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MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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  5. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (L) is welcomed by Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt, whose country holds the EU's rotating presidency, at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels. European leaders were urged not to miss a 'historic occasion' as they gather to choose a first-ever European Union president to represent the 27-nation bloc on the world stage.
  6. Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero arrives at a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters on November 19, 2009 in Brussels. European leaders were urged not to miss a 'historic occasion' as they gather to choose a first-ever European Union president to represent the 27-nation bloc on the world stage.
  7. The president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek (L) shakes hands with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero after giving a press conference on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  8. The president of the European Parliament Pole Jerzy Buzek holds a press conference with Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero (not pictured) after their meeting on November 12, 2009 at the Moncloa palace in Madrid. Spain takes over the rotating EU presidency from Sweden on January 1.
  9. FILE - Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Madrid has died. Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died at his home in Madrid, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. He was 103. Ayala won many prestige prizes in Spanish letters, from the Cervantes award in 1991 to the Prince of Asturias in 1998. The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 forced him into exile and he worked and lived in Argentina and the United States before returning to Spain.
  10. FILE - Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Madrid has died. Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died at his home in Madrid, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. He was 103. Ayala won many prestige prizes in Spanish letters, from the Cervantes award in 1991 to the Prince of Asturias in 1998. The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 forced him into exile and he worked and lived in Argentina and the United States before returning to Spain.
  11. FILE - Spanish intellectual Francisco Ayala, seen in this March 9, 2006 file photo during an interview with The Associated Press, in Madrid has died. Ayala, a novelist, sociologist and one of Spain's leading scholars, died at his home in Madrid, Tuesday Nov. 3, 2009. He was 103. Ayala won many prestige prizes in Spanish letters, from the Cervantes award in 1991 to the Prince of Asturias in 1998. The Spanish Civil War of 1936-39 forced him into exile and he worked and lived in Argentina and the United States before returning to Spain.
  12. Spanish writer Francisco Ayala smiles as he attends an event to celebrate his 103rd birthday at Madrid's National Library in this March 16, 2009 file photo. Ayala, one of the most well-known writers in the Spanish language, died November 3, 2009, in Madrid at 103 years old.
  13. Spanish writer Francisco Ayala attends an event to celebrate his 103rd birthday at Madrid's National Library in this picture taken on March 16, 2009. Ayala, one of the most well-known writers in the Spanish language, died November 3, 2009, in Madrid at 103 years old.
  14. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: Princess Letizia and Prince Felipe attend the wake of spanish writer Francisco Ayala at chapel of rest on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  15. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  16. MADRID, SPAIN - NOVEMBER 04: (L-R) President of Spain Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia offer Francisco Ayala's relatives their condolences on November 4, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.

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