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...police captured him in Paris last July. He is accused of accepting $2.59 million in bribes from an arms dealer and funneling the money to the then-ruling Christian Democratic Party. Pfahls, who fought extradition unsuccessfully in the French courts, is believed to have lived in Hong Kong, Jakarta, Madrid and Montreal since the issue of an international arrest warrant...
...approved Ibarretxe's controversial proposal for a "free association" between the Basque Country and Spain. Under the plan, the wealthy northeastern region and its 2 million inhabitants would have an essentially separate judicial system, a separate representative to the European Union, and "a singular regime of political relations" with Madrid - more like those of a foreign country than a constituent part. The plan is close enough to outright secession to conjure up visions of Spain's dissolution, and sparked talk of a constitutional crisis. So while Ibarretxe came to the Moncloa Palace in hopes of negotiating, Zapatero would have none...
...period in office. MEANWHILE IN SPAIN... E.U.-1, Skeptics-0 The government kicked off a campaign to publicize the proposed European constitution ahead of a national referendum in February - by giving a copy of the text to every fan attending the weekend's local football derby between archrivals Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid. Celebrities will also read extracts of the constitution on TV, in an effort to educate the 90% of Spaniards who say they know very little about it. Polls show that most of them intend to vote 'yes' anyway...
...code-red scrutiny that now accompanies the A.F.P. and its boss was played out dramatically in March, after the Madrid commuter-train bombings. Keelty was asked during a TV interview whether a similar attack could occur in Australia. "The reality is," he replied, using a trademark phrase, "if this turns out to be Islamic extremists responsible for this bombing in Spain, it is more likely to be linked to the position that Spain and other allies took on issues such as Iraq." Prime Minister John Howard disagreed, dismissed any link between Spain and Australia, and maintained that Australia...
...Photojournalist" is too confining a term. Even "photographer" will not quite do it. Cartier-Bresson was simply a major artist of the 20th century. Whenever the world unfolded in some uncanny arrangement, as it did in Madrid, 1933, left, he was at the ready. He was unafraid of the most ordinary moments of life-- as in Sunday on the Banks of the River Marne, 1938, above--which he approached with wit and warmth...