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Enlisting France against ETA: Spain and France will create a joint police force to go after the Basque terrorist group ETA, officials from both countries said this week. ETA, which is fighting for a separate homeland for ethnic Basques, carries out attacks mostly in Spain. It has killed more than 800 people since 1968. But two weeks ago, ETA militants killed two Spanish policemen in southern France, and French police took a lead role in the investigation. “We owe France much more than gratitude for its attitude of collaboration,” said Spanish Prime Minister Jose Zapatero.

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