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| A car bomb has exploded next to a Guardia Civil barracks in the north of Spain after a warning call from Basque separatists, police say. | |
| It was not clear if anyone had been injured in the blast at the city of Calahorra, in the Rioja wine region. | |
| Spanish media said the area was cleared before the device went off at 1300GMT. | |
| Eta, which ended a 15-month ceasefire in June 2007 after failed peace talks, seeks independence for regions in northern Spain and south-west France. | |
| A man claiming to represent Eta telephoned highway police to warn of the device at around 1230 GMT, about half an hour before the explosion, Spanish media reported. | |
| Eta was blamed for the killing of a former town councillor in the Basque region two days before the Spanish general election earlier this month. | |
| For more than three decades the organisation has waged a bloody campaign that has led to more than 800 deaths. | |
| Many of those killed have been members of the Guardia Civil, Spain's national police force, and both local and national politicians opposed to Eta's separatist demands. |