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Basque Terror Group ETA Marks 50th Year with Attacks

Aug. 3, 2009
On the 50th anniversary of its founding, Spain's Basque separatist group ETA carried out two bombings, killing two and injuring dozens. But with no results after all this time, why does the organization keep turning to violence?
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MADRID, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Ten Basque separatist prisoners were transferred from their detention facilities to ones in the Basque homeland in Spain after denouncing violence.

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MADRID, June 5 (UPI) -- Spain's armed Basque separatist group ETA said it was calling off the year-old cease-fire with the government because of failed peace talks.

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MADRID, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Spanish authorities Thursday arrested a wanted member of the Basque separatist group ETA, EFE news agency reported.

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MADRID, March 22 (UPI) -- The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent ceasefire Wednesday, ending decades of fighting that claimed more than 800 lives. The ceasefire is officially set to start on Friday, El Mundo newspaper reported in its online edition.

ETA asked to denounce bombing

MADRID, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- The armed political wing of Spain's Basque separatist group ETA was asked to renounce violence following a post office bombing, El Mundo reported Friday.

Spain convenes ETA trial

MADRID, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Spain Monday convened the trial of 56 people suspected of aiding the Basque separatist group ETA, accused of more than 800 killings over the last 35 years. The ETA trial has the most defendants of any trial in Spanish history, said El Pais newspaper in it

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