Basque militants call permanent Spain cease-fire | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

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Basque militants call permanent Spain cease-fire | Top AP Stories | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "The militant Basque separatist group ETA declared a permanent cease-fire Monday in what it called a firm step toward ending a decades-long independence fight. But Spain's government quickly dismissed the announcement as not going far enough, and demanded ETA disband and lay down its arms.
Masked ETA members wearing berets traditional for the Basque region in this northern corner of Spain announced the cease-fire in a video distributed to Spanish media. ETA's statement also appeared on the website of the pro-independence Basque newspaper Gara, which often serves as a mouthpiece for the militants.
The group, however, did not mention dissolving or giving up weapons — key demands from successive Spanish governments. And a previous cease-fire that ETA declared in 2006 and called permanent ended with violence after only nine months."

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