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Europe Prepared to “do Everything Required to Help the Chilean Authorities At This Difficult Time”
The President of the European Commission, José Manuel Durao Barroso, has announced that Brussels is in a position to send 3 million euros to help meet the most urgent needs following the earthquake in Chile. Europe is prepared to “do everything...
80 Million Europeans Live in Poverty
The Spanish Health and Social Policy Minister, Trinidad Jiménez, and the European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, Vladimir Spidla, have addressed the press in Madrid on the launch of the European Year for Combating...
European Union Mobilizes to Aid Haiti in the Wake of the Devastating Earthquake
The current Spanish Presidency of the European Union has called for stepping up and increasing aid to Haiti after the “catastrophic” earthquake, and did not rule out the possibility of military aid for rebuilding the country. Zapatero is in favor...
Spanish Media Claim 1 Million People Participated in Madrid’s Anti-abortion Rally
Spanish media has claimed around a million people are estimated to have participated in an anti-abortion rally in Madrid on Saturday. Protesters were demonstrating against Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s plans to relax the Catholic...
ETA Chief Arrested Monday in Pre-dawn Raid in Southern France
The suspected military chief of the Basque nationalist group ETA was arrested in a pre-dawn raid on Monday in the town of Cauterets in Southern France. Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu Rubina, alias Txeroki (English: Cherokee), was arrested along with a woman...
Fire Destroys Over 30 Hectares of Forests in Morocco
More than 30 hectares of forest were destroyed following a fire outbreak on Friday in a forest area near the northern Moroccan district of M’Diq, a reliable source told APA on Saturday.
Venezuela Bridges Diplomatic Fissures, Polishes Alliances in European Tour
Rounding off a diplomatic tour of Europe that began with Tuesday’s controversial visit in Russia, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez mended relations with the Spanish government, set up a bi-national commerce commission with Portugal, and eliminated...
Spanish Cops Harass Moroccan Reporters At Mellila Border Post
Four Spanish police officers have harassed two Moroccan journalists at the border post in the Spanish-held Mellila city which Morocco claims as its own territory, APA has learned.
