31.   Police on Tuesday detained four suspected members of the outlawed Basque separatist group ETA, the government said.

32.   Police rescued on Tuesday the longest-held hostage of the Basque separatist group ETA and arrested four alleged kidnappers, hours after a second captive had been released.

33.   Police said the armed Basque separatist group ETA had placed calls to news media taking responsibility for the bombs shortly before they exploded or were deactivated.

34.   Police said they were investigating whether the three were activists of the Basque separatist group ETA.

35.   Police were able to cordon off the area close to the Santiago Bernabeu stadium following a teleponed warning in the name of the armed Basque separatist group ETA.

36.   Outside, elite police, dressed in green jump suits and carrying stubby assault rifles, kept watch against possible attacks by the Basque separatist group ETA.

37.   Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar blamed Basque separatist group ETA.

38.   Police and Basque politicians immediately blamed members of ETA, the Basque separatist group, for the attack.

39.   Police blamed the Basque separatist group ETA for a bomb explosion which injured a Socialist party member and one other person early Tuesday in this northern Basque town.

40.   Police blamed the Basque separatist group for a bomb explosion that injured a Socialist party member and one other person early Tuesday in this northern Basque town.