41.   A leader of the wing, Arnaldo Otegi, raised his fist in triumph and told the crowd the Basque region was headed inexorably toward independence.

42.   A search of the Wiesbaden apartment turned up a fake passport, maps of the Basque region and material about the ETA.

43.   A search of his Wiesbaden apartment on Tuesday turned up a fake passport, maps of the Basque region and material about the ETA, Greth said.

44.   A masked gunman shot to death a prison psychologist Tuesday in the Basque region.

45.   A shadow was cast over the ceremony by a morning car bombing in the northern Basque region in which two men were killed and four others seriously wounded.

46.   A small bomb exploded outside a bank Tuesday, slightly wounding a policeman amid heightened tensions in the Basque region.

47.   According to news reports, a Portuguese truck driver was arrested in the northern Basque region for threatening a picketer with a gun.

48.   All political parties represented in the Basque region, except Herri Batasuna, have called for a demonstration in Zarauz following the funeral on Saturday afternoon.

49.   Agreeing in part to a long held ETA demand, selected prisoners were to be moved to the jails in the Basque region Friday afternoon.

50.   All political parties represented in the Basque region, except Herri Batasuna, have called for a demonstration in Zarauz following the funeral planned for Saturday afternoon.