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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:42:00 GMT

(1st row L-R) Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, British Catherine Ashton, named the new EU foreign policy chief, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite; (2nd row L-R) Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, Maltese...

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Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:59:00 GMT

(L-R) European Union Foreign Policy Chief Javier Solana, Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, Hungarian Prime Minister Gordon Bajnai, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybau...

Spain's Opposition Questions Ransom Paid to Pirates

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:31:39 GMT

Nov. 17: Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero gestures during a news conference at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid.
Source: FOX News

Spain pays pirates $3.3 million to free 36 fishermen held hostage

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:20:22 GMT

MOGADISHU: Spain’s prime minister did little on Tuesday to deny paying off the hijackers of a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew, held captive off the coast of Somalia, a $3.3 million ransom to free them.
Source: Lebanon Daily Star

US ship repels pirates with guns and sound blasts

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:46:15 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya - Guards aboard the Maersk Alabama used guns and a sound blaster Wednesday to repel the second pirate attack in seven months on the U.S.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor

Spain quiet on $3.7m pirate ransom

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:47:09 GMT

Freed. . . the Spanish tuna fishing boat Alakrana sails safely near a Spanish warship in the Indian Ocean.
Source: Sydney Morning Herald

Somali pirates attack US ship for second time

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:34:53 GMT

The Spanish trawler Alakrana is seen, foreground with the Spanish frigate 'Canarias' seen in the background, off Somalia. Somali pirates freed the Spanish trawler Tuesday with crew of 36 after holding them hostage for more than six weeks.
Source: Canoe

Pirates again attack US-flagged Maersk Alabama

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:06:11 GMT

NAIROBI, Kenya -- Somali pirates attacked the Maersk Alabama for the second time in seven months on Wednesday, but guards on board the U.S.-flagged cargo ship repelled the takeover attempt, the EU's naval force said.
Source: The State

Somali pirates free Spanish boat

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:54:48 GMT

Somali pirates have released a Spanish fishing boat and its crew after holding it for six weeks, Spain's prime minister has confirmed.
Source: Maritime News Online

Spanish PM pushing Moratinos for EU foreign policy post - report

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:52:04 GMT

(MADRID) - The Spanish government is pushing Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos as a candidate for the European Union's new foreign affairs post, El Pais reported Wednesday.
Source: EUbusiness

Quoted in 'Netanyahu disappointed in 'inciting' Turkish TV'

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:31:39 GMT

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said in Ynetnews:

The slaughter of six million Jews will never be forgotten. Any form of anti-Semitism is contemptible and unacceptable. Anti-Semitism was prevalent in Spain when it was under the rule of the dictator Francisco Franco, who spoke of a secret coalition of Jews and freemasons. Modern Spain remembers the Holocaust and sympathizes with the suffering of the Jewish people

Quoted in 'Carla website lifts lid on life as French first lady'

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 09:57:17 GMT

said in Hindustan Times:

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero spoke with Nicolas Sarkozy on subjects affecting the two adjacent countries, high-speed train lines, strengthening gas and electricity cooperation agreements

McCain Answers Question on Spain, Zapatero

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:58:41 GMT