11.   The Spanish monarch will be accompanied on his trip by Defense Minister Eduardo Serra and is due back in Madrid on the same day.

12.   Asuncion Valdes, a spokeswoman for King Juan Carlos, said King Hussein would return home Thursday afternoon after meeting Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and the Spanish monarch.

13.   Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested three heavily armed Basque separatists after foiling what they said was a plot to assassinate the Spanish monarch.

14.   Spanish police said Thursday they had arrested three heavily armed Basque separatists, foiling what they said was a plot to assassinate the Spanish monarch.

15.   The charges were issued in connection with an assassination attempt against the Spanish monarch by an ETA commando at Palma de Mallorca last August.