11.  On Friday, the Vatican also appointed Miguel Jose Asurmendi, a native of the traditionally Basque city of Pamplona, bishop of the Basque capital, Vitoria.

12.  Rallies protesting the latest killings were held at noon in the Basque capital Vitoria and other cities around Spain.

13.  Speaking after an emergency meeting of political parties in the Basque regional capital of Vitoria, Ardanza called for rallies later Sunday in Bilbao, San Sebastian and Vitoria.

14.  Tens of thousands of Spaniards rallied in the Basque capital Sunday to condemn the kidnapping and slaying of a young councilman by the Basque separatist group ETA.

15.  The driver, Josu Visa, the son of Popular Party councilor Fernando Visa, was not hurt in the Tuesday incident in this Basque regional capital.

16.  The driver, Josu Visa, the son of Popular Party councilor Fernando Visa, was not hurt in the Tuesday incident in the Basque regional capital of Vitoria.

17.  The police were quickly put to the test by demonstrators who marched through the Basque capital of Vitoria early Friday.

18.  Villar, speaking in the Basque capital Vitoria, urged Basques to repudiate ETA and its claim to be fighting for the liberation of an oppressed people.