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Basque separatist says ETA should declare ‘permanent truce’ (AFP)

October 16th, 2010

Arnaldo Otegi (pictured), the jailed top leader of the banned political wing of ETA, said the Basque separatist group should declare a permanent ceasefire, in an interview published by El Pais daily on Sunday.(AFP/Pool/File/Angel Diaz)AFP - Arnaldo Otegi, the jailed top leader of the banned political wing of ETA, said the Basque separatist group should declare a permanent ceasefire, in an interview published by…

Spain not convinced new Basque truce is credible (AP)

September 6th, 2010

In this video grab provided by ETA to Gara.net, members of the Basque Separatist militant group ETA gesture as they make a statement. The Basque separatist militant group ETA has issued a video on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010, declaring a cease fire. The video appeared on Basque newspaper Gara's website and was also made available to the British broadcaster BBC. It showed three masked militants making a statement in Basque, in usual ETA style. Gara accompanied the video with a transcription of the statement in Basque and Spanish. (AP Photo/Gara.net)AP - How many cease-fires can you announce and break before everyone stops paying attention?


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Koreas mark truce, but drills underscore tensions (AP)

July 27th, 2010

A North Korean soldier takes picture of the southern side of the cross-border village of Panmunjom Tuesday, July 27, 2010. On Tuesday, both Koreas and the U.S. marked the 57th anniversary of the signing of the armistice against the backdrop of the military drills. (AP Photo/Kim Jae-hwan, Pool)AP - On the 57th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War, U.S. and South Korean ships intensified high-profile military exercises Tuesday that underscore rising tensions in a…

UN body probes possible Koreas truce violation (AP)

May 22nd, 2010

South Korean farmers work on the field in Ganghwa Island, located inside of the civilian passage restriction line that separates the two Koreas since the Korean War, South Korea, Friday, May 21, 2010. The top U.S. diplomat said Friday that North Korea should face binternational/b consequences over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship, while the South said the U.N. would investigate whether the attack violated the Korean War truce. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - The United Nations Command launched a probe Saturday into whether the deadly sinking of a South Korean navy ship blamed on North Korea violated the Korean War truce…

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