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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Spain</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MADRID — Spain&#8217;s Development Ministry said Tuesday it had withdrawn the flying license for debt-stricken Air Comet, leaving thousands of Christmas travelers to Latin American destinations stranded at Madrid&#8217;s airport.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/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : 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 .... Source &nbsp;: <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 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-says-excavation-to-find-remains-of-executed-poet-garcia-lorca-yields-nothing-246015/" title="Spain says excavation to find remains of executed poet Garcia Lorca yields nothing">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</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 .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/reports-hunger-striking-western-sahara-activist-flown-out-of-spain-245855/">Reports: Hunger-striking Western Sahara activist flown out of Spain</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 .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-says-it-will-send-511-more-troops-to-afghanistan-boosting-deployment-above-1500-245778/">Original article &nbsp;: 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 ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <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>Villages in Spain&#8217;s Catalonia region hold nonbinding vote on independence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 13:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Catalan villages ponder independence from Spain

VILAFRANCA DEL PENEDES, Spain — Advocates of independence for the proud, economically powerful region of Catalonia asked residents Sunday to cast symbolic votes in favor of breaking away from Spain.
Many in this ancient winemaking land have long complained that they contribute far more to the Spanish national budget than they .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/villages-in-spains-catalonia-region-hold-nonbinding-vote-on-independence-243533/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Villages in Spain&#8217;s Catalonia region hold nonbinding vote on independence</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 .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/academics-of-spanish-language-present-first-grammar-guidelines-in-nearly-80-years-242536/">Academics of Spanish language present first grammar guidelines in nearly 80 years</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 ... <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">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Al-Qaida offshoot that claimed kidnapping 4 Europeans says hostages are in good health</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maamoun Youssef</dc:creator>
		
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Al-Qaida says 4 European hostages in good health

CAIRO — An al-Qaida offshoot that has claimed responsibility for kidnapping three Spaniards and a Frenchman in West Africa last month said Wednesday the four Europeans were in good health and treated according to Islamic laws.
The group&#8217;s demands would be announced later, Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb said.
In .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/al-qaida-offshoot-that-claimed-kidnapping-4-europeans-says-hostages-are-in-good-health-241974/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Al-Qaida offshoot that claimed kidnapping 4 Europeans says hostages are in good health</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Art &amp; devotion: Ind. museum shows sacred works from Spain, Mexico, Peru never assembled before</title>
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		<dc:creator>Ken Kusmer</dc:creator>
		
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Rare exhibition brings together Spanish sacred art

INDIANAPOLIS — El Greco&#8217;s vision of the veil of Veronica hangs near a golden crown with 447 emeralds. Just a few steps away, a recumbent sculpture of the crucified Jesus Christ rests before its return to a Spanish hermitage in time for Holy Week.
&#8220;Sacred Spain: Art and Belief in ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/art-devotion-ind-museum-shows-sacred-works-from-spain-mexico-peru-never-assembled-before-238967/">Art &#038; devotion: Ind. museum shows sacred works from Spain, Mexico, Peru never assembled before</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Official: 3 kidnapped Spanish aid workers being transferred to Mali from Mauritania</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Mohammed</dc:creator>
		
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Official: 3 Spanish hostages being taken to Mali

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Three Spanish aid workers kidnapped in the West African desert nation of Mauritania are being taken by their captors to neighboring Mali, a Mauritanian official said Wednesday.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media on .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/official-3-kidnapped-spanish-aid-workers-being-transferred-to-mali-from-mauritania-238634/">Official: 3 kidnapped Spanish aid workers being transferred to Mali from Mauritania</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain judge orders Pinochet widow, other suspects to post bond in money-laundering probe</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-judge-orders-pinochet-widow-other-suspects-to-post-bond-in-money-laundering-probe-237750/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:59:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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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 &nbsp;: 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>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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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, ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mexicos-jose-emilio-pacheco-wins-cervantes-prize-spanish-speaking-worlds-top-literary-honor-237655/">Mexico&#8217;s Jose Emilio Pacheco wins Cervantes Prize, Spanish-speaking world&#8217;s top literary honor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania, Spanish minister suspects al-Qaida-linked militants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 11:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Mohammed</dc:creator>
		
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3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Army teams and planes searched the desert nation Monday for three Spanish volunteers kidnapped by gunmen, and Spain&#8217;s interior minister said he suspected al-Qaida-linked Islamists were behind the attack.
The three aid workers were in a 4-wheel drive vehicle at the very back end of a convoy .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/3-aid-workers-kidnapped-in-mauritania-spanish-minister-suspects-al-qaida-linked-militants-237568/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania, Spanish minister suspects al-Qaida-linked militants</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say 3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-3-spanish-aid-workers-kidnapped-in-mauritania-237386/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:55:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ahmed Mohammed</dc:creator>
		
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Police: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped by gunmen Sunday while delivering supplies to impoverished villages in the desert nation of Mauritania, a police official said.
The two men and one woman were attacked while delivering supplies to villages along a 240-mile (400-kilometer) road that links the capital ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-3-spanish-aid-workers-kidnapped-in-mauritania-237386/">Police say 3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spain says pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel, which fired back and escaped</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/spain-says-pirates-attacked-a-spanish-fishing-vessel-which-fired-back-and-escaped-237256/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP</dc:creator>
		
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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/" title="Spain says pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel, which fired back and escaped">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Canada follows UK in not backing Sri Lankan bid to host 2011Commonwealth summit</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/canada-follows-uk-in-not-backing-sri-lankan-bid-to-host-2011commonwealth-summit-236865/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 07:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ani</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Port-of-SPAIN - The Canadian Government has followed the United Kingdom in announcing that it will oppose Sri Lanka&#8217;s bid to host the next summit of 53 Commonwealth countries in 2011.

&#8220;Canada will not be supporting Sri Lanka as the next host of the Commonwealth summit,&#8221; Prime Minister&#8217;s Office spokesman Dimitri Soudas said.
It&#8217;s a sharp rebuke to ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/canada-follows-uk-in-not-backing-sri-lankan-bid-to-host-2011commonwealth-summit-236865/" title="Canada follows UK in not backing Sri Lankan bid to host 2011Commonwealth summit">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss adventurer ditches in sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt

ATLANTERRA, Spain — A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings ditched safely into the Atlantic on Wednesday after hitting turbulence and clouds so thick he could not tell if he was flying up or down.
The bad weather — rather than a mechanical malfunction, as .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/swiss-adventurer-ditches-in-sea-while-trying-to-fly-from-morocco-to-spain-on-jet-powered-wings-235900/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Swiss adventurer ditches in sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Swiss adventurer hits sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:54:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt

ATLANTERRA, Spain — A Swiss adventurer ditched safely into the chilly waters between Morocco Spain Wednesday after a technical malfunction ended the first attempted intercontinental crossing on jet-powered wings.
A rescuer helicopter winched Yves Gossy to safety from the wind-swept Atlantic.
Rossy, a 50-year-old former fighter pilot, had taken off from Tangiers ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/swiss-adventurer-hits-sea-while-trying-to-fly-from-morocco-to-spain-on-jet-powered-wings-235766/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Swiss adventurer hits sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Daredevil rocket man to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/daredevil-rocket-man-to-fly-from-morocco-to-spain-on-jet-powered-wings-235739/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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Rocket man at it again, to cross a patch of ocean

ATLANTERRA, Spain — He&#8217;s done the Swiss Alps and the English Channel, soaring over them on a jet-powered wing. For his next trick, a daredevil pilot aims to go intercontinental, flying from North Africa&#8217;s tip to Europe&#8217;s southern fringe.
If all goes well — and tricky .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/daredevil-rocket-man-to-fly-from-morocco-to-spain-on-jet-powered-wings-235739/" title="Daredevil rocket man to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</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>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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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/">Original article on  : Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom; Spain &#8216;did what it had to do&#8217; to free 36 sailors</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>
		<dc:creator>Mohamed Olad Hassan</dc:creator>
		
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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 .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/somalis-33m-ransom-paid-36-hostages-aboard-spanish-trawler-taken-in-early-october-freed-231113/">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/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Spain&#8217;s prime minister says Somali pirates have freed trawler with crew of 36</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>El Salvador awards highest honor to 6 Jesuit priests killed by army 20 years ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marcos Aleman</dc:creator>
		
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El Salvador honors 6 Jesuits slain by army in 1989

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Six Jesuit priests killed by the army during El Salvador&#8217;s civil war two decades ago were decorated with the country&#8217;s highest honor Monday.
Mauricio Funes, El Salvador&#8217;s first leftist president, called the decorations an act of atonement for an atrocity during the ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/el-salvador-awards-highest-honor-to-6-jesuit-priests-killed-by-army-20-years-ago-230762/">El Salvador awards highest honor to 6 Jesuit priests killed by army 20 years ago</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>1,200 Caribbean troopers to guard Commonwealth meet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:35:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paras Ramoutar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Port-of-SPAIN - About 1,200 Carribean troopers along with local security personnel will maintain a hawk-eye vigil during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in this Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29, a minister said, adding 9/11 has &#8220;changed the security landscape for heads of states&#8221;.

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will lead .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/1200-caribbean-troopers-to-guard-commonwealth-meet-229925/">Source article &nbsp;: 1,200 Caribbean troopers to guard Commonwealth meet</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/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: British Airways and Iberia talk up benefits of merger amid opposition</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>British Airways CEO: Merger with Spain&#8217;s Iberia won&#8217;t boost fares, shares rise for both</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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BA chief says Iberia deal won&#8217;t raise fares

LONDON — British Airways PLC began a charm offensive about its proposed merger with Spain&#8217;s Iberia SA Friday, dismissing suggestions the deal would increase fares or reduce standards at Britain&#8217;s flagship carrier.
BA Chief Executive Willie Walsh, who will take the same position at the combined company, stressed that .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-airways-ceo-merger-with-spains-iberia-wont-boost-fares-shares-rise-for-both-228265/">British Airways CEO: Merger with Spain&#8217;s Iberia won&#8217;t boost fares, shares rise for both</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Maulana Azad&#8217;s vision is lauded in Trinidad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paras Ramoutar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Port-of-SPAIN - The work and vision of India&#8217;s first minister of education Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad was highlighted during the celebration of International Scholars&#8217; day in Chaguanas in central Trinidad.

Indian High Commissioner Malay Mishra addressed graduates of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Co-operation (MGICC), the Indian cultural centre, Nov 11.	 	
Mishra praised the work, .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/maulana-azads-vision-is-lauded-in-trinidad-228247/">Maulana Azad&#8217;s vision is lauded in Trinidad</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 .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-airline-iberia-reports-q3-loss-of-e164-million-from-year-ago-profit-228173/">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>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Woolls</dc:creator>
		
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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.

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		<title>Eurozone out of recession after economy grows 0.4 percent in third quarter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 11:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pan Pylas</dc:creator>
		
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Eurozone emerges from recession in 3rd quarter

LONDON — The 16-country eurozone has officially joined the United States and Japan out of recession, after figures Friday showed its economy grew by 0.4 percent in the third quarter from the previous three-month period.
However, the rise reported by the EU&#8217;s statistics office Eurostat was not as large as .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/eurozone-out-of-recession-after-economy-grows-04-percent-in-third-quarter-228163/">Eurozone out of recession after economy grows 0.4 percent in third quarter</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>
		<dc:creator>Meera Selva</dc:creator>
		
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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.
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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 the original article on Gaea Times at  : 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>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-airways-confirms-board-talks-on-potential-merger-with-spains-iberia-226972/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jane Wardell</dc:creator>
		
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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 .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/british-airways-confirms-board-talks-on-potential-merger-with-spains-iberia-226972/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Telefonica 3rd quarter profits down 0.6 percent on lower revenue</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/telefonica-3rd-quarter-profits-down-06-percent-on-lower-revenue-226809/</link>
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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 ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <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, ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/11-accused-islamic-extremists-on-trial-in-spain-over-alleged-plot-for-suicide-attacks-226767/">11 accused Islamic extremists on trial in Spain over alleged plot for suicide attacks</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Google service allows virtual pilgrimage</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-google-service-allows-virtual-pilgrimage-225875/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EFE</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA - Internet users can now take a virtual pilgrimage in Spain thanks to Google&#8217;s Street View service.

The virtual re-creation of the &#8220;Road to Santiago&#8221;, one of the most famous pilgrimage routes in Europe, is one of the features of the service, which also showcases the Alhambra in Granada, the Toledo Cathedral, the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-google-service-allows-virtual-pilgrimage-225875/">Source article &nbsp;: New Google service allows virtual pilgrimage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Port-of-Spain readies to welcome Commonwealth leaders</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/port-of-spain-readies-to-welcome-commonwealth-leaders-225625/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paras Ramoutar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Port-of-SPAIN - Hundreds of billboards and welcome signs have sprung up in this capital city as Trinidad and Tobago prepares to welcome Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 51 other leaders at the opening Nov 27 of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting(CHOGM) at an $80 million conference centre built by a Chinese firm.

The government ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/port-of-spain-readies-to-welcome-commonwealth-leaders-225625/" title="Port-of-Spain readies to welcome Commonwealth leaders">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Spanish airline Iberia cancels 368 flights because of strike by flight attendants</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-airline-iberia-cancels-368-flights-because-of-strike-by-flight-attendants-224439/</link>
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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 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/spanish-airline-iberia-cancels-368-flights-because-of-strike-by-flight-attendants-224439/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : 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>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/somali-pirates-target-oil-tanker-with-rocket-propelled-grenades-in-longest-range-attack-so-far-223214/</link>
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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/">Source article &nbsp;: Somali pirates target oil tanker with rocket-propelled grenades in longest-range attack so far</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Kathak king Birju Maharaj enthrals Trinidad and Tobago</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 08:03:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paras Ramoutar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Port-of-SPAIN - Noted Kathak exponent Pandit Birju Maharaj mesmerised Trinidad and Tobago, capturing the imagination of the packed audience at Queen&#8217;s Hall that is a premier venue for cultural shows here.

Congress of the People Leader Winston Dookeran and his wife Shirley, Leader of the Opposition Basdeo Panday, former minister Joan Yuille-Williams, Gandhi Institute for Cultural .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/kathak-king-birju-maharaj-enthrals-trinidad-and-tobago-222253/">Original article &nbsp;: Kathak king Birju Maharaj enthrals Trinidad and Tobago</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>World leaders wanted: No climate deal without them at Copenhagen summit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Daigle</dc:creator>
		
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World leaders needed at talks to cut climate deal
BARCELONA, Spain — After two years of tough U.N. climate talks often pitting the world&#8217;s rich against the poor, negotiators said Friday a new global agreement now rides on industrial nations pledging profound emissions cuts next month in Copenhagen.
Negotiators from industrial nations, including the United ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/world-leaders-wanted-no-climate-deal-without-them-at-copenhagen-summit-221061/" title="World leaders wanted: No climate deal without them at Copenhagen summit">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bhagvad Gita used to smuggle cocaine in Trinidad</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paras Ramoutar</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Port-of-SPAIN - The Trinidad and Tobago police have found pages of the Hindu holy book Bhagvad Gita soaked in millions of dollars worth of liquid cocaine in a laboratory in Couva, Central Trinidad.

A Venezuelan national and four citizens of Trinidad and Tobago - two men and two women - were arrested Thursday and investigations are ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bhagvad-gita-used-to-smuggle-cocaine-in-trinidad-220633/" title="Bhagvad Gita used to smuggle cocaine in Trinidad">Read more >></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 source on Gaea Times at  : Spain rules out freeing pirates as demanded by brigands holding Spanish trawler and crew</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiators at UN climate talks say strong Copenhagen global warming deal still possible</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Daigle</dc:creator>
		
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Negotiators say climate deal still possible

BARCELONA, Spain — U.N. negotiators assure it is still possible next month to conclude a strong, 192-nation global deal that will define future work in fighting global warming.
Countries most vulnerable to climate change are angry that rich nations have begun rethinking the timetable for concluding a global treaty that would .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/negotiators-at-un-climate-talks-say-strong-copenhagen-global-warming-deal-still-possible-220408/">Negotiators at UN climate talks say strong Copenhagen global warming deal still possible</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiators at UN climate talks discuss best formula for securing global warming agreement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
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Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks
BARCELONA, Spain — U.N. climate negotiators said Friday that, despite low expectations for setting legally binding emissions targets next month, it is still possible to conclude a strong, 192-nation deal to define future work in fighting global warming.
Countries most vulnerable to climate change said they were .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/negotiators-at-un-climate-talks-discuss-best-formula-for-securing-global-warming-agreement-220207/">Source article &nbsp;: Negotiators at UN climate talks discuss best formula for securing global warming agreement</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, ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pirates-holding-spanish-trawler-take-3-crew-members-ashore-to-somalia-219055/">Pirates holding Spanish trawler take 3 crew members ashore to Somalia</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiators scale back expectations of reaching full climate treaty by December deadline</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
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Negotiators scale back UN climate pact ambitions

BARCELONA, Spain — With the U.S. Congress still struggling to agree on sharp cuts in greenhouse gases or how to fund them, European officials said Thursday they were now striving for a political agreement instead of a new treaty to allow the U.S. and other rich nations to make ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/negotiators-scale-back-expectations-of-reaching-full-climate-treaty-by-december-deadline-218978/">Negotiators scale back expectations of reaching full climate treaty by December deadline</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiators at UN talks inch forward toward global climate pact, but deadline in doubt</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:23:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arthur Max</dc:creator>
		
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UN climate pact work moves on, deadline in doubt

BARCELONA, Spain — Negotiators at a U.N. climate conference in Spain further defined plans for reducing greenhouse emissions and continued work on a draft climate change treaty, with next month&#8217;s deadline for a legal document increasingly in doubt.
Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the European  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/negotiators-at-un-talks-inch-forward-toward-global-climate-pact-but-deadline-in-doubt-217982/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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