51.   A few Basque separatists imprisoned across Spain could be transferred closer to home before Christmas, Secretary of State for Security Ricardo Fluxa said Saturday.

52.   A national court judge ordered a Civil Guard general jailed Thursday for allegedly masterminding the murder, torture and kidnapping of two Basque separatists, Spanish national radio reported.

53.   A published report that Venezuela is harboring Basque separatists wanted by Spanish authorities is false, the government says.

54.   A second high level Spanish police official was in jail Tuesday in the wake of a stepped up judicial investgation of death squads that targeted Basque separatists.

55.   A national court judge ordered a Civil Guard general jailed Thursday for masterminding the murder, torture and kidnapping of two Basque separatists, Spanish national radio reported.

56.   A Supreme Court justice was shot to death on a Madrid street on Monday as the high court is embroiled in a confrontation with Basque separatists.

57.   A Supreme Court panel has decided to investigate allegations that Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez and others were involved in organizing death squads against Basque separatists.

58.   A suspected Basque separatist died Tuesday when a bomb she was handling exploded inside a beach house in southeastern Spain, the government said.

59.   A Supreme Court justice was shot to death on a Madrid street on Monday as the high court was embroiled in a confrontation with Basque separatists.

60.   A well-known Socialist Party member was shot in this Basque city Tuesday by two unidentified assailants in an attack that bore the hallmarks of Basque separatists, police said.