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| Eta to end ceasefire with Spain | Eta to end ceasefire with Spain |
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| The Basque separatist group Eta says its ceasefire with the Spanish government will end on Wednesday. | The Basque separatist group Eta says its ceasefire with the Spanish government will end on Wednesday. |
| In a message printed by the Basque newspaper Berria, the banned group says "minimum conditions for continuing a process of negotiations do not exist". | In a message printed by the Basque newspaper Berria, the banned group says "minimum conditions for continuing a process of negotiations do not exist". |
| Eta declared a "permanent" ceasefire in March 2006, and had insisted it still held despite a bomb that killed two people at Madrid airport in December. | Eta declared a "permanent" ceasefire in March 2006, and had insisted it still held despite a bomb that killed two people at Madrid airport in December. |
| After the attack Spain's Socialist government broke off peace talks. | After the attack Spain's Socialist government broke off peace talks. |
| In its latest statement, Eta said that from Wednesday it would defend the Basque country "with weapons and on all fronts". | |
| The announcement suggests that another big attack could be imminent, observers say. | |
| The group has killed more than 800 people in its four-decade campaign to set up an independent state in northern Spain and south-western France. | |
| Despite last December's attack, Eta's activities have been waning, with the number of bombings falling in recent years. |