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POLITICS-SPAIN: ETA Claims Fifth Victim This Month
The illegal Basque separatist group, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA - Basque Homeland and Freedom) shot to death a Popular Party politician Tuesday in Zumárraga, a small town in Spain's Basque Country near the French border. He is ETA's fifth victim this month.SCIENCE-SPAIN: Dowser to Seek Ground Water in Argentina
A Spanish geologist, who has made a career out of his skill in finding water in an unorthodox manner, will seek ground water next month in the west-central Argentine province of Mendoza, using a technique passed down to him by his forefathers.POLITICS-SPAIN: ETA on a Headlong Rush
The Basque separatist organisation Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA - Basque Freedom and Homeland) is charging forward, leaving victims from several Spanish cities in its wake, even as it continues to lose public support and its pact with moderate Basque nationalists is on the verge of disintegration./ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of a Cruel and Unjust World
Three collections of photographs by two celebrated artists, Sebastian Salgado and Robert Doisneau, in Rome and Madrid, give vivid testimony to the cruelties and injustices that persist in a globalised world.POLITICS-SPAIN: Outrage and Powerlessness in Face of ETA Attacks
Loathing and a feeling of impotence have swept the Spanish - including the Basque - population as a result of attacks over the weekend attributed to the illegal Basque separatist organisation, Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA - Basque Freedom and Homeland).POLITICS-SPAIN: Basque Gov’t Demands End to ETA Violence
The Basque nationalist government has demanded that separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA) end its violent ways, making the plea just hours after a car bomb exploded in a shopping district of the Spanish capital Wednesday, leaving at least 10 people injured and damaging 27 building.CONFLICT-COLOMBIA: One Billion Dollars to Support Peace Process
The 15 countries of the European Union, six Latin American nations, the United States, Japan and Canada and international bodies agreed Friday to set up a committee to back Colombia's peace process and pledged one billion dollars to finance development projects in the war-torn South American country.RIGHTS-SPAIN: NGOs, Opposition Reject Crackdown on Prostitutes
Human rights groups, trade unions and opposition parties in Spain are opposed to a repressive approach to prostitution as sought by the governing centre-right Popular Party (PP), in line with demands by local retailers.RIGHTS-CHILE: Letters Prove Allende Did Not Shelter Nazis
Salvador Allende, the socialist president of Chile overthrown by General Augusto Pinochet in 1973, never sheltered Nazis, but actually earned the praise of renowned hunter of war criminals Simon Wiesenthal, according to letters presented Tuesday by Chilean parliamentary Deputy Isabel Allende.POLITICS-COLOMBIA: Gov’t, Rebels Criticise Foreign Meddling
The Colombian government and the rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) apparently have the same objective: peace based on social justice and free of foreign interference - according to the international conference held over the weekend in Spain.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Development of Africa Only Hope Against Immigration
The inflow of undocumented immigrants to Europe will only be curbed with economic and social development in Africa, which must be staunchly supported by European governments, agree prominent leaders of Spain's main political parties.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Development of Africa Only Hope Against Immigration
The inflow of undocumented immigrants to Europe will only be curbed with economic and social development in Africa, which must be staunchly supported by European governments, agree prominent leaders of Spain's main political parties.POLITICS-SPAIN: ETA Attack Pushes Basque Coalition to the Brink
Basque nationalism is on the verge of splitting, said leaders from the political coalition's moderate majority Monday, after the illegal organisation Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA - Basque Freedom and Homeland) was blamed for the Sunday assassination of a town councillor from Spain's governing Popular Party (PP).DEVELOPMENT-SPAIN: Million-Dollar Scam Hits Food Aid
A million-dollar fraud involving food destined for assistance projects in developing countries was uncovered in Spain by police as a result of Red Cross monitoring of humanitarian assistance operations./CORRECTED REPEAT/ LITERATURE-LATAM: Juan Rulfo’s Illuminating Love Letters
The letters young Juan Rulfo wrote to his only love, a girl who became a woman and was to him the breath of the hills, revealed the makings of one of the major writers of the 20th century.LITERATURE-LATAM: Juan Rulfo’s Illuminating Love Letters
The letters young Juan Rulfo wrote to his only love, a girl who became a woman and was to him the breath of the hills, revealed the makings of one of the major writers of the 20th century.CULTURE-SPAIN: Half of All Adults Never Read Books
Half of all adults in Spain have not read a single book since finishing school, according to a study by the Federation of Publishers released at the opening of Madrid's annual book fair Friday.EUROPE: Tax Havens ‘Hotbed’ for Money Launderers, Says Garzon
All European Union (EU) member countries tolerate tax havens which "constitute the most fertile breeding ground for organised economic crime," Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón said Thursday.RIGHTS-SPAIN: Media Unite in Condemning ETA
The editors of Spain's major press outlets signed a manifesto Friday condemning the illegal Basque organisation Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETABasque Freedom and Homeland) for its offensive against journalists who do not bow to its political line.POLITICS-SPAIN: Murder Puts Basque Nationalists on Defensive
The moderate nationalist parties governing Spain's Basque Country have reached a moment of truth as they take an ambiguous stance on the assassination of a journalist known as an outspoken critic of Basque separatist violence.RIGHTS: RSF Calls for Global Protection for Journalists
Journalists made their voices heard on World Press Freedom Day in the Spanish capital Wednesday as they demanded international guarantees to freely exercise their profession.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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