"ETA's announcement may be useful to ETA and its will to resolve its discrepancies.
But I insist it is absolutely not enough for democracy, the law for the great majority of Basque society.
The time for truces has passed, and the only thing Basque society expects is ETA's announcement of a
definitive
end to terrorist activity."
Emergency services in Guatemala say up to 100 people may have been buried by landslides on the main highway north of Guatemala City. Across Guatemala, 36 people have been confirmed dead in floods and landslides caused by heavy rain. James Read reports.
Dozens of people were trying to dig a bus out of a landslide on the main road north of Guatemala City when a second one
engulf
ed them, burying rescuers and vehicles in deep mud and sweeping them into a canyon below. Emergency workers have been digging frantically for survivors, despite the risk that the mountainside may again collapse. The government had already advised people to stay off the roads after a bus was buried on a different stretch of the same highway on Saturday. President Alvaro Colom has called the situation a national tragedy.
The Roman Catholic Church has indicated it might use diplomatic channels to
push for
clemency
for a woman in Iran who's been sentenced to death by stoning for adultery. Her son had appealed to Pope Benedict to save her life. The Vatican said it was following the plight of the woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, with attention.