Madrid  - Radical Basque separatists will not be able to field candidates in Basque regional elections for the first time, Spain's Supreme Court said in a ruling announced overnight.

The court barred the Askatasuna and D3M parties from of the March 1 poll on grounds of links with the militant Basque separatist group ETA, which has killed more than 800 people since 1968.

D3M and Askatasuna had emerged as successors to three other outlawed separatist parties.

Madrid - Antonia Radas had always thought her mother abandoned her.

That was what she had been told by her adoptive family, one among the many Spanish families supportive of 1939-75 dictator Francisco Franco, which raised children taken away from the general's opponents.

Antonia only met her mother Carmen at age 54 thanks to a television programme helping people locate lost relatives.

"I recognized her immediately," the daily El Pais quoted Radas as saying. "She was like me, but 30 years older! I really liked my mother."

Madrid  - Real Madrid battled to their seventh straight win on Saturday, 1-0 at home to willing but harmless Racing Santander.

It was the fourth 1-0 home win since Juande Ramos took over two months ago, and imposed an unattractive but effective counter- attacking style.

The colourless win leaves Real in second place, nine points above third-placed Sevilla, who surprisingly crashed 2-1 at home to crosstown rivals Betis later on Saturday, in their third straight defeat.

Madrid  - Real Madrid battled to their seventh straight win on Saturday, 1-0 at home to willing but harmless Racing Santander.

It was the fourth 1-0 home win since Juande Ramos took over two months ago, and imposed an unattractive but effective counter- attacking style.

The colourless win leaves Real in second place, nine points above third-placed Sevilla, who surprisingly crashed 2-1 at home to crosstown rivals Betis later on Saturday, in their third straight defeat.

Madrid - Real Madrid battled out their seventh straight win on Saturday, 1-0 at home to willing but harmless Racing Santander.

It was the fourth 1-0 home win since Juande Ramos took over two months ago, and imposed an unattractive but effective counter- attacking style.

The only three players to warm up the Estadio Bernabeu on a chilly night were Gonzalo Higuain, who scored the only goal; Arjen Robben with his handsome wingplay; and keeper Iker Casillas, who had to work hard towards the end.

Madrid  - The Spanish government Friday approved an agreement allowing Argentinian immigrants to vote in the 2011 municipal elections, making Argentina the third Latin American country to get that right after Peru and Colombia.

Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and his Argentine counterpart Jorge Taiana were scheduled to sign the agreement on Monday at the start of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez' visit to Spain.