SPAIN-BASQUES-GRAFFITI

Two kids ride their bicycles next to a mailbox with graffiti of crossed Spanish flags, 03 January 2005 in the northern Spanish Basque city of Bilbao. A plan to give the Basque country greater independence received a setback on Monday when Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero criticised it as a policy of the past. AFP PHOTO / Rafa RIVAS