Word: eta
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...deputies of the lower house of the Cortes, the Spanish parliament, voted to allow the Supreme Court to dissolve political parties that are deemed to support or encourage terrorism. The effect of the bill will be to outlaw Batasuna, the political wing of the Basque separatist organization ETA, which has killed over 800 people in a 30-year campaign for an independent homeland. Despite opposition by leaders of the Catholic Church in the Basque region, the Senate is expected to pass the law, without amendments, on June 25. SYRIA Dam Busted Hundreds of homes were washed away when the Zeyzoun...
Founded at Harvard in 1989, Sigma Chi had been residing in a house at 43-45 Mt. Auburn Street since the Pi Eta fraternity, which owns the building, was disbanded...
Sigma Chi and Pi Eta are currently embroiled in two lawsuits, with Sigma Chi suing Pi Eta for the right to remain in the house and Pi Eta counter-suing Sigma Chi, alleging they did not fulfill their agreement to make repairs to the house...
...SPAIN ETA STRIKES AGAIN A caller claiming to represent the separatist group ETA gave advance warning of a car bomb that exploded near a Madrid stadium shortly before a European Champions' League football match. The attack came a day after police said they had dismantled ETA's international financial network with the arrest of 11 Batasuna Party activists. Fifteen people were slightly injured in the blast, but the match kicked off on schedule, allowing Real Madrid to qualify over Barcelona...
Since the College has no ties to Pi Eta or Sigma Chi, Illingworth and other Harvard administrators are staying out of the matter. “They’re all outside my orbit although they involve Harvard students,” he says. “I don’t have jurisdiction over the Catholic Church either. As much as I’d like to make things better, I don’t have the power to effect that...