101.   Five weeks after armed Basque separatists declared a cease-fire, regional elections Sunday showed voters still sharply divided over creating an independent Basque state in northern Spain.

102.   Fourteen former police and state security officials are under indictment on charges of forming armed groups to hunt down Basque separatists in southwestern France.

103.   Garcia Damborenea, after appearing Thursday before a judge, told reporters that Gonzalez knew about government-backed death squads used to hunt down Basque separatists.

104.   Garzon also crushed a financial network funneling money to Basque separatists and closed down a radical Basque newspaper.

105.   Gunmen believed to be Basque separatists shot a policeman Monday at the Guggenheim Museum in an apparent bid to sabotage the opening next weekend of the museum.

106.   He also categorically rejected negotiating with Basque separatists.

107.   He expressed his condolences to victims of the attacks, noting that Spaniards should feel empathy in light of the regular deadly attacks in Spain by Basque separatists extremists.

108.   His customary lack of emotion earned him high image marks when he survived an assassination attempt by Basque separatists last April.

109.   However, investigators had not ruled out the possibility that the explosion was an attack by Basque separatists.

110.   In his speech Thursday, Gonzalez reiterated that the government has always acted legally in its battle against Basque separatists.