http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/spain/ en-us Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:37:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101449/posts However, after the scandal of the Ginemedex Clinic, where it was discovered that blenders were being used to cover up illegal late term abortions, the government, "with the supposed support of the main opposition party," has proposed changing the norms for mortuaries "so that the 'remains' of an abortion not be considered ‘human remains of sufficient entity' until after the 28th week of gestation," that is, nearly the seventh month of pregnancy. "Your majesty, we are reaching levels of inhumanity that are completely inadmissible and that are putting the very foundation of our society at risk," Fr Serra said. "If... CathNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2101449/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 16:37:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100266/posts ECB sees crisis of "enormous proportions" as Spain creates mortgage rescue fund The European Central Bank has dramatically changed its tune over the last twenty-four hours as the credit freeze worsens, acknowledging for the first time that the world faces the gravest crisis since the Great Depression. By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Last Updated: 8:34PM BST 07 Oct 2008 A string of governors from across the eurozone have today issued grim warnings in what seemed a coordinated move to prepare the markets for interest rate cuts, perhaps within days. Guy Quaden, Belgium’s ECB member, said the violent storm ravaging Europe’s banking system... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100266/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 08:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099839/posts Madrid, Oct 7, 2008 / 06:35 am (CNA).- Father Joan Manuel Serra, a priest of the Diocese of Sant Feliu de Llobregat, has asked King Juan Carlos of Spain not to sign a royal decree that would modify mortuary policies and would make it legal to use “baby crushing machines” that would be used on the remains of babies aborted up to the seventh month of pregnancy in abortion clinics. In an open letter, Father Serra recalled that current policy “obliges abortion ‘clinics’ to consider the remains of an abortion as cadavers, when they are human remains ‘of a sufficient... CNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2099839/posts#comment Tue, 7 Oct 2008 20:18:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts How The West Was Won The rapid and unexpected decline of the Sunni insurgency in Iraq was officially recognized this week, when Maj. Gen. John Kelly, commanding the Marine Expeditionary Force, turned operational control of Anbar Province over to the Iraqi army and police. Anbar, a vast expanse of desert the size of North Carolina, had been the stronghold of the Sunni insurgency. For years, foreign fighters loyal to al-Qaida had sneaked across Iraq's northwestern border with Syria, into Anbar and down a "rat line" of safe houses in Haditha, Ramadi and Hit. From Fallujah, the arch terrorist Zarqawi... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074194/posts#comment Thu, 4 Sep 2008 01:13:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088145/posts ROTA, Spain, Sept. 22, 2008 – Civilian leaders who visited here today had seen the Coast Guard in action in U.S. waterways, patrolling ports and harbors, interdicting drug smugglers, and sometimes conducting heroic search-and-rescue missions as depicted in the movie, “The Guardian.” So Coast Guard Capt. Robert Wagner, commander of Coast Guard Cutter Dallas, greeted Joint Civilian Orientation Conference participants here today with the rhetorical question he knew all had on their minds: “What is the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dallas doing in Rota, Spain?” In addition to its historic role protecting U.S. coastlines from external threats while promoting... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088145/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 01:03:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087185/posts The microphones betray again the president Lara, to Zapatero: “Don’t Burn You Out with These Issues”The open microphones have betrayed Zapatero again. In an episode that remembers the "tensión" on which Gabilondo spoke in the heat of the campaign, [see also this] the president clarified why he helps talking about crisis. "If you instil much pessimism, if you do not say anything positive, it is worse", the president told his host, Jose Manuel Lara, before giving his lecture in the Circle of Economy. The [media] businessman advised him “not to burn him out" with those subjects. The result of adress:... EL MUNDO - Libertad Digital http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087185/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 19:05:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079309/posts It’s September and millions of unfortunate Spaniards, having just finished four full weeks of paid summer holidays, are confronting the unbearable trauma of heading back to work. And as happens every year around this time, an armada of psychologists, psychiatrists and sundry other mental health specialists, many of whom are feeding off of the largesse of the social welfare state, are offering their services to those afflicted with an ailment that Spaniards call “Post-Vacation Syndrome.” According to Cinco Dias, one of Spain’s leading business newspapers, Post-Vacation Syndrome, also known as “Return [to Work] Syndrome” (síndrome del retorno), “is manifested in... Brussels Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2079309/posts#comment Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:25:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071197/posts Madrid - Spain opposes retaliatory measures against Russia over its policy on the Georgian breakaway regions, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Friday. It was not the time for sanctions, but for dialogue, Moratinos said. m c http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2071197/posts#comment Sat, 30 Aug 2008 14:31:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068443/posts At least 25 African migrants have died from hunger, thirst and exposure after trying to reach Spain by boat. A cargo ship rescued 25 survivors off the coast of southern Spain's Almeria province. Five women and five children were reportedly among the survivors. A boat patrolling waters between Malaga and Melilla rescued the migrants from a half-submerged boat late on Monday. Every year, tens of thousands of Africans try to enter Spain by boat to find work in Europe. "We can never know the exact number," a Red Cross employee at the port of Malaga said, according to The Associated... bbc http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2068443/posts#comment Tue, 26 Aug 2008 17:58:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067245/posts Antonia Martinez Jimenez, 27, has told relatives that she normally sat at the back of the plane during take-off and landing, but on the ill-fated flight to Gran Canaria last Wednesday she was rostered to sit up front in seat 1E. All the other 17 survivors of the crash were sitting in the rows around her, and when the plane broke apart on impact, most were propelled out of the wreckage and away from the subsequent explosion that engulfed it. In a further stroke of good fortune, they landed in a stream where the water shielded them from the blistering... telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2067245/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:14:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066014/posts NATO warships, which passed through Istanbul's Bosporus Strait Thursday, entered the Black Sea for long-planned exercises and routine visits to ports in Romania and Bulgaria, the alliance said. A U.S. Navy warship entered Turkey's Dardanel Strait on Friday taking relief supplies to Georgia. Three warships - from Spain, Germany and Poland - sailed into the Black Sea on Thursday. The move is not linked to the tensions over Russia's invasion of Georgia, which lies on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, about 900 kilometers (550 miles) from the Romanian coast, said officials at NATO's military command in southern Belgium.... Hürriyet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066014/posts#comment Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:55:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064926/posts Some 140 people were killed today when a packed passenger jet caught fire and overshot the runway as it tried to take off from Madrid airport, official sources said. The Spanair plane, with 173 passengers and crew aboard, crashed and broke apart as it tried to take off from Terminal 4 at the Barajas airport. It was heading for Las Palmas airport on the island of Gran Canaria. The Reuters news agency quoted sources in the emergency services as saying that all but about 25 of those aboard had been killed - far ahead of initial death tolls given by... (UK) Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064926/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:12:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064879/posts At least seven people have died in an accident suffered by a Spanair aircraft after taking off from T-4 at the Barajas airport in Madrid. [Excerpt; my translation from the Spanish.] El Mundo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064879/posts#comment Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:50:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062285/posts A second group of Spanish Olympic athletes has been photographed making “slit-eyed” gestures, threatening to overshadow the Beijing Games with a row over racial stereotyping. The latest photo to emerge shows Spanish women tennis players pulling the pose, apparently in anticipation of their Federation Cup match against China in April. Pictures of the Spanish men’s and women’s basketball teams making the gesture, a crude impersonation of Chinese people, were published in adverts in Spanish newspapers earlier this week. The photos, which were reprinted around the world, added to Spanish sport's poor reputation for racial sensitivity. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2062285/posts#comment Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:27:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061871/posts A SPANISH couple's language difficulties has cost them several thousand dollars after they mispronounced their destination giving instructions to a Norwegian taxi driver. The couple, who were touring Norway's fjords, wanted to travel to Olden on the country's west coast. Instead their taxi took them to Halden, hundreds of kilometres away, a trip that cost them €3870 ($6600). The pair in their 50s were on a cruise of the fjords when they had to spend a short time in hospital while on a stopover in Stavanger, the Verdens Gang (VG) newspaper reported. Once out of hospital the two decided to... News.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061871/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:51:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061623/posts LOS ANGELES - A confessed burglar described by police as one of the most prolific thieves in Los Angeles history was resentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years in prison. In an effort to win the slightly reduced sentence, Ignacio DelRio, also known as Ricardo Caveda, also drew a map that led police to some $400,000.. "He confessed to 1,000 burglaries, and I have been able to find 180 victims so far," police Detective Robert Longacre said after the sentencing. Longacre declined to name any of the victims but said they included well-known people in the movie industry and at least... San Jose Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2061623/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:38:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060742/posts Spain might have high hopes of bringing the Olympic flame back to the Iberian peninsula in 2016, but the country that played host to the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 is sporting a public relations black eye today. The Spanish Basketball Federation took out a full-page ad in the country's largest sports newspaper, Marca, wishing the men's and women's teams good luck in the Beijing games. The photo accompanying the ad, however — showing all team members making a slant-eyed gesture — raised eyebrows and sparked international outrage. The heavily favored Spanish team, the reigning world champions, took the court Tuesday... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060742/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:46:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2060454/posts Spain's Olympic basketball teams have risked upsetting their Chinese hosts by posing for a pre-Games advert making slit-eyed gestures. The advert for a courier company, which is an official sponsor of the Spanish Basketball Federation, occupied a full page in the sports daily Marca, the country's best-selling newspaper.The advert features two large photographs, one of the men's basketball team, above, and one of the women's team. Both squads pose in full Olympic kit on a basketball court decorated with a picture of a Chinese dragon. Every single player appears pulling back the skin on either side of their eyes. The... The Guardian (UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2060454/posts#comment Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:29:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2060194/posts Lourdes, Aug 11, 2008 / 01:59 pm (CNA).- A Spanish man said this week that the pilgrimage he took in 2003 to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes was the beginning point of his conversion and the basis for a new book on his testimony.Fifty one year-old Antonio Escobedo Garcia’s book “What Joy!” recounts that after suffering a “a grave lesion in the lumbar zone” of his back, a friend invited him to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes. “I agreed not because I thought I was going to be cured, but because I just wanted to get out and... cna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2060194/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:20:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060115/posts The Spanish national basketball team, gold medal contenders at the Olympics in Beijing, was featured in a full page ad that shows the team pulling back at their eyes in a slanty-eyed gesture. According to the Guardian, the ad (which is for a freight company) ran in a Spanish newspaper. TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2060115/posts#comment Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:32:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053203/posts BA announces £4.5 billion merger with Iberia in face of soaring fuel prices British Airways has ended months of speculation by announcing it was to merge with long-term Spanish partner Iberia. Although both airlines will retain their identities, the £4.5 billion deal - still to be approved by shareholders - will effectively create a giant new European airline. BA chief executive Willie Walsh said it was 'far too early' to say if the deal, likely to take several months to conclude, would result in any job losses. But he said the move would not lead to any slimming down of... Daily Mail.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2053203/posts#comment Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:33:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052134/posts SPAIN, July 25, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A Spanish pro-family activist group, HazteOir, has filed charges against the organizers of the 2008 Madrid "Gay Pride" march for "hate speech," according to the group's website.HazteOir accuses the march organizers of making hateful statements against Catholics, pro-family organizations, and those politicians opposed to the Spanish Socialist Worker's Party (PSOE) .  The PSOE, which currently occupies the position of Prime Minister and holds a majority in the Spanish Parliament, supports special "rights" for homosexuals.Amongst numerous other things, "Gay Pride" marchers in Madrid held a banner depicting Pope Benedict XVI on fire and calling him... LifeSiteNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2052134/posts#comment Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:32:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts Al-Qaeda Draws New Recruits Via Internet Al-Qaeda is using the Internet to recruit vulnerable young people to its terrorist network, according to a programme aired on Saudi Arabian TV late on Tuesday. Umm Osama, the founder of al-Qaeda's first women-only website, al-Khansa, joined several others on the programme to discuss how they renounced jihadist ideology. Among those who sought a response to this question was an imam from the Medina mosque, Saleh Ibn Awad al-Mudamsi, and the father of a young al-Qaeda suspect held in an Iraqi prison. Read More Qaeda Targets U.S. Oil Interests in North Africa U.S.... Previous Thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2040058/posts#comment Thu, 3 Jul 2008 02:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050631/posts Madrid, 2008 In 1936, during the great Socialist Terror of the early months of the Civil War, the large monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the Cerro de los Ángeles, near Madrid, was attacked and demolished, a symbol of one of the harshest large-scale persecutions of the Church in History. From one of the stones of the demolished statue, a small sculpture of the Sacred Heart was sculpted and placed in the public garden outside the Parish Church of San Antonio de la Florida, in Madrid - otherwise a very famous building due to the extensive paintings of... Rorate Caeli http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050631/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:00:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050567/posts In 1936, during the Spanish Civil War, Communist troops murdered three Carmelite nuns at Guadalajara, Spain. They were: Sr. Maria of the Angels of St. Joseph (born Marciana Valtierra Tordesillas), thirty-one years oId; Sr. Maria Pilar of St. Francis Borgia (Jacoba Martinez Garcia), fifty-eight; Sr. Teresa of the Child Jesus (Eusebia Garcia y Garcia), twenty-seven. On July 22, with soldiers roaming the city, the eighteen nuns of the Monastery of St. Joseph scattered through the streets disguised in secular clothes. Some found shelter with Catholic families, and Srs. Maria of the Angels, Maria Pilar, and Teresa, along with two other... 1000Questions.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2050567/posts#comment Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:26:06 GMT