The death toll in the Madrid terrorist train bombings was reduced by one to 190 because a foetus killed in the attack was not considered a person, Spanish officials confirmed today.

The man suspected of being one of the Madrid terror bombing masterminds confessed that the attack was his plan, phone tapping transcripts revealed today.

A US court has thrown out the case against a lawyer arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombings, citing a fingerprint-identification error by the FBI.

At least five prime suspects in the Madrid bombings were among the seven alleged terrorists who blew themselves up as police moved to arrest them earlier this month, officials said today.

Spanish police have arrested a Saudi, an Egyptian and a Moroccan in connection with the Madrid rail massacre.

A Spanish judge today freed the six latest suspects detained in the Madrid rail bombings, a court official said.

Police have arrested seven more suspects in the Madrid bombings, court officials said today.

A month after the Madrid train-bomb massacre, 46 people are still being treated in hospital while the country remains on alert for possible further attacks.

Spanish police believe a top al-Qaida operative in Europe put two key suspects in the Madrid bombings in contact with each other and gave the planned attack the blessing of Osama bin Laden’s terror organisation, a newspaper reported today.

A videotape found in a flat where suspected terrorists blew themselves up gives Spain a deadline to withdraw its troops from Iraq and Afghanistan or face more bloodshed at home.

Two Moroccans went to court today for questioning in connection with last month’s train bombings in Madrid.

Police tightened security in Madrid today after an Islamic group, which claimed responsibility for the March 11 train bombings in the capital, threatened to turn Spain into “an inferno”.

The ringleader of last month’s Madrid terror attack was among four suicide bombers who blew themselves up as police prepared to storm their apartment, Spain’s interior minister said today.

Forensic scientists were struggling today to analyse body parts from up to four Madrid bombing suspects who blew themselves up as police prepared to storm their apartment.

A policeman was killed and seven people injured in an explosion during an anti-terrorist operation in a town south of Madrid tonight.

Spanish police investigating the Madrid terrorist bombings tonight cordoned off an area in the southern outskirts of the capital.

Spain's Interior Minister Angel Acebes said today that the bomb found at a high-speed rail line yesterday was made of the same type of explosives used in the Madrid terror bombings.

A 12-kilo bomb hidden in a bag on a busy high-speed rail line in Spain reignited terrorism fears in a country still traumatised by last month’s Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.

A Spanish judge today freed three men who had been arrested in connection with the Madrid train bombings, court officials said.

A Tunisian being sought under an international arrest warrant is the leader of the Madrid railway bombers, according to court documents released today.

Five Madrid bombing suspects arrested in the latest police sweeps appeared in court today as Spanish investigators pursued conspirators in the country’s worst terrorist attack.

Moroccan police have made arrests in the north of the country in connection with the Madrid massacre, a government official said today.

Spanish police have arrested five more suspects for questioning over the Madrid train bombings, bringing to 18 the number detained.

Two more suspects have been charged in connection with the Madrid commuter massacre.

World leaders dressed in black joined Spanish royalty and families of the 190 victims of Madrid’s train bombings at a state funeral today, honouring those killed in the nation’s worst terrorist attack.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, is due to attend a memorial service in Spain later today for the victims of the Madrid bombings.

European leaders going to tomorrow’s state funeral for victims of the Madrid train bombings will have their first opportunity to meet face-to-face the newly-elected Socialists, and perhaps get a glimmer of Spain’s future foreign policy.

The Basque terror group Eta – originally blamed for the Madrid rail massacre - may be ready to call another ceasefire in hopes of convincing the incoming Socialist government to negotiate more political concessions.

The death toll in the Madrid bombings was reduced to 190 from from 202 today after officials cited errors in identifying bodies.

A judge charged four more suspects – three Moroccans and a Spaniard – with terrorism and mass killings over the Madrid bombings early today.

Three Moroccans were today charged with the murder of 190 people in the the Madrid terror attacks

A judge today provisionally charged three Moroccans with the mass killings in the Madrid terror attacks, and ordered them and two Indian suspects held for further investigation, a court official said.

The Spanish government today declassified intelligence documents it said would refute charges that it lied in the immediate aftermath of the Madrid bombings by insisting that Basque separatists were responsible.

Spanish police have arrested four more suspects, believed to be of Moroccan origin, in the hunt for the Madrid terror bombers.

Spanish police have arrested four more suspects in the hunt for the Madrid massacre bombers.

The Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for last week’s Madrid train bombings has warned that its next targets could be Britain, Japan, Italy, or Australia, an Arabic newspaper reported in Cairo.

The Islamic militant group that claimed responsibility for last week’s Madrid train bombings has called a truce with Spain to give the new government time to withdraw troops from Iraq, a London-based Arabic-language newspaper said.

Police suspect that at least six Moroccans took part in the Madrid train bombings as the growing international investigation increasingly focused on Islamic militants possibly linked to al-Qaida.

European Union justice and interior ministers are due to meet on Friday for an emergency summit to discuss the fallout from last week’s Madrid bombings.

The Northern Ireland town of Omagh, which was devastated by a terrorist bomb attack more than five years ago, has opened a book of condolence for those killed and injured in the Madrid blasts.

The EU was under pressure today to convene high-level security talks in the wake of the Spanish bombings to assess what additional anti-terrorism measures to take.

People throughout Ireland have observed three minutes’ of silence in memory of the 200 people who died in last week’s bomb attacks in Madrid.

France today called for an urgent meeting of European Union foreign ministers, saying it was crucial for the EU to react to the attacks against Madrid with vigilance and unity.

One of the three Moroccans arrested in the Madrid train bombings was a follower of a suspected al-Qaida member jailed in Spain for allegedly helping plan the September 11 attacks in the United States, according to court documents.