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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Madrid</title>
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		<title>Thousands of Latin American holiday travelers hit as Spanish airline is grounded by debt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 13:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
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Spanish airline is grounded
MADRID — Spain&#8217;s Development Ministry said Tuesday it had withdrawn the flying license for debt-stricken Air Comet, leaving thousands of Christmas travelers to Latin American destinations stranded at Madrid&#8217;s airport.

The airline, owned by Spanish tourism and transportation company Grupo Marsans, operates daily flights to Argentina, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador and Peru. Most of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-latin-american-holiday-travelers-hit-as-spanish-airline-is-grounded-by-debt-247159/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Thousands of Latin American holiday travelers hit as Spanish airline is grounded by debt</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ticket number 78294 draws top prize in Spain&#8217;s $3 billion El Gordo lottery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 11:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ciaran Giles</dc:creator>
		
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Spanish lottery hands out more than $3 billion

MADRID, Spain — The top prize of Spain&#8217;s Christmas lottery — billed as among the world&#8217;s richest, went Tuesday to holders of tickets bearing the number 78294.
The number appears on 1,950 tickets, and each holder stands to win €300,000 ($430,000). Organizers said the tickets bearing that number were ... Original source on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ticket-number-78294-draws-top-prize-in-spains-3-billion-el-gordo-lottery-247145/">Ticket number 78294 draws top prize in Spain&#8217;s $3 billion El Gordo lottery</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain says excavation to find remains of executed poet Garcia Lorca yields nothing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:14:57 +0000</pubDate>
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Spanish dig to find Lorca&#8217;s remains finds nothing

MADRID — A high-profile dig aimed at locating the body of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed at the start of the Spanish Civil War, has yielded nothing, officials said Friday.
The announcement means that one of the 1936-39 war&#8217;s greatest mysteries — the whereabouts of the .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-says-excavation-to-find-remains-of-executed-poet-garcia-lorca-yields-nothing-246015/">Spain says excavation to find remains of executed poet Garcia Lorca yields nothing</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Reports: Hunger-striking Western Sahara activist flown out of Spain</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Hunger-striking activist flown from Spain
MADRID — Spanish news reports say an activist from the disputed territory of Western Sahara who has been on hunger strike in Spain for more than a month has been flown back home.
Cadena SER radio says Aminatou Haidar was flown out of Lanzarote island airport in the Canary Islands .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-hunger-striking-western-sahara-activist-flown-out-of-spain-245855/">Source article &nbsp;: Reports: Hunger-striking Western Sahara activist flown out of Spain</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Spain will send 511 more troops to join its contingent in Afghanistan, bringing the total to more than 1,500 soldiers, defence minister Carme Chacon announced Thursday.

The new troops will help train Afghan soldiers and provide security in Badghis province, the minister told parliament.	 	
Spain was responding to the appeal of US President Barack .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-to-send-500-more-troops-to-afghanistan-245808/">Source &nbsp;: Spain to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain says it will send 511 more troops to Afghanistan, boosting deployment above 1,500</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:02:58 +0000</pubDate>
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MADRID — Spain&#8217;s defense minister has announced plans to send 511 more soldiers to Afghanistan in response to President Barack Obama&#8217;s request for more allied help to fight the Taliban.
Carme Chacon says most of the soldiers will train Afghan soldiers so the Kabul government can eventually .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-says-it-will-send-511-more-troops-to-afghanistan-boosting-deployment-above-1500-245778/">Spain says it will send 511 more troops to Afghanistan, boosting deployment above 1,500</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish court finds 11 men guilty of belonging to terror group that plotted suicide attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 19:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Harold Heckle</dc:creator>
		
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Spain: 11 guilty of belonging to terror group

MADRID — A Spanish court has found 11 men guilty of belonging to a terrorist organization that was plotting to stage what would have been the country&#8217;s first suicide attacks, judges said in a statement Monday.
The National Court, headed by judge Javier Gomez Bermudez, sentenced the men to .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-court-finds-11-men-guilty-of-belonging-to-terror-group-that-plotted-suicide-attacks-243917/">Spanish court finds 11 men guilty of belonging to terror group that plotted suicide attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Academics of Spanish language present first grammar guidelines in nearly 80 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Oye, new Spanish grammar guidelines unveiled

MADRID — Can a Barcelona truck driver be expected to speak like a Buenos Aires banker? Can rules be imposed on a language spoken by 400 million people stretching from Madrid to Manila?
The academic overseers of the language of Cervantes have taken an ambitious stab at it, unveiling their first ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/academics-of-spanish-language-present-first-grammar-guidelines-in-nearly-80-years-242536/" title="Academics of Spanish language present first grammar guidelines in nearly 80 years">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Academics of Spanish language present first grammar guidelines in more than 70 years</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
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Oye, new Spanish grammar unveiled
MADRID — Academic overseers of the Spanish language have unveiled their first grammar guidelines in more than 70 years.

The nearly 4,000-page tome in two volumes was unveiled Thursday at the Spanish Royal Academy at a ceremony presided over by King Juan Carlos.
The academy and affiliated organizations in 21 other countries where .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/academics-of-spanish-language-present-first-grammar-guidelines-in-more-than-70-years-242515/" title="Academics of Spanish language present first grammar guidelines in more than 70 years">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Al Qaeda claims it kidnapped Spanish aid workers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 05:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - In an audio tape sent to the Al Jazeera channel, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has claimed responsibility for last month&#8217;s kidnapping of three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania.

&#8220;Two units of the valiant mujahideen managed to kidnap four Europeans in two distinct operations: the first in Mali where Frenchman Pierre .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/al-qaeda-claims-it-kidnapped-spanish-aid-workers-241813/" title="Al Qaeda claims it kidnapped Spanish aid workers">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain judge orders Pinochet widow, other suspects to post bond in money-laundering probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
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Spain wants Pinochet&#8217;s widow to post bond
MADRID — A Spanish judge has ordered the widow of Augusto Pinochet, his former lawyer and two bankers to post a $77 million (euro51 million) bond while he probes allegations they laundered money for the late Chilean dictator while he was in power, according to a court document released ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-judge-orders-pinochet-widow-other-suspects-to-post-bond-in-money-laundering-probe-237750/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Spain judge orders Pinochet widow, other suspects to post bond in money-laundering probe</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mexico&#8217;s Jose Emilio Pacheco wins Cervantes Prize, Spanish-speaking world&#8217;s top literary honor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 15:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Mexican Pacheco wins Cervantes literary award

MADRID — The Mexican writer Jose Emilio Pacheco has won the Cervantes Prize, the Spanish-speaking world&#8217;s highest literary honor, Spain&#8217;s Culture Ministry said Monday.
The 70-year-old poet, novelist, journalist, essayist and literary critic said he was overwhelmed by the award.
&#8220;It&#8217;s like being hit by a punch that doesn&#8217;t hurt you immediately, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexicos-jose-emilio-pacheco-wins-cervantes-prize-spanish-speaking-worlds-top-literary-honor-237655/">Original source &nbsp;: Mexico&#8217;s Jose Emilio Pacheco wins Cervantes Prize, Spanish-speaking world&#8217;s top literary honor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain says pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel, which fired back and escaped</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Spain says trawler attacked by pirates
MADRID — Pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel Sunday in the Indian Ocean with small arms and a rocket-propelled grenade but private security guards aboard the ship drove them off with gunfire, officials said.

The attempted hijacking came less than two weeks after another Spanish trawler, the Alakrana, was released by ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-says-pirates-attacked-a-spanish-fishing-vessel-which-fired-back-and-escaped-237256/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Spain says pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel, which fired back and escaped</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Baroness and son battle over Spanish art treasure</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/baroness-and-son-battle-over-spanish-art-treasure-234182/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 03:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - One of the world&#8217;s top private art collections could become the object of a legal dispute as a Spanish baroness is being challenged by a wayward son over his inheritance rights.

The row between baroness Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza and her son Borja could affect the future of hundreds of priceless paintings at the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/baroness-and-son-battle-over-spanish-art-treasure-234182/">Source &nbsp;: Baroness and son battle over Spanish art treasure</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom; Spain &#8216;did what it had to do&#8217; to free 36 sailors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages

MOGADISHU, Somalia — As a Spanish warship looked on, a $3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat Tuesday and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members.
Spain&#8217;s prime minister did little to deny paying off the hijackers — one reason the lucrative attacks are on ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-pirates-get-33m-ransom-spain-did-what-it-had-to-do-to-free-36-sailors-231301/" title="Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom; Spain &#8216;did what it had to do&#8217; to free 36 sailors">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages aboard Spanish trawler taken in early October freed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirate: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages free

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Pirates freed 36 crew members from a Spanish trawler Tuesday after holding them for more than six weeks off the coast of Somalia, while a self-proclaimed pirate said the hostage-takers were paid $3.3 million in ransom.
In Spain, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somalis-33m-ransom-paid-36-hostages-aboard-spanish-trawler-taken-in-early-october-freed-231113/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages aboard Spanish trawler taken in early October freed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#8217;s prime minister says Somali pirates have freed trawler with crew of 36</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Spain says pirates freed trawler, 36 crew members

MADRID — Spain&#8217;s prime minister says Somali pirates have freed a Spanish trawler with crew of 36 after holding them hostage for more than six weeks.
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero says the tuna boat Alakrana &#8220;is sailing toward safer waters. All of its crew members are safe ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spains-prime-minister-says-somali-pirates-have-freed-trawler-with-crew-of-36-231100/">Original article on  : Spain&#8217;s prime minister says Somali pirates have freed trawler with crew of 36</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain to push for Turkey&#8217;s EU membership during its presidency</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:25:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Spain will do its best to encourage Turkey&#8217;s entry into the European Union during its EU-presidency in the first half of 2010, government sources said Monday.

King Juan Carlos discussed Turkey&#8217;s relations with the EU with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who was visiting Madrid Monday.	 	
On Sunday, Davutoglu met his Spanish counterpart Miguel .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-to-push-for-turkeys-eu-membership-during-its-presidency-230614/">Spain to push for Turkey&#8217;s EU membership during its presidency</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British Airways and Iberia talk up benefits of merger amid opposition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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BA and Iberia: merger positive for passengers

LONDON — British Airways PLC and Spain&#8217;s Iberia SA talked up the benefits of a proposed $7 billion merger on Friday, dismissing criticisms that the deal could increase fares, reduce competition and drag down service standards at Britain&#8217;s flagship carrier.
The agreement ends more than a year of talks between .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-airways-and-iberia-talk-up-benefits-of-merger-amid-opposition-228566/">Original source &nbsp;: British Airways and Iberia talk up benefits of merger amid opposition</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of €16.4 million from year-ago profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Iberia reports €16.4 million Q3 loss
MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of €16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of €30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for air travel.

Iberia, which announced the preliminary merger ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-airline-iberia-reports-q3-loss-of-e164-million-from-year-ago-profit-228173/">Original article on  : Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of €16.4 million from year-ago profit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of euro16.4 million from year-ago profit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
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Iberia reports euro16.4 million Q3 loss
MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of euro16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of euro30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for air travel.

Iberia, which announced the preliminary merger .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-airline-iberia-reports-q3-loss-of-euro164-million-from-year-ago-profit-228168/">Original article &nbsp;: Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of euro16.4 million from year-ago profit</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British Airways, Iberia announce agreement on basis for forming new combined company</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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BA, Iberia agree on basis for combined company

LONDON — British Airways PLC and Spanish airline Iberia SA have agreed to form a new company in which BA would hold a controlling 55 percent.
The two companies, which together posted euro15 billion ($22 billion) in revenues last year, are calling the deal a planned merger.
In a joint ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-airways-iberia-announce-agreement-on-basis-for-forming-new-combined-company-227799/" title="British Airways, Iberia announce agreement on basis for forming new combined company">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iberia, British Airways agree on merger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:05:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Spain&#8217;s largest airline Iberia and British Airways (BA) have agreed on a merger, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday.

The deal will be completed in late 2010 and make the alliance the world&#8217;s third-largest airline group by revenue. The companies signed a MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) in this regard.	 	
The merger will ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iberia-british-airways-agree-on-merger-227610/" title="Iberia, British Airways agree on merger">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iberia, British Airways approve agreement establishing basis for merger</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:15:42 +0000</pubDate>
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Iberia, British Airways agree basis for merger

MADRID — Iberia and British Airways have approved an agreement establishing the basis for a merger, the Spanish carrier said late Thursday.
Iberia called it a &#8220;binding agreement&#8221; aimed at creating one of the world&#8217;s largest airline groups, with a fleet of 419 aircraft flying to 205 destinations.
The company would ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iberia-british-airways-approve-agreement-establishing-basis-for-merger-227429/">Read : Iberia, British Airways approve agreement establishing basis for merger</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British Airways confirms board talks on potential merger with Spain&#8217;s Iberia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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British Airways-Iberia merger under consideration

LONDON — British Airways PLC and Spanish airline Iberia SA confirmed they are holding separate board meetings about a long-awaited merger, responding to feverish speculation that has sent the companies&#8217; shares soaring.
BA, the third largest airline in Europe, said the meetings would consider a &#8220;potential transaction&#8221; and that no deal has .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-airways-confirms-board-talks-on-potential-merger-with-spains-iberia-226972/">British Airways confirms board talks on potential merger with Spain&#8217;s Iberia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Telefonica 3rd quarter profits down 0.6 percent on lower revenue</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Telefonica profits down 0.6 pct
MADRID — Spanish telephone company Telefonica SA said Thursday its 3rd quarter net profit dipped 0.6 percent compared to the same period of last year as the company took in less revenue in a recession-plagued economy.

Profit in the July-September period totaled euro1.99 billion ($2.99 billion). That compared to euro2.0 billion in .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/telefonica-3rd-quarter-profits-down-06-percent-on-lower-revenue-226809/">Telefonica 3rd quarter profits down 0.6 percent on lower revenue</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>11 accused Islamic extremists on trial in Spain over alleged plot for suicide attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jorge Sainz</dc:creator>
		
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Spain tries 11 over alleged Islamic terror plot

MADRID — Three men of Pakistani origin denied any wrongdoing Thursday as they went on trial over an alleged plot to stage suicide attacks in Barcelona on orders from the Pakistan Taliban.
Police foiled the alleged plan with a series of raids in January 2008 in Spain&#8217;s second-largest city, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/11-accused-islamic-extremists-on-trial-in-spain-over-alleged-plot-for-suicide-attacks-226767/">Read more : 11 accused Islamic extremists on trial in Spain over alleged plot for suicide attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish airline Iberia cancels 368 flights because of strike by flight attendants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:01:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Strike at Spain&#8217;s Iberia cancels flights
MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia has canceled 368 flights because of a two-day strike by flight attendants seeking pay increases.

Iberia said in a statement Tuesday that flights to resort areas like the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands in the Mediterranean are not affected by the strike, which will last .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-airline-iberia-cancels-368-flights-because-of-strike-by-flight-attendants-224439/">Spanish airline Iberia cancels 368 flights because of strike by flight attendants</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Somali pirates target oil tanker with rocket-propelled grenades in longest-range attack so far</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
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Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack

NAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates attacked an oil tanker and fired automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades Monday farther out at sea than any previous assault, suggesting that pirate capabilities are growing as they increase activity off East Africa.
Pirates in two skiffs fired at the Hong Kong-flagged BW Lion .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-pirates-target-oil-tanker-with-rocket-propelled-grenades-in-longest-range-attack-so-far-223214/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Somali pirates target oil tanker with rocket-propelled grenades in longest-range attack so far</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain rules out freeing pirates as demanded by brigands holding Spanish trawler and crew</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates

MADRID — Spain said Friday it would not free two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands who are holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off the coast of Somalia.
Three crewmen that had been removed from the vessel and taken to the Somali mainland by hijackers to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-rules-out-freeing-pirates-as-demanded-by-brigands-holding-spanish-trawler-and-crew-220419/">Original article on  : Spain rules out freeing pirates as demanded by brigands holding Spanish trawler and crew</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pirates holding Spanish trawler take 3 crew members ashore to Somalia</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:46:34 +0000</pubDate>
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Spanish hostages&#8217; wives: 3 crew taken ashore

MADRID — Pirates holding a Spanish trawler off Somalia took three crew members ashore Thursday to press Spanish authorities for the release of fellow pirates captured in connection with the month-old hostage drama, wives of two sailors said.
Later, in a telephone interview broadcast by on Spanish TV, Ricardo Blach, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pirates-holding-spanish-trawler-take-3-crew-members-ashore-to-somalia-219055/" title="Pirates holding Spanish trawler take 3 crew members ashore to Somalia">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#8217;s recovery to start by early 2010, says PM</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that Spain&#8217;s economy would begin emerging from recession &#8220;at the end of this year or the beginning of 2010&#8243;, though he acknowledged that unemployment - now nearly 18 percent - would remain high for some time.

The premier discussed the measures taken by the government, noting .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spains-recovery-to-start-by-early-2010-says-pm-217083/">Source &nbsp;: Spain&#8217;s recovery to start by early 2010, says PM</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spaniards dining out less during recession: Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Amid the worst recession in decades, Spaniards are cooking much more at home instead of frequently going out to restaurants, according to a new study.

The head of business development for the consulting firm TNS Worldpanel, Stephane Roger, Monday presented figures for the consumption sector so far in 2009, noting that the average value .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spaniards-dining-out-less-during-recession-study-215738/">Spaniards dining out less during recession: Study</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish judge indicts 7 for helping 2004 Madrid train bombers to flee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
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7 indicted for helping Madrid bombers flee

MADRID — A Spanish judge on Monday indicted seven people for allegedly helping several of the suspected Madrid train bombers flee after the 2004 terror attacks.
National Court Judge Eloy Velasco charged six of the seven with belonging to an unidentified terrorist group, while one was accused of collaboration.
Velasco said .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-judge-indicts-7-for-helping-2004-madrid-train-bombers-to-flee-214993/">Spanish judge indicts 7 for helping 2004 Madrid train bombers to flee</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish economy contracts less sharply in third quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 07:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Spain&#8217;s gross domestic product contracted again in the third quarter, although the decline relative to the previous quarter was just 0.4 percent compared with a drop of 1.1 percent in the April-June period, the central bank said.

The year-on-year decline also was not as pronounced, with the economy shrinking 4.1 percent in the third .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-economy-contracts-less-sharply-in-third-quarter-212146/">Spanish economy contracts less sharply in third quarter</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#8217;s Iberia to cancel 440 flights due to 2-day cabin crew strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Strike forces Iberia to cancel 440 flights

MADRID — Spain&#8217;s Iberia airlines is canceling some 440 flights because of a two-day strike by cabin crews in support of wage demands.
A statement on the Iberia Web site says the 48-hour stoppage starting midnight Sunday will affect domestic, European and trans-Atlantic flights, about a quarter of Iberia&#8217;s flights.
The  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spains-iberia-to-cancel-440-flights-due-to-2-day-cabin-crew-strike-206745/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Recession batters Spain&#8217;s tourism industry</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/recession-batters-spains-tourism-industry-204405/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Spain&#8217;s tourism industry is forecast to end 2009 down 5.6 percent from last year&#8217;s already depressed level, its worst performance in a decade, the Alliance for Tourism Excellence, or Exceltur, said.

The crucial summer season &#8220;has not been at all encouraging&#8221; and the signs of a possible recovery in 2010 are still &#8220;very weak&#8221;, .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/recession-batters-spains-tourism-industry-204405/" title="Recession batters Spain&#8217;s tourism industry">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain&#8217;s trade deficit plunges 52 percent</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - Spain&#8217;s trade deficit plunged 52.4 percent during the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period in 2008, authorities said.

The trade deficit totalled 31.91 billion euros (about $48 billion) due mainly to a steep drop in imports amid one of the worst economic slumps in the country&#8217;s history.	 	
Imports totalled .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spains-trade-deficit-plunges-52-percent-204388/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>EU opens probe into UNESCO-honored Spanish wetland that has dried up, is on fire underground</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-opens-probe-into-unesco-honored-spanish-wetland-that-has-dried-up-is-on-fire-underground-203419/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — The European Union has launched an investigation into a prized Spanish wetland that has turned bone dry through mismanagement of water resources and is now on fire underground, white smoke now rising from areas where fish once swam.

The EU wants the Spanish government to explain how it plans to save Las Tablas de .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/eu-opens-probe-into-unesco-honored-spanish-wetland-that-has-dried-up-is-on-fire-underground-203419/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain arrests 92-year-old drug smuggler</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID - A 92-year-old woman was arrested at Madrid&#8217;s Barajas International Airport after more than four kilos of cocaine were found attached to her body, authorities said.

The arrest took place Friday, after the woman and a much younger female companion arrived aboard a flight from Brazil.	 	
The behaviour of the wheelchair-bound woman aroused the suspicions ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-arrests-92-year-old-drug-smuggler-200436/">Spain arrests 92-year-old drug smuggler</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish unions reject Magna offer on Opel plant, to consider calling strike</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — A Spanish labor representative says unions have rejected Magna&#8217;s latest offer concerning the future of an Opel plant targeted for job cuts and will vote on calling a strike.

Jose Juan Arceiz, leader of a committee representing workers at the Opel auto plant near Zaragoza, told AP Monday that talks last week with Magna .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-unions-reject-magna-offer-on-opel-plant-to-consider-calling-strike-199747/">Spanish unions reject Magna offer on Opel plant, to consider calling strike</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Huge crowd rallies in Madrid against bill to ease Spain&#8217;s restrictive abortion law</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:28:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — A huge crowd rallied in Madrid Saturday against a bill to ease restrictions on abortion — a vivid and emotional show of how the issue remains sensitive two decades after abortion was legalized in this traditionally Roman Catholic country.

The crowd of at least tens of thousands of people waved banners, balloons and red-and-yellow ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/huge-crowd-rallies-in-madrid-against-bill-to-ease-spains-restrictive-abortion-law-198902/">Huge crowd rallies in Madrid against bill to ease Spain&#8217;s restrictive abortion law</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain narrows scope of cross-border justice law that had irked allies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Spain&#8217;s Parliament approved a law Thursday narrowing the scope of a cross-border justice doctrine which had allowed judges to indict people like Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden.

The existing legislation allowed judges like Baltasar Garzon to prosecute egregious crimes committed in other countries even if there was no link to Spain. The practice .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-narrows-scope-of-cross-border-justice-law-that-had-irked-allies-197372/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Spain narrows scope of cross-border justice law that had irked allies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>General Motors CEO Henderson says parties working to sign deal to sell stake in Opel</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/general-motors-ceo-henderson-says-parties-working-to-sign-deal-to-sell-stake-in-opel-196829/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 10:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kelly Olsen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[INCHEON, South Korea — General Motors Co. CEO Fritz Henderson said intense discussions were still under way to complete the sale of its German auto unit Opel, though stopped short of guaranteeing an agreement would be signed this week.

Canadian autoparts supplier Magna International Inc. along with Russia&#8217;s state-owned Sberbank agreed to buy a 55 percent ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/general-motors-ceo-henderson-says-parties-working-to-sign-deal-to-sell-stake-in-opel-196829/">General Motors CEO Henderson says parties working to sign deal to sell stake in Opel</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish court says autopsy shows Boyzone star died of natural causes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Boyzone star Stephen Gately, whose body was found in a house on the Spanish resort island of Mallorca, died of natural causes, according to autopsy results released Tuesday.

A post-mortem showed Gately, 33, an Irishman, died as a result of a pulmonary edema, or fluid in the lungs, the Balearic Islands Superior Justice Tribunal .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-court-says-autopsy-shows-boyzone-star-died-of-natural-causes-194734/">Source article &nbsp;: Spanish court says autopsy shows Boyzone star died of natural causes</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>2 Somalis arrested on suspicion of Spanish trawler hijack arrive in Madrid</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — The Defense Ministry says two Somalis arrested for allegedly taking part in the hijacking of a Spanish trawler have been brought to Madrid and placed in custody.

The two are suspected of helping in the Oct. 2 hijacking of the Alakrana tuna vessel with 36 crew members aboard, some 375 nautical miles off the .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/2-somalis-arrested-on-suspicion-of-spanish-trawler-hijack-arrive-in-madrid-193947/">2 Somalis arrested on suspicion of Spanish trawler hijack arrive in Madrid</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish premier meeting with Obama at White House a sign of improved relations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was to fly to Washington on Monday to meet President Barack Obama, a visit that comes after years of strained relations with George W. Bush&#8217;s administration over the Iraq war.

The meeting Tuesday is the first official invitation of a Spanish premier to the White House since .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-premier-meeting-with-obama-at-white-house-a-sign-of-improved-relations-193710/">Spanish premier meeting with Obama at White House a sign of improved relations</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Argentine singer Luis Aguile has died, aged 73</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — Luis Aguile, an Argentine singer-songwriter whose career blossomed after he moved to Spain, died in a Madrid hospital on Saturday, his manager said. He was 73.

Best known for worldwide hit song &#8220;Cuando Sali de Cuba&#8221; (&#8221;When I Left Cuba&#8221;), the baritone had been suffering from stomach cancer. He was being treated at Sanchinarro .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/argentine-singer-luis-aguile-has-died-aged-73-192700/" title="Argentine singer Luis Aguile has died, aged 73">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish official says 2 captured pirate suspects to be brought to Madrid over trawler hijack</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — A Spanish official says two men captured in connection with the hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat in the Indian Ocean will be brought to Madrid on orders from a judge.

The official in the Defense Ministry says the two suspects will be transported to Madrid as soon as possible. They face preliminary charges .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-official-says-2-captured-pirate-suspects-to-be-brought-to-madrid-over-trawler-hijack-188179/" title="Spanish official says 2 captured pirate suspects to be brought to Madrid over trawler hijack">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish official: Grave holding purported remains of poet Garcia Lorca to be opened in weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:54:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MADRID — A Spanish Civil War-era grave believed to hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca will be dug up in two to three weeks, an official said Monday, in the most high-profile step yet in a drive for Spain to address atrocities committed against civilians during that ruinous conflict.

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