The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 05/01/2009
Madrid - The death toll of traffic accidents has fallen to the lowest level in 44 years in Spain, Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday. In 2008, at total of 2,181 people were killed in traffic accidents, 20 per cent down from the pre...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
The French police and the Spanish security forces have detained three members of the separatist Basque organization ETA, including an alleged chief in France's Gerde city, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Monday. Perez Rubalcaba said at a press conference that one of the detainees could be Aitsol Iriondo Yarza alias "Gurbita," adding "Gurbita"...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
... for dialogue with Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government.But Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Spain would no longer seek dialogue with ETA. "Democracy has on three occasions given ETA an opportunity to end like the IRA, and ETA said no," Rubalcaba told journalists at a news conference in the southwestern port city of Cadiz.The Irish Republican...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
... with Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government.
But Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Spain would no longer seek dialogue with ETA.
"Democracy has on three occasions given ETA an opportunity to end like the IRA, and ETA said no," Rubalcaba told journalists at a news conference in the southwestern port city of Cadiz.
The Irish...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 13/12/2008
... for dialogue with Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's government.But Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Spain would no longer seek dialogue with ETA."Democracy has on three occasions given ETA an opportunity to end like the IRA, and ETA said no," Rubalcaba told journalists at a news conference in the southwestern port city of Cadiz.The Irish Republican...
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
MADRID – Spain's interior minister said the suspected new military chief of ETA, Aitzol Iriondo, arrested in France Monday, may have been involved in the killing of two Spanish police officers in France last year. Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba sai
euronews24 (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
MADRID - Spain's interior minister said the suspected new military chief of ETA, Aitzol Iriondo, arrested in France Monday, may have been involved in the killing of two Spanish police officers in France last year. Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Irio
Deutsche Welle: DW-WORLD.DE (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... away. All three suspects were armed at the time of their arrest, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said. Spanish ETA militants have long used France as a base for their activities in Spain. More than 30 ETA members have been arrested on French territory this year. Possible links to recent murders Iriondo Yarza and his predecessor are both suspected of having...
International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... in Spain later Monday."I am sure ETA is preparing to carry out a criminal act," Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Tuesday. "They're still there. This is not finished."ETA, whose name stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom in the Basque language, has killed over 825 people since 1968 in its campaign for an independent state straddling northern Spain and southwest...
France24 (Free subscription) | 09/12/2008
... of Cauterets and charged with terrorism offences.Alliot-Marie phoned Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba to give him the news and at a press conference in Madrid, Rubalcaba identified the main suspect arrested Monday as Aitzol Iriondo Yarza.He is thought to have replaced Txeroki as head of ETA's military wing, Rubalcaba told reporters, adding: "He...
Xinhuanet (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
... of French police in the fight against Basque terrorism." According to Spanish Minister of Interior Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba, "Balak" could be responsible for the murder of two Spanish policemen in Capbreton, France in December 2007.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/12/2008
... arrest. All three suspects were armed at the time of their arrest, Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said. Irionda Yarza and his predecessor are both suspected of having been involved in the shooting deaths of two Spanish police officers in Capbreton, in south-western France, on December 1, 2007. Spanish ETA militants have long used France as a base for their...
CNN (Free subscription) | 03/12/2008
... Aspiazu, captured two weeks ago during an anti-terrorism raid in France.Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said Aspiazu was considered to be ETA's top military chief, in charge of ordering attacks, as well as the group's policy leader.Aspiazu was wanted in connection with the shooting deaths of two plainclothes Spanish Civil Guards a year ago while the officers...
