1.   It has its own police, taxes, language and parliament, now led by a nonviolent Basque nationalist party.

2.   People in the Basque region itself are divided roughly in half between those backing mainstream status-quo parties and supporters of Basque nationalist parties.

3.   A group Basque parties seeking a Basque homeland were expected to hand Adams a proposal for all-party peace talks.

4.   A more conservative Basque party questioned the real motives of the name change.

5.   A group of Basque political parties seeking a Basque homeland handed Adams a proposal for all-party peace talks.

6.   A radical Basque party accused on Friday of collaborating with armed separatists criticized the government for missing chances to find a political solution to Basque violence.

7.   Also Saturday, Basque regional parties organized a march of several thousand people through downtown Bilbao to press the government to hold talks with the ETA.

8.   Aznar has also been wooing a Basque regional party that holds five seats.

9.   Aznar has also been wooing a Basque regional party which holds five seats.

10.   Basque parties that support independence but reject violence, who represent about one-third of Basque voters, have been calling for further talks with ETA.