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...outlawing Batasuna, the political arm of the separatist paramilitary organization ETA, the Spanish government may be headed for confrontation - not only with the extremists, but also with moderate nationalist majority in the Basque Country. Last Monday, the party's activities were suspended by Judge Baltasar Garzon, whose order was promptly enforced at the party's offices by police. The judge's ruling was based on his findings that Batasuna forms an integral part of ETA's structure and, as such, shares responsibility for the band's terrorist actions. The move coincided with a resolution passed on Monday in the Spanish...
...SENTENCED. FRANCISCO MUGICA and JOSE MARIA ARREGUI, high-ranking members of the Basque separatist group ETA; to a combined 743 years in prison for planning a 1987 attack on a bus carrying military personnel outside the northeastern city of Zaragoza; in Madrid. The men were arrested in the south of France in 1992 and extradited to Spain in 2000. The ambush killed two and injured...
...political rulers, especially the reformers, to try to influence the current battle over the country's ideological direction. SPAIN We're Still Here As E.U. leaders gathered for a summit in Seville, a series of bombs exploded in other Spanish cities, injuring eight people. The Basque separatist group ETA claimed responsibility for the five attacks. SUDAN Peace Hopes Talks aimed at ending Sudan's 19-year civil war began in Nairobi, Kenya. The talks did not get off to a hopeful start. The rebel SPLA delegation rejected calls for an immediate ceasefire. It said hostilities with the government would cease...
...past two weeks. Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, welcomed the announcement of the measures but said "as long as [Indian] forces remain deployed the danger is not over." Pakistan said it wanted talks over the status of Kashmir - a move India said would be premature. SPAIN ETA Arrest A suspected Basque terrorist, Aitzol Maurtua, was detained by police in the town of Algemesi, near Valencia, after a neighbor noticed that his Renault 19 had the license plate of a far older car. The plate had been taken from a scrapped Seat 127 and may have been intended...
...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...