terrorist Group's Cease-Fire Pledge

(Sept. 6) -- Spain's government today ruled out negotiations with the armed Basque separatist group ETA, saying the terrorist organization only announced a cease-fire Sunday as it is too weak to carry out further attacks. "ETA is stopping because it can't continue," Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, Spain's interior minister,...

Revelry, Melee Launch Spain's Bull-Running Festival

PAMPLONA, Spain (July 6) -- Spain shrugged off its economic woes Tuesday with tens of thousands of Spaniards and foreigners jamming a historic city plaza and spraying each other with wine as a firecracker rocket blasted off to launch the famed San Fermin bull-running festival. The nine-day street drinking party got under...

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05/30/12 People 'scared of dying badly rather than actually... Source: New Kerala Dot Com A new study has shed light on how perception about euthanasia and dying has changed since the 1970s.
05/29/12 France calls for 'complete dissolution' of ETA Source: Expatica France called Tuesday for the "complete dissolution" of armed Basque separatist group ETA, which has announced an end to four decades of violence blamed for 829 killings.
05/29/12 Sussex Courier published Special plaque marks Spanish... Source: This is Sussex - Sussex - UK The couple, now 85, flew over from their home in Michigan USA with several relatives to join other refugees, known as Ninos, who arrived at Southampton in May 1937.
05/28/12 'Currin's Group' visit the Basque Country to know... Source: EITB.com Members of the "International Contact Group", also known as the 'Currin group' will visit the Basque Country on Monday and Tuesday to gather information on the "difficulties and chances" in the Basque peace process in order to promote a "shared strategy".
05/27/12 Spain: ETA's military chief arrested in France Source: Columbus Telegram - Columbus NE The military chief for of the violent Basque separatist group ETA was arrested Sunday in southern France along with another man accused of being his assistant, Spanish authorities said.

Background on basque

The Basque Country (, ; ; ) is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories.

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