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...Despite the cross-party support in Madrid for the clampdown on Batasuna, in the Basque country - where the party represents an assertive minority of voters - it has left many wondering whether shutting down the political party will actually help curb ETA's attacks and the rising tide of street violence that has eroded the Basque social fabric over the last decade...
...decisions in Madrid are certainly likely to strain relations between the central government and the moderate Basque nationalist coalition that, a little over a year ago, decisively defeated the Basque subsidiaries of Spain's two major parties. In the same election, Batasuna's support was slashed by more than 40 percent, with the party drawing only 10 percent of the region's vote. The election underscored two political facts of the Basque Country - a resounding rejection by most voters of Batasuna, principally because of its inability to distance itself from ETA's violence; and at the same time a popular...
...ticket price paid. One thing there will definitely be fewer of is first-and business-class seats. First class, which is filled mostly with upgrades, is on its way out, as evidenced by American's plans to cut it on flights to Hawaii and some European cities, including Madrid, Rome and Zurich...
...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...
...immigration (Spain accusing Morocco of doing little to curb the mafias that ship across the Straits a pathetic armada of desperate Africans seeking a new life in Europe), and over the future of the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, which Morocco claims. The Moroccans recalled their ambassador from Madrid in October last year; King Juan Carlos, who has been described as "like a big brother" to Mohammed VI, did not attend the young King's wedding amid the Perejil drama. Both nations' foreign ministers adopted the "Who, me?" line. The Western Sahara is perhaps the biggest barrier...