UK leader: We are 'deeply sorry' for Bloody Sunday
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| LONDON: British prime minister David Cameron apologized on behalf of his country Tuesday for the 1972 slaughter of 13 Catholic demonstrators in the Northern Ireland town of Londonderry, an outrage that became known as "Bloody Sunday." In a solemn statement to the British House of Commons, Cameron said that a mammoth, 12-year investigation into the killings left no doubt that the soldiers confronting crowds of Catholic demonstrators in Londonderry's hard-line Bogside district mowed down unarmed protesters without provocation. "What happened on Bloody Sunday was both unjustified and unjustifiable. It was wrong," Cameron said, as a crowd watching him from Londonderry... |
"Progressive" Priests Reject Pope's Bishop Pick in Spain
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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SAN SEBASTIÁN, Spain, December 19, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The appointment of Bishop José Ignacio Munilla to the diocese of San Sebastian in northern Spain, has been repudiated in a letter signed by a majority of priests of the diocese. Since the rejection early in 2009 by the Austrian bishops conference of the pope's pick for bishop of Linz, some European bishops and priests have stepped up their defiance of papal wishes on appointments and Catholic teaching. The letter said that Bishop Munilla is "not suitable" for the post and said the appointment would "discredit the ecclesiastical life of our diocese."...
Suspected ETA militants charged in France
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| AFP - Two suspected ETA militants arrested in France earlier this week have been charged with conspiracy to collaborate with a terrorist organisation, a legal official said Saturday. Police apprehended 30-year-old Aitor Elizaran in a car park at the wheel of a stolen car in the Brittany seaside town of Carnac on October 19, along with a woman suspect, 32-year-old Oihana Sanvicente. Both were carrying loaded weapons at the time and have also been charged with firearms offences, possession of false documents, and car theft, the official said. The pair had been renting a studio at the holiday resort where... |
Basque separatist leader, 8 others arrested: sources
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AFP) Police in Spain's northern Basque Country arrested an ex-leader of Batasuna, the banned political wing of the armed separatist group ETA, and eight other militants accused of seeking to rebuild the party, judicial and police sources said. Former Batasuna spokesman Arnaldo Otegi was held in the city of San Sebastian along with a top union leader and three other Basque militants suspected of having tried to "reform the leadership of Batasuna on the instructions of ETA," a judicial source said. The interior ministry said later that four other "leaders of the independentist left" had been... |
France arrests top ETA leader: Spanish radio
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| MADRID (AFP) Security forces in France on Saturday arrested the suspected military chief of ETA, the third top leader of the Basque separatist organisation to be captured in the last six months, Spanish national radio said. Jurdan Martitegi was detained along with two other ETA suspects in the vicinity of the southern French city of Perpignan in an operation carried out in cooperation with Spanish security forces, the radio said, quoting anti-terrorist sources. The French interior ministry said three ETA suspects were arrested in the village of Montauriol, but it did not identify them. Spanish news reports said Martitegi... |
Finds that made Basques proud are fake, say experts
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| For traditional Basques the pictures, symbols and words found scraped onto pieces of third century pottery dug up near the town of Nanclares, in northern Spain, included miraculous evidence that their unique language of Euskara was far older than ever thought. Eighteen months ago the dig's director, Eliseo Gil, claimed that some finds at the Roman town known as Veleia were on par with those at Pompeii or Rome itself. Basque nationalists bristled with pride... Now a committee of experts has revealed those jewels to be fakes... The hunt is on for an archeological fraudster who defaced fragments of third... |
In Search Of The Lost Sahara
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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In search of the lost Sahara 05/15/2008 A team of Basque and Sahrawi archaeologists is making the first catalogue of the prehistoric heritage of the Western Sahara. Archaeologists doing some research. Photo: EiTBThe region of Tiris, a vast desert area south of Western Sahara, is the work field of the Basque-Sahrawi expedirion researching the past of this inhospitable place of the planet. A team of Basque archaeologists led by Andoni Sáenz de Buruaga, a professor at the Basque public university UPV, is visiting the Western Sahara for a fifth time. "We presented our research project to the Sahrawi Government in...
Somalia - Spanish fishing boat captured by pirates, crew of 26 held captive
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| via translation - The boat tuna freezer basque Bakio Beach this Sunday has been assaulted by pirates while fishing seems to be "off the coast of Somalia, has informed the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Basque Government, which has ensured that the pirates have taken control of the boat. Apparently, according to this source, the pirates had attacked the ship with rocket-propelled grenades Spanish, although there have been no injuries among the crew of fishing. A total of 26 people make up the crew of Bakio Beach: 13 of African descent and 13 Spanish origin -5 them... |
AQncient DNA: Reconstruction Of The Biological History Of Aldaieta Necropolis (Basque)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Ancient DNA: reconstruction of the biological history of Aldaieta necropolis A research team from the Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology & Animal Physiology in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the Leioa campus of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), and led by Ms Concepción de la Rúa, has reconstructed the history of the evolution of human population and answered questions about history, using DNA extracted from skeleton remains. Knowing the history of past populations and answering unresolved questions about them is highly interesting, more so when the information is obtained from the extraction of genetic material from... |
Strategy of Tension: ETA Murders Again Two Days Before the National Elections
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Isaías Carrasco, 42, former Socialist councilor, has been murdered half an hour ago in the Basque region, before his wife and daughter. Spain will hold next Sunday the first National elections after 3/11. |
ETA suspects arrested at "bomb factory"
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| ETA suspects arrested at "bomb factory" Police arrested four suspected Basque separatist guerrillas in southern France in what they have described as a "bomb factory" where a car bomb was apparently being prepared. At least two of those detained - three men and a woman - are said to be leading ETA militants. Special forces raided the house near the French town of Cahors after a joint intelligence operation between Paris and Madrid. Police say all four people arrested were armed but surrendered immediately. The Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said one of the group was one of ETA's... |
A job for Don Quixote
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| MADRID -- When most Americans hear the word Basque they think "terrorist." It's not quite fair, but that's what many Spaniards think, too. Most Spaniards -- large majorities, by the polls -- blame not only the bombers, but the prime minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, as well for his coddling the terrorists.. A terrorist organization called Basque Fatherland and Liberty, or ETA for short, took responsibility for the car bomb. ETA is often compared to the Irish Republican Army, but the comparison is not exact. What the two organizations have held in common is their ability to kill without conscience.... |
A United Kingdom? Maybe
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Britain and Ireland are so thoroughly divided in their histories that there is no single word to refer to the inhabitants of both islands. Historians teach that they are mostly descended from different peoples: the Irish from the Celts and the English from the Anglo-Saxons who invaded from northern Europe and drove the Celts to the countrys western and northern fringes. But geneticists who have tested DNA throughout the British Isles are edging toward a different conclusion. Many are struck by the overall genetic similarities, leading some to claim that both Britain and Ireland have been inhabited for thousands of... |
BBC: Madrid blast 'ends Eta ceasefire' (the Spanish government has announced)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Madrid blast 'ends Eta ceasefire' The government says Eta has ended the ceasefire Basque separatist group Eta have carried out a car bomb attack at a Madrid airport ending a ceasefire, the Spanish government has announced.At least four people were injured in the blast in the car park of terminal four at Barajas Airport. "It is an attack which breaks nine months without violent actions by Eta," said Spain's interior minister. He said the prime minister would stress later that "violence and dialogue are incompatible in democracy". Officials said Eta had made a call to claim the attack -... |
Media averts eyes from huge Spanish demonstration
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Something between 200,000 and one million people took to the streets of Madrid (see photo) for a demonstration against appeasement of terrorists. The ETA Basque terrorists, who are to enter talks with the government were the proximate cause. But also the Muslim terrorists who dream of reconquista - re-claiming Spain for the Dar al Islam. Speakers and many in the chanting crowd denounced PM Zapatero, who unexpectedly won Spain for the Socialists in the wake of the Madrid terror bombing and who now proposes to negotiate with the ETA thugs. The crowd was apparently chanting against both forms of appeasement. |
Third Century Roman Inscriptions Discovered In Basque Country
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Third century Roman inscriptions discovered in the Basque Country 06/08/2006 Archaeologists in the site of Iruña-Veleia have discovered an epigraphic set "among the most important of the Roman world" with drawings from the third century and a representation of a Calvary. Archaeological site in Iruña-Veleia Archaeologists in the site of Iruña-Veleia have discovered an epigraphic set "among the most important of the Roman world," with a series of 270 inscriptions and drawings from the 3rd century and a representation of a Calvary, "the most ancient known up to this moment." The managers of the archaeological site, located near the Alavan... |
The stone-age Basque language remains mystery to scientists
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| San Sebastian, Spain - No frontier marks the entrance to Spain's Basque region, but the traveller passing by quaint villages on green hillsides has a clear sense of entering a distinct territory. It is not just the Basque flags here and there. It is, above all, the signs in a strange language unlike any other in the world. A travel bureau, for instance, is marked 'bidaiak.' An ice-cream shop has a sign saying 'izozkiak.' A police station is marked 'ertzainza', and an office of the Basque regional government is called 'eusko jaurlaritza.' Scientists remain puzzled by the Basque people of... |
Basque Group (ETA) Ends Movement with Cease Fire
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| VITORIA, Spain - The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent cease-fire Wednesday, ending a decades-long campaign of violence and closing the door on one of Western Europe's last active armed separatist movements. The news prompted quiet jubilation in Spain, which has endured more than 800 deaths and $15.5 billion in economic damage since the 1960s as part of the group's campaign to carve out an independent Basque homeland in northern Spain and southwest France. In a video statement, ETA said it "has decided to declare a permanent cease fire as of March 24, 2006." |
Jewel Of The Magalenian Period (15,500 YO Necklace/Pendants, Basque Country)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Jewel of the Magdalenian period A necklace and pendants made 15,500 years ago have been discovered in the Praile I cave; it is the most important Upper Paleolithic find in the Basque Country in recent years Mikel Lizarralde DONOSTIA (San Sebastian) A Magdalenian treasure of the Upper Paleolithic has lain hidden for the last 15,500 years in the Praile I cave in Deba (Gipuzkoa). Excavations done over the last few years by a team led by the archaeologist Xabier Peñalver of the Aranzadi Society of Sciences have uncovered spectacular jewellery. Four stunning necklaces of smooth black stone, another one... |
Spain - ETA continues to extort Basque businesses (Terrorists demand "revolutionary tax")
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Bilbao, Spain, Sep 3 (EFE).- The terrorist organization ETA has sent a new batch of letters to businesses in Spain's Basque region demanding payment of a "revolutionary tax," local newspapers reported Saturday. Some of the recipients own small businesses that had previously not been the object of ETA extortion attempts. Security forces have also seen flyers stamped with the ETA acronym in the Basque city of San Sebastian calling for a boycott of Basque companies that refuse to pay protection money. A document discovered by Spanish police in July listed the names of dozens of targeted businesses in the... |
Spain - ETA warns of bomb in Franco's burial place near Madrid
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| ETA WARN OF BOMB IN VALLE DE LOS CAIDOS, FRANCO'S BURIAL PLACE NEAR MADRID-POLICE |
Car Bomb Explodes in Madrid; 18 Injured (ETA)
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Car Bomb Explodes in Madrid; 18 Injured By DANIEL WOOLLS, Associated Press Writer MADRID, Spain - A powerful car bomb exploded in Madrid Wednesday after a warning call from the armed Basque separatist group ETA, police said, in the latest of a string of attacks since Spain's prime minister offered talks with the group if it renounces violence. Eighteen people were slightly injured, said Beatriz Martin, the city's emergency medical department spokeswoman. The explosion occurred around 9:30 a.m. in a working-class district north of the Spanish capital. Police cordoned off the area where the bomb went off after an anonymous... |
Spain - Strong explosion outside Congress Palace in Madrid
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Hard explosion next to the Palace of Congresses of Madrid A strong explosion has registered this morning next to the Palace of Congresses of Madrid. According to eyewitnesses, a car is destroyed in the Avenue of the $andes. The police and cash of the SAMUR are moving to the place of the facts and the buildings of the zone are being evacuated. The place of the outbreak is to few meters of IFEMA, where this late ARC with the attendance of the Kings and the president of Mexico is inaugurated, Vicente Fox. |
Spain politics: A constitutional crisis?
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| On February 1st the Spanish parliament debatedand rejecteda proposal to allow the country's three Basque provinces to secede from Spain. Given that more than 90% of parliamentarians are opposed to the plan, which was put forward by the president of the Basque region, Juan José Ibarretxe, the result was a foregone conclusion. However, with the regional government of the Basque Country considering holding a referendum on the plan in the months ahead, the threat of a major constitutional crisis will hang heavy over Spain this year. The Basque regional parliament took a step closer to precipitating a clash with the... |
Spain Attacked from the right
Sunday 27th of May 2012 12:55:03 AM
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| Protesters rough up Spain's macho defence minister SPAIN'S defence minister, José Bono, likes to wrap himself in the national flag. He is less used to being struck by one, as he was at a protest last weekend staged by the Association of Victims of Terrorism in Madrid. The 35,000-strong rally was called to commemorate all victims of terrorism, including those killed in the March 11th Madrid train bombings. But the protesters' bigger target was the Basque terrorist group, ETA. And the attack on Mr Bono was the work of right-wing thugs. What Mr Bono, a devout Catholic and patriot who... |




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