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 scene yesterday by killing a former town councillor of the ruling Socialist party, writes Leslie Crawford. 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