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Last updated: 25 november, 2009 - 12:48 GMT

The future of Eta

Masked policemen detain a suspected member of Basque youth group, Segi, in San Sebastian, northern Spain, November 24, 2009

Suspects arrested this week were alleged to be members of Segi, a radical Basque youth group declared illegal in 2007

The Basque separatist group Eta, which has waged a 41-year campaign for an independent homeland, has suffered a series of setbacks in recent months.

In October a man alleged to be one of Eta's political leaders was arrested in France, and this week more than 30 members of a youth group with alleged links to the organisation were also detained.

And now, for the first time in more than three decades, the Basque Country is governed by a non-nationalist coalition, determined to stamp out Eta's operations.

So what does this mean for the future of a group believed to be responsible for more than 800 killings?

Ramon Goni reports from Eta's heartland in northern Spain:

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First broadcast 25 November 2009

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