Basque terrorists burst on to the Spanish election campaign scene yesterday by killing a former town councillor of the ruling Socialist party, writes Leslie Crawford. Full Article at Financial Times
MADRID : Spain votes in a general election on Sunday, two days after the Socialist government's record in battling ETA was thrust into the spotlight when a gunman believed to belong to the Basque separatist group shot dead a former city councilman. Full Article at Channel News Asia
MADRID — Spain's two main political parties abruptly curtailed campaigning for Sunday's general election after a gunman suspected of belonging to the Basque militant group ETA killed a former city councilman in northern Spain on Friday. Full Article at The Seattle Times
Basque terrorists burst on to the Spanish election campaign stage yesterday by killing a former Socialist town councillor in the Basque country, only two days before Spaniards were due to vote in a closely fought general election. Full Article at Financial Times
MADRID, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero condemned Friday the murder of a former socialist councilor allegedly by ETA before Sunday's parliamentary elections. Full Article at Xinhua
Campaigning in the Spanish general election came to an abrupt halt yesterday after a politician from the ruling Socialist party was shot dead by a suspected Eta gunman. Full Article at The Independent
(BRUSSELS) - The European Union condemned Friday the killing of a former politician in Spain's Basque region just before weekend general elections, and expressed solidarity with the Spanish people. Full Article at EUbusiness
Socialist party flags on empty seats at Friday's cancelled election rally. Full Article at Guardian Unlimited
Spain's political parties canceled campaign rallies on Friday, after a former councilor from the governing Socialist Party was shot dead in the Basque Country. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome. Full Article at Voice of America
MADRID, Spain -- The brazen murder of a Basque politician two days before elections threw Spanish politics into turmoil Friday, conjuring painful memories of the last national ballot -- when a bombing onslaught by Islamic radicals killed 191 people on... Full Article at WHDH-TV
Police inspected the crime scene after Isaias Carrasco, a Socialist representative, was shot in front of his wife and child as he was leaving his house in the Basque town of Arrasate. Full Article at International Herald Tribune
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