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...Thursday, only one got through and six died, some crushed by the crowd and some reportedly shot by Moroccan police. The local governor said police had used "legitimate defense" in the face of a violent assault. Spain's conservative opposition blames Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, claiming that the "regularization" of some 700,000 illegal immigrants earlier this year encouraged others. Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Rabat had agreed to forcibly repatriate some of the immigrants currently in Melilla. Critics of the new accord say foisting the problem on Morocco is no solution. "They...
...will jet to Singapore for a last-minute charm offensive before opening the G-8 summit meeting in Scotland. The French team will screen a short film about Paris directed by filmmaker Luc Besson, and Spain's Queen Sofía and Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will be on hand to lobby for Madrid. The winning city - you can count on it - will hold a press conference and pop champagne to extol the benefits of hosting the Games. Back home, jubilant citizens will party in the streets. Everyone will claim that the Games will have...
Talking to the Basque terrorist group eta has long been anathema to Spanish governments. But Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero seems prepared to bite the bullet this time. The Spanish Congress last week passed a resolution giving the government authority to negotiate with eta - if it lays down its arms. Batasuna, the banned political party close to eta, welcomed the move. "We think it's a step in the right direction," says Arnaldo Otegi, Batasuna's spokesman. The opposition Popular Party (PP) and victims' groups are livid, accusing Zapatero of providing eta with what...
That’s where France comes in. Whereas most heads of state chose to have the treaty ratified by the surefire approach of a parliamentary vote, ten others, including Tony Blair, Jacques Chirac, and Rodríguez Zapatero, daringly preferred to call a high-stakes popular referendum. High-stakes indeed, since the treaty requires unanimous ratification of all the member states and one vote gone wrong can spoil the party for everybody. The trouble is that the last thirteen polls have the French voting “no” on May 29, and Chirac is getting nervous. Last...
...mudslide that entombed Rodrguez cut through Armero like a liquid scythe. Henao later recollected that the wave "rolled into town with a moaning sound, like some sort of monster." Luckily, her home was on a hill. "Houses below us started cracking under the advance of the river of mud," she recalled. She grabbed her children and climbed to the roof of her home. As they watched, more than 80% of the roughly 4,200 buildings in Armero simply vanished into the torrents of slime. Said she: "It seemed like the end of the world...