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    • Events Calendar  Dec 19, 2008
    The concerts are FEB. 25, "Latin Rhythms Meet Dizzy Gillespie," with Gillespie, Jon Faddis and an all-star band, vocalist Jackie Ryan, and Jose Rizo; FEB. 26, "Island Fever ??" Grooves From Brazil and the Caribbean," with Monty Alexander's Jazz and Roots, Kenny Barron's Canta Brazil with Trio da Paz and flutist Anne Drummond, and Anthony Wilson and Chico Pinheiro band; FEB. 27, "Sing and Swing, Tribute to Ray Brown," with Bobby McFerrin, Monty Alexander Trio, drummer Jeff Hamilton and... (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)

    Epicurious Predicts Top 10 Food Trends for 2009  Dec 2, 2008
    Guess again: Peru boasts culinary influences from Spanish, Basque, African, Chinese, Japanese, Italian, French, and British immigrants. Pisco Sour, anyone. (Epicurious.com)

    Breakthrough as minister uses Welsh at EU council  Nov 21, 2008
    Welsh now has the same co- official status in the Council of Ministers as Basque, Catalan and Galician. Anyone can now write to the Council in Welsh and receive a reply in the same language. (WalesOnline)

    Spain says arrested man is head of Basque group  Nov 20, 2008
    MADRID - A young gunman arrested this week turns out to be the head of the Basque separatist group ETA - the first member of an uncompromising and ultra-violent new generation to lead the organization, Spanish officials said yesterday. Police said they were preparing for retaliation from ETA over the arrest of 35-year-old Mikel de Garikoitz Aspiazu, whose alias is Txeroki, or Cherokee in Basque ... ETA has killed more than 800 people since the late 1960s in its battle to create an independent... (Boston Globe)

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    The Basque Club has leased the western part of the depot since the Ontario City Council approved a pact with the club in 2006, according to city documents ... Conditions of the 99-year lease included the club taking responsibility for remodeling the north wing, which the club accomplished through grants from the Basque Autonomous Community of Spain and fundraising efforts ... At the 2006 meeting, the council decided due to the historic/cultural heritage of the Basque Club, it was felt that this... (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)

    Suspected ETA chief arrested in France  Nov 17, 2008
    The suspected military leader of Basque separatist rebel group ETA has been arrested in south western France, the French interior ministry said on Monday, the biggest blow to the organisation in months ... "This arrest shows again the resolute commitment of the French police and gendarmerie in the fight against all forms of terrorism and illustrates once again the excellent cooperation between France and Spain in the fight against Basque terrorism," the statement said ... ETA, which initiated... (International Herald Tribune)

    More French Than France  Nov 16, 2008
    Locals play pelota, the traditional Basque sport that is, essentially, handball with elongated ping-pong paddles and a black rubber ball the size of an apricot ... 1579: Miquelon named by Basque fishermen. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Letters to the Editor (Nov. 9)  Nov 10, 2008
    Nancy Basque, Corvallis. Strong military, but rest is weak. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Next year's travel hot spots  Nov 4, 2008
    Basque Country, France/Spain. This country is so complicated its borders are marked on no maps and when its name is spoken, most of the world thinks only of a saucy piece of lingerie. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Culture : High steaks  Nov 4, 2008
    Perry and Doyle met up early last year in Basque country to celebrate the chef's 50th birthday in a San Sebastian seafood restaurant with a few friends from around the cooking world. While they were there, talk turned to doing a new big place in Sydney. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Protect yourself from terrorism when traveling  Oct 3, 2008
    Americans have been told nothing about a recent resurgence of violence in Spain blamed on ETA, the Basque separatist group. An alarming upswing in crime and kidnappings in Mexico's largest cities has been ignored too. (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Army Officer Killed in Spain Car Bomb Explosion  Sep 23, 2008
    MADRID, Spain A powerful car bomb exploded Monday in northern Spain, killing an army officer and wounding six other people in the third attack in 24 hours by suspected members of the Basque separatist group ETA.. And in France, police detained six suspected Basque militants in a probe into the financing of terror attacks in France and Spain ... The attack Monday in the northern town of Santona signaled a new ETA offensive just days after the Spanish Supreme Court outlawed two Basque... (Fox News)

    Spain's Supreme Court Bans Basque Party  Sep 17, 2008
    Spain's Supreme Court on Tuesday banned a Basque political party because of its links to the armed separatist group ... Basque Nationalist Action was one of two parties that had its activities suspended by National Court Judge Baltasar Garzon a month before Spain's general election in March, effectively preventing any militant pro-independence Basque party from being represented in voting for the Spanish Parliament ... Batasuna was banned in 2003 for being part of ETA, an organization that has... (Law.com)

    Spain braced for wave of attacks as Eta calls off ceasefire  Aug 21, 2008
    Spain braced itself for a fresh terrorist attack by Basque separatist group Eta yesterday as hopes of a lasting peace were shattered by the ending of a 14-month ceasefire ... De Juana Chaos was removed by police yesterday from a hospital in the Basque city of San Sebastian, near his home, where he had been recovering from his hunger strike, and was reportedly returned to a jail near Madrid ... In a communique announcing the end of the ceasefire the group said it would be "active on all fronts to... (Yahoo News -- Spain)

    Irresistible Mexico City  Aug 20, 2008
    The nearly 1,700 acres of lawns and forests in Basque de Chapultepec, or , are home to the city's finest museums, small lakes and the 18th century Castillo de Chapultepec, home to Emperor Maximilian during his brief tenure in the 19th century. The centerpiece of Colonia Condesa is the oval-shaped Parque M;xico. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Visiting The Navajo Nation  Aug 2, 2008
    Howard Gurule, 45, is Apache and Basque. "Basque people have big balls, blowing up all over France and Spain," he says, referring to ETA, the Basque terrorist group. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    X-ray shows Picasso's 'Guernica' has suffered a lot but is not in danger  Jul 23, 2008
    The Associated Press Published: July 23, 2008. "Guernica" depicts intense suffering but it's own health is not in danger. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    9 members of Basque separatist cell arrested over recent bombings  Jul 23, 2008
    The alleged leader of a Basque separatist cell believed to be responsible for a string of recent bomb attacks in Spain was arrested Tuesday along with eight other cell members, the Spanish authorities said ... rez Rubalcaba said that the leader of the cell, Arkaitz Goikoetxea, and several other cell members were arrested during raids by the police in two towns near the northern Basque city of Bilbao ... The Basque group ETA declared a cease-fire in March 2006 but grew frustrated at the lack of... (International Herald Tribune)

    Spain moves to block Basque plebiscite  Jul 16, 2008
    MADRID The Spanish government filed a lawsuit Tuesday with the Constitutional Court to block plans by the Basque region to hold a referendum that many see as a move toward independence. State lawyers acted after the Basque regional government on Tuesday published its plan to hold the referendum Oct. 25, the Justice Ministry said in a statement ... The Basque government insists that the nonbinding vote is a popular consultation rather than a referendum. (Globe and Mail -- International)

    Group hopes to help local Hispanic families  Jul 13, 2008
    Its my understanding that a lot of Hispanics came to Sweetwater County as sheepherders, similar to how many Basques came to the area, she said ... Although the county museum has a lot of research and oral histories on the Basque movement into Sweetwater County, there isnt a lot of information available on the Hispanic movement in the County. (Green River Star, WY -- Local)

    Free Basque Fest  Jul 8, 2008
    RENO FEST HONORS BASQUE HERITAGE. Article:RENO FEST HONORS BASQUE HERITAGE:/c/a/2008/07/04/PKAC11EERH.DTL Article:RENO FEST HONORS BASQUE HERITAGE:/c/a/2008/07/04/PKAC11EERH.DTL ... RENO FEST HONORS BASQUE HERITAGE. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    July arts fest renews Reno's image  Jul 1, 2008
    The Coeur d'Alene Art Auction has been scheduled in Reno July 25-26 in conjunction with Artown along with such multicultural events as the International Film Series, Festival of Russian Music, Gospel Bluegrass, Native American Festival, Aloha Festival, Food For the Soul World Music Series and 41st annual Basque Festival. The Movies in the Park series offers free showings of motion pictures ranging from Disney's "The Lion King" to Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo.". (MSNBC -- Travel)

    Bomb explodes in Basque region  Jun 9, 2008
    A bomb exploded in northern Spain early Sunday at printing facilities belonging to a Basque newspaper known for its hard-line stance against separatist violence, the authorities said ... El Correo blamed separatists from the armed Basque group ETA who have been fighting since the late 1960s for an independent Basque homeland in a region stretching across northern Spain and southwestern France ... More than 825 people have been killed in Basque violence. (International Herald Tribune)

    ETA rebels bomb Basque newspaper building  Jun 8, 2008
    A bomb exploded outside a newspaper plant in northern Spain early on Sunday in an attack police blamed on ETA Basque separatists. No one was hurt by the blast, at the back of El Correo's printing press building in the Basque town of Zamudio at about 3 a.m. (2 a.m. British time) on Sunday ... "The bomb at our plant in Zamudio will not stop us printing and will not silence our voice, which speaks for hundreds of thousands of Basques who want to see the end of ETA," El Correo said in an editorial. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    Holding on to history ... Landmark falls away ... A sign of summer ... News Digest: ... Big winner ... Survey says Oregon graduation rates are not has high as they seem ... Gorge cherry harvest comes in late ... Wallowa superintendent goes to Yoncalla ... ';var marqueewidth="440px";var marqueeheight="25px";var marqueebgcolor="#";////NO NEED TO EDIT BELOW THIS LINE////////////var pauseit=1;var marqueespeed=1 //slow speed down by 1 for NSvar copyspeed=marqueespeedvar pausespeed=(pauseit==0)? copyspeed: 0var iedom=document.all||document.getElementByIdif (iedom)document.write(''+marqueecontent+'')var actualwidth=''var cross_marquee, ns_marqueefunction populate(){if (iedom){cross_marquee=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("iemarquee") : document.all.iemarqueecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"cross_marquee.innerHTML=marqueecontentactualwidth=document.all? temp.offsetWidth : document.getElementById("temp").offsetWidth}else if (document.layers){ns_marquee=document.ns_marquee.document.ns_marquee2ns_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8ns_marquee.document.write(marqueecontent)ns_marquee.document.close()actualwidth=ns_marquee.document.width}lefttime=setInterval("scrollmarquee()",20)}window.onload=populate;function scrollmarquee(){if (iedom){if (parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))cross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(cross_marquee.style.left)-copyspeed+"px"elsecross_marquee.style.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8+"px"}else if (document.layers){if (ns_marquee.left>(actualwidth*(-1)+8))ns_marquee.left-=copyspeedelsens_marquee.left=parseInt(marqueewidth)+8}}if (iedom||document.layers){with (document){document.write('')if (iedom){write('')write('')write('')write('')}else if (document.layers){write('')write('')write('')}document.write('')}} Michael Tyner (from left to right), Benjamin Tyner, April Tyner, William Tyner and Jake Tyner try out their costumes and a few props for the pioneer village they will staff Saturday at Americas Global Village Festival in Lions Park, Ontario. Each Tyner will portray a character who once lived and worked in the Treasure Valley.Holding on to history  Jun 6, 2008
    In addition to the pioneer village, Basque, Japanese, African and Native American cultures will be portrayed. Dressed in costumes, the Tyners will represent Idaho and Oregon s history from the fur trapper age in 1810 to the homesteaders in 1939, Michael Tyner, 50, said. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)

    Bombing wounds 3 in Basque Country in Spain  Jun 1, 2008
    A bomb exploded early Sunday in the city of Zarautz in Spain's Basque country, slightly injuring three people, a government official said ... The explosion follows the May 21 arrest in Bordeaux, France, of three suspected ringleaders of the violent separatist Basque group ETA. It was not immediately clear if the bombing was related to the arrest. (International Herald Tribune -- Sports)

    Spain to block Basque referendum on "right to decide"  May 29, 2008
    The Spanish government said Wednesday that it would block a plan by authorities in the Basque Country for a referendum-style vote on ties with the rest of Spain and ending a decades-long conflict with ETA rebels. The head of the Basque Country's regional government, Juan Jos ... Ibarretxe, said he wanted Basques to vote yes or no on Oct. 25 on whether to seek peace talks with ETA.. (International Herald Tribune)

    'Spherified' juice? Controversy among Spain's top chefs  May 27, 2008
    Andoni Aduriz, whose restaurant Mugaritz in the Basque Country rose this year to the number four spot on the Restaurant Guide list, said Santamaria was simply trying to scare people. "Santi is the Hugo Chvez of gastronomy. He loves to spark controversy with his populist talk," said Aduriz, a prot. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Spanish opposition leader suffers devastating defection by key ally  May 26, 2008
    Last week, two prominent members of the party's Basque branch resigned, saying they no longer trust Rajoy to be tough against moderate nationalists who run the Basque region and are planning a referendum that critics see as a vote on eventually breaking away from Spain. Previously, two key members of the party's old guard resigned as it became apparent that Rajoy was no longer going to count on them. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Eta blamed for Spanish car bomb  May 22, 2008
    A car bomb has exploded in the town of Durango in Spain's Basque country, lightly wounding two policemen. No-one has admitted carrying out the attack, but officials have blamed the Basque separatist group Eta which called off a ceasefire in June. (Yahoo News -- Spain)

    An unlikely cast of contenders for Tonys  May 14, 2008
    A scene from "In the Heights," which received a Tony Award nomination for best musical (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times). Published: May 13, 2008. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)

    Celizic: How 'bout we give these Games a chance?  May 2, 2008
    In Barcelona, Basque separatists tried their best to make a squawk heard round the world. In Athens, the depredations of the native nihilists were a nightly occurrence. (MSNBC -- Sports)

    There Will Be Blood Orange Juice  May 2, 2008
    Basque cheese at $22 per pound. Olive oil at $43 per liter. (Slate)

    Prophet Mohammed, Islam And Christianity  Apr 19, 2008
    The operational strategies of the Basque Separatist Movement- ETA, the Irish Republican Army, not forgetting the Baader-Meinhof gang of May 1970 (Koch, P. nn, K., 1977), had had its innocent victims. For example, on 5 September 1977, the Baader-Meinhof group kidnapped Hanns Martin Schleyer- a staunch Christian Democrat and President of the Federation of German Employers. (Ghana Web, Ghana)

    Punishment for flag waver  Apr 16, 2008
    It can be avoided by creating a clean government and poverty eradication -- take Quebec in Canada and Basque in Spain as an example. What corruptors do, however, is exactly the opposite. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)

    Spain - Government Profile  Apr 15, 2008
    Pais Vasco (Basque Country) ... Basque Nationalist Party - 2 ... Basque Nationalist Party - 6. (Suite101.com)

    "Not You! You!!!"  Apr 10, 2008
    "Hey! Take your hands off Tibet!" the international chorus is crying out, "But not from Chechnya! Not from the Basque homeland! And certainly not from Palestine!" And that is not a joke ... The Basques in Spain ... Compared to these factors, what have the Basques, for example, to offer. (Center for Research on Globalization)

    Jefferson looks at bringing in jai alai  Mar 29, 2008
    Jai alai evolved from several ball games first played in Basque country, the mountainous region of northern Spain ... Coleman, however, pitched Jefferson as prime real estate for a fronton because of the parish's historical ties to the Basque culture. (Nola.com -- Sports)

    Food can serve as a bridge between people  Mar 26, 2008
    Then there was the afternoon at the Wool Growers Restaurant in Los Banos, when co-owner Michel Iturbide tentatively considered my questions about Basque food. The interview felt awkward until I started speaking in French and gushing over the excellent pork chops and lamb stew. (Fresno Bee -- Lifestyle)

    Surprise At Sutter Buttes  Mar 16, 2008
    Try the Basque lamb special with sauteed garlic. $16 to $26. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Letters to the Editor -- 3/14/2008  Mar 15, 2008
    Last modified Thursday, March 13, 2008 9:45 PM PDT. During the Democratic YouTube debate, the presidential candidates were asked what they thought of the candidate to their left. (North County Times)

    Spain's big question  Mar 9, 2008
    "But we say, Mr Rajoy, what do you mean by integrating? Which customs, which habits? Are they Andalusian ones or Catalan ones or Basque ones? Do they mean eating a Spanish tortilla, sleeping a siesta? I have no idea.". Spain itself is in the midst of great social change - - it's giving up the siesta, abandoning the old macho culture and embracing sexual minorities, changing its diet, accepting its multiple languages. (Globe and Mail -- International)

    Spain PM accuses Eta after death  Mar 8, 2008
    Spain's prime minister has accused the Basque separatist group, Eta, of trying to upset Sunday's election by murdering a former Socialist Party councillor ... The 42-year-old was shot dead near his home in the Basque town of Mondragon ... For more than three decades Eta has waged a bloody campaign for independence for the seven regions in northern Spain and south-west France that Basque separatists claim as their own. (BBC News -- Europe)

    Vote will test the New Spain  Mar 8, 2008
    Andalusia's regional government president Manuel Chaves, right, informs Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist candidate Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of an attack on a former Socialist Party councillor in Spain's Basque country during an electoral meeting in Malaga, southern Spain, March 7 ... The country was consumed with struggles over separatist forces in Catalonia and the Basque country, and the Iraq war dominated its foreign affairs ... Election campaign rallies were cancelled last night... (Globe and Mail)

    Eight British soldiers sent home after stripping, urinating in bar...  Mar 4, 2008
    Do you have a complaint against this newspaper. If you have a complaint about the editorial content in this website which concerns inaccuracy or intrusion and the article directly affects you, then. (The Drudge Report)

    Reno's Ethnic Fetes Offer Variety  Mar 4, 2008
    The Basque Festival, held each year in July, isn t as large as the in Elko, but features the same elements feats of strength competitions, dance exhibitions and feasting. The event s location is Wingfield Park, a short walk from Casino Row. (Suite101.com)

    63 comments  Feb 28, 2008
    " Indeed, we see it bubbling up from the Basque country of Spain, to Belgium, Bolivia, Baghdad and Beirut. Perhaps the wisest counsel for the United States may be to get out of the way of this elemental force. Rather than seek to halt the inexorable, we should seek to accommodate it and ameliorate its sometimes awful consequences. And we should look to our own land. According to Pew Research, there will be 127 million Hispanics here by mid-century, tripling today's 45 million -- and almost 100... (Human Events Online)

    Chretien: Canada in tough spot over Kosovo  Feb 23, 2008
    Former prime minister Jean Chretien displays his Order of Canada medal as he was invested as Companion to the Order during a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, Friday, Feb. 22, 2008. (Fred Chartrand / THE CANADIAN PRESS). (CTV.ca)

    Divisions cloud Kosovo's independence day  Feb 17, 2008
    Basque nationalists who want their own country carved from part of northern Spain and southern France praised Kosovo, saying its expected declaration of independence showed "we are not talking about utopias". And an official from a pro-independence group in Catalonia, the region that includes Barcelona, said of Kosovo on Friday: "We are celebrating.". (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    In Italy, a symphony of pulled strings  Jan 8, 2008
    By including the glossary - in some 30 languages like Basque (gomentadu), Estonian (soovitama) and Maltese (tirranga) - Giovanni Floris, the author, wanted to make the point that exerting influence to achieve a goal is a global tradition. But in Italy, Floris argues, the culture of favoritism has gradually mutated into a general "epidemic that, after having struck the nation at every level, is slowly transforming its DNA.". (International Herald Tribune)

    * Small bomb rocks Spanish governing party office in Spain  Dec 27, 2007
    A small bomb damaged the office of Spain's governing party in a Basque town an hour after authorities received a warning call from the armed separatist group ETA, an official said on Tuesday ... Spain's Socialist party and the leading conservative opposition Popular Party have been divided in recent years over measures to combat ETA, an organization that has killed more than 800 people since the late 1960s in its campaign for an independent Basque homeland in a region straddling northern Spain... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Demonstrating The Influence Of The Microenvironment In The Process Of Metastasis  Dec 27, 2007
    It is this theme that the Gipuzkoan biologist, Ms Amaya del Villar, deals with in her PhD thesis, recently defended at the Faculty of Medicine and Odontology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). It is research work in which colon cancer -generated hepatic metastasis is analysed, a disease which may be propitiated by genes that are regulated by the very microenvironment or environment of the liver. (Science Daily)

    More of this story  Dec 15, 2007
    "Pico House is an ideal location," Demesteere explained, adding that three buildings on Olvera Street, the Brunswig, the Garnier and the Biscailuz Center, were named for Frenchmen who hailed from Alsace, the Alps and the Basque Region, respectively. "It's a symbolic place to show this work," she said. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)

    Patent's worldwide oven ‘odyssey' - Columnist compiles recipes from immigrants preserving their heritage  Dec 14, 2007
    During an unpleasant layover at the Salt Lake City airport, Patent made an unlikely connection that revealed the secrets of the Gateau Basque. On the hunt for a hotel for the night, Patent shared a taxi with a woman named Bernadette Iribarren, a San Francisco resident who grew up in the Basque region of France. (Missoulian, MT)

    ETA blamed in fatal ambush of Spanish guardsman  Dec 2, 2007
    One Spanish civil guardsman was killed and another seriously wounded in southern France on Saturday, the Spanish authorities said, accusing the Basque militant group ETA of its first slaying in almost a year ... The French and Spanish police often work together in the ethnic Basque areas that straddle the border between Spain and France. (International Herald Tribune)

    Spanish policeman is killed in attack in France  Dec 2, 2007
    A Spanish policeman was shot dead in southern France on Saturday by members of the Basque militant group ETA, Spanish authorities said ... French and Spanish police often work together in the ethnic Basque areas along the border between Spain and France, which ETA operatives have long used as a safe haven. (International Herald Tribune)

    Telvent to Acquire 25 Percent of S21sec  Nov 26, 2007
    The Company currently employs over 175 professionals and has offices in Navarre, Madrid, the Basque Country, Catalunya and Andalusia. In addition, S21sec has committed itself to being a global company and has now offices in Mexico and the United States. (Primezone Releases)

    wine temples of Rioja, Spain  Oct 21, 2007
    " It seems no one can lay eyes on the City of Wine without having something to say, with the exception of those struck dumb by the sight. Among those rendered speechless, one suspects, is the sleepy, medieval, hilltop village of Elciego, generational home to Marqus de Riscal, which had to relinquish its centuries-old steepled San Andrs church as the most notable landmark for miles around. Gehry's waves of titanium sheeting undulate about and over a core, four-level, sandstone structure housing... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Post a comment  Oct 18, 2007
    The same principle applies to Spain with its Basque groups ... Why can new maps not be drawn for Basque, PKK, etc. (International Herald Tribune)

    In these Spanish recipes, imagination is a key ingredient  Oct 17, 2007
    That was the case with porrusalda, a Basque potato-leek soup with salt cod. It eventually came together as a hearty, oniony soup reminiscent of the sea. (Boston Globe)

    Read Article »  Oct 17, 2007
    " The threat of violence is nothing new in Spain, where Muslim terrorists blew up commuter trains a few years ago, killing many, and where the threat of killings by Basque extremists (there was a bomb attack in Bilbao last week, a truce with the government having broken down in June) has again become part of the daily background noise of life. Only a simple stanchion, and a discreet alarm, as I discovered when leaning too close, separates the public from Picasso's famous mural about a midcentury... (International Herald Tribune)

    Trailing of the sheep focus on peruvians  Oct 10, 2007
    Today that small grassroots parade has turned into a three-day festival, complete with a day-long folk life fair featuring music and dance of the Polish Highlanders, Peruvians, Basques, and Scots any ethnic group that has had a hand in working with sheep ... ntil now they've always focused on the Basque culture. (Wood River Journal, ID)

    Peruvians-at home in the Wood River Valley  Oct 10, 2007
    Then the Basques, who fled poverty in the Old Country to carve out a living as sheepherders in Idaho's high country ... ntil now they've always focused on the Basque culture ... he thing about the Peruvian culture is that we're living in the midst of it, as opposed to looking back at the way things used to be, as we did with the Basque and Scottish cultures. (Wood River Journal, ID)

    Top 50 restaurants  Oct 9, 2007
    "Liquid" chorizo appears encased with a scallop 'sausage" until pierced and a spicy broth flows over the bowl with lentils and the flavor of piment d'espelette (a smoky mild pepper from the Basque region). A tiny quenelle of pesto ice cream rests gracefully over Parmesan and bean cream topped with a gelled safffron broth. Main courses might include anything from a tableside "distillation" of kobe syle beef in a mod version of sukiyaki to a "study" of American octopus grilled with lime and... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    News in brief  Oct 8, 2007
    They were arrested in Segura, in the northern Basque region, while allegedly holding an illegal meeting on Thursday ... On Saturday, thousands in the Basque country protested against the arrests. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)

    Basque Country  Oct 7, 2007
    " We were outside Navarrenx, one of those perfect fortress-citadels littering southwest France, 40 miles as the squab flies east of the Atlantic at glitzy Biarritz, and 30 miles north of the Spanish border. "You know why Basque houses are big and white. " the hunter asked, his shotgun indicating a lush hillside. My wife, Alison, and I shook our heads. "The Basques don't know how to stop cement mixers ... " Rooting near espelette chili peppers, essential for spicy Basque cooking, were... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    S Africa 'on track in Aids fight'  Oct 7, 2007
    Basque raid 'declaration of war. MOST READ. (Yahoo News -- AIDS-HIV)

    Many stay 'silent' over poor care  Oct 5, 2007
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    Workers 'abused' Japan's foreign trainees are often used as cheap labour  Oct 5, 2007
    Spain police seize Basque leaders ... Spain police seize Basque leaders. (BBC News -- Asia-Pacific)

    The Iraq war and life in Afghanistan depicted at San Sebastian Film Festival  Sep 20, 2007
    Donostia is the Basque word for San Sebastian. Winners are to be announced on Sept. 29. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)

    Back to her roots, with plenty of peppers  Sep 6, 2007
    One Cook's Best Dish: A basque specialty ... Miren Etcheverry's Basque chicken, made with tomatoes and a variety of peppers, is a recipe she learned from her mother ... CAMBRIDGE - If your garden or local farmers' market is overflowing with a seasonal excess of peppers, Miren Etcheverry has a simple solution: Go Basque. (Boston Globe)

    All present as mining's future is recast  Sep 3, 2007
    That night after the meeting was over, he had a steak at one of Elko's famous Basque restaurants. "If we pass something that really kills the industry in Nevada, that would be a mistake.". (Las Vegas Sun)

    Who are Eta?  Sep 2, 2007
    For more than three decades the armed organisation Eta has waged a bloody campaign for independence for the seven regions in northern Spain and south-west France that Basque separatists claim as their own. Euskadi Ta Azkatasuna, Eta, whose name stands for Basque Homeland and Freedom, first emerged in the 1960s as a student resistance movement bitterly opposed to General Franco's repressive military dictatorship ... Under Franco the Basque language was banned, their distinctive culture... (BBC News -- Europe)

    One-Child Foreign Policy  Aug 28, 2007
    The Basque guerrillas in Spain, the Tamil Tigers in Sri Lanka, and the Muslim insurgents in India (Kashmir) are largely concentrated in a particular territory, making territorial secession seem like a viable objective. That is not the case with the Muslim community within Europe. (The American Conservative)

    Eta ends ceasefire and pledges terrorist campaign 'on all fronts'  Aug 6, 2007
    The Basque separatist group Eta said its terrorist campaign would resume "on all fronts", raising the spectre of a new wave of bombings just as the tourist season begins. In a statement to two Basque newspapers yesterday, the group said its 15-month "permanent ceasefire" was over ... In its statement, Eta said it would be "active on all fronts to defend the Basque homeland". (Yahoo News -- Spain)

    Josefina Yanguas, 90; her Cambridge caf served as a gathering place for intellectuals  Aug 5, 2007
    The eyes of Josefina Yanguas were the color of ravens, like the hair she tied in a tight bun, and she dressed in austere black -- a hue of choice back home in the Basque country of northern Spain. "She acquired a striking beauty," said her friend Juan Alonso, "these enormous black eyes, a bit like a sparrow who lights on your caf table and looks at you unafraid.". (Boston Globe)

    Music: Basque music: The heart of Euskaldunak  Aug 3, 2007
    Basque music: The heart of Euskaldunak ... In the streets: A Basque percussion group, "Taupada Samba Taldea," performs earlier this summer in the streets of Donostia (San Sebastian), Spain ... net) features some highlights of their causes, including anti-war, anti-racism, gay rights and solidarity of the Basque people. (Juneau Empire)

    Acadians get their own history book  Jul 18, 2007
    Maurice Basque of the University of Moncton said the book does not provide a complete, detailed history of the Acadians because it is aimed at elementary students, but he said it does go beyond just the events of history by detailing Acadian culture of the past and of today. One of the objectives of the book was to present something relevant for students, not only talk about things that happened in the past, but try to make them understand that there's also a very vibrant Acadian reality and... (Globe and Mail -- National)

    Insects To Solve Crimes  Jul 10, 2007
    The work of the Forensic Entomology Service in the Department of Zoology and Animal Cell Biology at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) involves drawing up a census of insect species of forensic interest ... This is where things become quite complicated especially in the Basque Country where there is scant knowledge about necrophagous insects that exist and that colonise dead bodies, or about what their cycle of developments are and their distribution patterns ... The research team is... (Science Daily)

    Couldnt he simply resign?  Jul 4, 2007
    I take my mind off Spanish peninsular affairs for two or three editions, so that I can try explaining a puzzling event like the municipal and regional elections, and a catastrophe occurs leaving me breathless: ETA, the Basque nationalist terrorist group, refreshed, re-financed, re-armed, and raring to go, has just announced that it considers the truce declared in 2006 over ... Blair and his group had won the peace in Ulster, and ZP was going to do even better in the Basque Country by hook or... (Fortnightly Tenerife News)

    Teacher pursues 'endangered' foods  Jul 1, 2007
    The couple will loop through Seattle and head east to the buffalo ranches of South Dakota and the Basque food traditions of Idaho. He'll talk to Kansas ranchers concerned about preserving heritage turkeys. (The St. Augustine Record)

    Thousands stranded on Ibiza after bomb threat  Jul 1, 2007
    No one has claimed responsibility for the suspected bomb, but the warning phone call was received by the Basque newspaper Gara, which has been used before as a conduit for bomb warnings by the Basque separatist group ETA. ... The authorities had feared a new attack was imminent, especially after 21 June when the Civil Guard found a car in Ayamonte, near Spain's border with Portugal, packed with explosives, detonators, timers and a bomb-making manual in the Basque language ... ETA, whose name... (Independent)

    Tahoe Celebration Unharmed  Jul 1, 2007
    The Reno Basque Festival, July 14, features traditional food, dancing, a Basque Mass and sporting competitions. (775) 762-3577. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)

    Home, life on the range  Jun 25, 2007
    Murray said one of the most interesting aspects of his career was working with the local sheep industry and learning its ties to the Basque culture. Early Montrose economy was deeply rooted in the sheep industry and many Basque people a culture from the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain relocated to the west, including Montrose to work with the livestock ... "There is a tremendous Basque influence in this area. There are several families who are still here. They started coming in the 1920s and... (Montrose Daily Press, CO)

    Basque defianceHistory of struggle helps nourish Eta separatists  Jun 23, 2007
    Basque grievances nourish Eta ... There are fears in Spain that Eta will carry out an attack soon, as the armed Basque separatists ended their ceasefire on 6 June ... The armed militants continue to enjoy small, but not insignificant, support in the Basque Country - and you have to be careful what words you use. (BBC News -- Europe)

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