San Salvador, El Salvador - Spain's King Juan Carlos and Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero condemned Thursday a car bomb attack allegedly perpetrated by the Basque separatist group ETA that injured 17 people in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.

In their opening speeches at the Iberian American Summit being held in San Salvador, the monarch stressed his best wishes for the recovery of the injured, while Zapatero rejected the "blind, criminal, fanatical violence which ETA has once again tried to carry out."

Madrid - Spain's Queen Sofia opposes gay marriage and doesn't understand the need for gay pride parades, according to a report in the daily El Pais about a newly published biography on the queen.

According to the report, the queen is not opposed, in principle, to homosexuals living together or forming unions. "But you can't characterize this as marriage," she told the newspaper.

She proposed alternate names - civil union, for example - for such pairings.

She also questioned the need for gay pride parades.

Madrid  - Spanish Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba held the Basque separatist group ETA responsible for a car bomb attack that injured 17 people Thursday in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona.

The vehicle exploded in a car park in the grounds of the University of Navarra in Pamplona, capital of the Navarra province which borders on the separatist Basque region.

Madrid - Spain's Queen Sofia opposes gay marriage and doesn't
understand the need for gay pride parades, according to a report in the
daily El Pais about a newly published biography on the queen.

According to the report, the queen is not opposed, in principle, to
homosexuals living together or forming unions. "But you can't
characterize this as marriage," she told the newspaper.

She proposed alternate names - civil union, for example - for such pairings.

She also questioned the need for gay pride parades.

"I can understand, expect and respect that there are people with

Pamplona - Seventeen people were injured on Thursday in a car-bomb attack in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, local authorities reported.

A vehicle exploded in a car park in the grounds of the University of Navarra in Pamplona, capital of the Navarra province which borders on the separatist Basque region.

Witnesses said several vehicles were set on fire by the explosion, and nearby buildings were substantially damaged.

Pamplona - Several people were injured on Thursday in a car- bomb attack in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, local authorities reported.

A vehicle exploded in a car park in the grounds of the University of Navarra in Pamplona, capital of the Navarra province which borders on the separatist Basque region.

Witnesses said several vehicles were set on fire by the explosion, and nearby buildings were substantially damaged.