MADRID, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- The Basque separatist group ETA, blamed for more than 820 deaths in its fight for independence in Spain and France, announced it is renouncing violence.
In a statement published Thursday on the Web site of the Basque-language newspaper Gara, the group said: "A new political time is emerging in the Basque Country. We have a historic opportunity to find a just a democratic solution for the centuries' old political conflict."