61.   A young Basque politician shot twice in the head after being held two days by armed Basque separatists died early Sunday, a hospital spokesman said.

62.   A shootout between Basque separatists and government security forces Wednesday left two ETA members dead and a Civil Guard lightly wounded.

63.   A well-known member of the governing Socialist Party was killed in this Basque city Tuesday in an attack that police said was characteristic of Basque separatists.

64.   After the theft, police recovered more than half the dynamite and arrested eight Breton and five Basque separatists.

65.   All the explosions this weekend are believed to be the work of Basque separatists.

66.   Allegations of Spanish police torture of a Basque separatist arrested last week for murder are groundless, Interior Minister Jaime Mayor told parliament Monday.

67.   An imprisoned Basque separatist was found hanged in his jail cell, national police said Saturday.

68.   An army general died in a hospital Saturday a month after he suffered serious burns in a bomb attack blamed on Basque separatists.

69.   An army major was killed and his daughter injured Friday when a bomb believed planted by Basque separatists exploded under his car in this northwestern city.

70.   An imprisoned Basque separatist was found hanged in his jail cell apparently a victim of suicide, said national police on Saturday.