Good news coming from Europe: The ETA (The Basque separatist group) announced a ‘permanent ceasefire’ today. In the early 80s the group was frequently in the news and apparently in one year it claimed over 100 deaths.
It’s not known why the group has so suddenly announced a ceasefire: I read that most people assume that the March 2004 bombing (which were initially blamed on the ETA) played an important part.