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The Basque separatist group Eta is expected on Friday to take a historic step towards handing over weapons and bomb-making equipment used in its terror campaign for independence that has claimed more than 800 victims over decades.

Governments should take a historic step to stop irresponsible and immoral arms transfers by voting to develop a treaty that will prevent the death, rape and displacement of thousands of people".

3 April Co-op's board prepares to take a historic step back from direct involvement in politics with a decision not to endorse up to £1m of donations to the Co-operative party, which is affiliated to the Labour party.

The board of the Co-operative Group of supermarkets and pharmacies is preparing to take a historic step back from direct involvement in politics with a decision not to endorse up to £1m of donations to the Co-operative party – whashadasupportupport from the mutual for almost a century.

Japan should take a historic step".

I am disappointed that Republicans are unable to work with us to take a historic step forward that would have dramatically reduced our long-term deficit.

Congress took a historic step when it reduced the draconian crack cocaine sentencing disparity in 2010.

The president could have taken a historic step in nominating the first Asian American to the supreme court".

In that capacity, Farrell took a historic step when, under U.S. pressure, he declared war on Germany and Japan during World War II.

A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration took a historic step last week when they recommended that the agency for the first time approve a drug that healthy people can take once a day to prevent H.I.V. infection.

BOSTON — The Boston School Committee, once synonymous with fierce resistance to racial integration, took a historic step Wednesday night and threw off the last remnants of a busing system first imposed in 1974 under a federal court desegregation order.