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.