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  • Clouds over Spain... (Sacred Heart Statue Beheaded) (Catholic Caucus)

    07/24/2008 10:00:10 AM PDT · by Pyro7480 · 23 replies · 385+ views
    Rorate Caeli ^ | 7/24/2008 | New Catholic
    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...
  • Blessed Martyrs of Guadalajara (Spain) (Catholic Caucus)

    07/24/2008 8:26:06 AM PDT · by Pyro7480 · 3 replies · 114+ views
    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...
  • Civil rights group denounces 'gay pride' parade in Spain for inciting religious hatred

    07/23/2008 7:17:59 PM PDT · by markomalley · 27 replies · 516+ views
    CNA ^ | 7/12/2008
    Madrid, Jul 23, 2008 / 12:29 pm (CNA).- The civil rights watchdog organization Hazteoir.org filed a complaint with Spain’s Attorney General this week against the organizers of a July 5 “gay pride” parade for inciting religious hatred. The gay pride parade, which took place in Madrid, is renowned not only for its graphic and violent displays of homosexual sex, but also for its open aggression against the Catholic faith. Many participants dress up in clerical or religious garb combined with sexual objects, and others carry signs that insult the Pope, the bishops and Catholics in general. According to Hazteoir.org, participants...
  • Chavez may hug king, won't shut up

    07/22/2008 12:30:17 PM PDT · by rockinqsranch · 17 replies · 540+ views
    REUTERS ^ | July 21, 2008 | Reporting by Patricia Rondon, editing by Vicki Allen
    CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday he would like to give the king of Spain a hug when he visits Europe next week, but the outspoken leader, referring to a diplomatic spat last year, said he will not shut up.
  • 3/11: Apogee and Fall of an Official Version

    07/21/2008 12:54:33 PM PDT · by J Aguilar · 7 replies · 231+ views
    Libertad Digital ^ | 17-18 July 2008 | Luis del Pino - José María Marco
    Today another part of that building in ruins named "official version of 3/11" has collapsed: Without Mastermind The sentence of the Supreme Court endorses, for the three masterminds that the Office of the Public Prosecutor had accused, the acquittal regarding the charges that had been issued to them in that sense. Mohamed the Egyptian, who during a long time appeared as the top ideologist of the attack, is not even condemned for belonging to an armed band, since the Egyptian already is being judged for that charge in Italy. Hassan El Haski, another one of "masterminds" presented by the Office...
  • Spanish Supreme Court Acquits 5 Madrid Bombers

    07/17/2008 5:35:37 PM PDT · by Diana in Wisconsin · 38 replies · 709+ views
    All Headline News ^ | July 17, 2008 | Vittorio Hernandez
    Madrid, Spain (AHN) - The Spanish Supreme Court decided on Thursday to acquit five bombers in the 2004 Madrid commuter train blast which killed 191 people and injured 1,800.An Egyptian, Rabei Osman, was acquitted due to double-jeopardy provisions, he has already been sentenced to an eight-year prison term in Italy. The court said there was insufficient evidence to charge him with mass murder.The court likewise upheld the acquittal of Basel Ghalyoun, Muhammad Almallah Dabas, Abdelilah el Fadual el Akil and Raul Gonzalez, all of whom had convictions ranging from five to 12 year prison terms.The sentence of several suspects were...
  • Recession looms as Spain crumbles - eurozone is tipping into deeper downturn than America

    07/14/2008 8:18:01 PM PDT · by bruinbirdman · 17 replies · 835+ views
    The Telegraph ^ | 7/15/2008 | Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
    The eurozone is tipping into a deeper downturn than America itself despite the tremors in the US mortgage industry, and may already be in full recession for the first time since the launch of the single currency. Industrial production for the EMU bloc fell 1.9pc in May, according to fresh Eurostat data. It is the sharpest one-month decline for the region since the exchange rate crisis in 1992. Officials in Berlin have warned that Germany's economy could contract by as much as 1.5pc in the second quarter as export orders crumble. Industrial output in both Italy and Greece has slumped...
  • Spain pulls bond sale amid economic crisis

    07/14/2008 8:39:19 AM PDT · by DeaconBenjamin · 11 replies · 380+ views
    Telegraph (UK) ^ | 7/11/08 | By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
    Spain has suspended an auction of sovereign bonds as investors take fright over the country's property crash and accelerating slide into economic crisis. Spain has suspended an auction of sovreign bonds as investors take fright over the country's property crash and accelerating slide into economic crisis Spanish government officials have been shocked by the intensity of the downturn The treasury pulled an expected sale of 15-year bonds after probing the market informally, saying it would wait until credit conditions began to calm down. "We are not facing financing problems. We placed a successful three-year note on Wednesday," said a spokesman....
  • Eight hurt on first day of Spanish bull run

    07/07/2008 5:57:07 AM PDT · by Abathar · 37 replies · 594+ views
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | 07/07/08 | Martin Roberts
    MADRID (Reuters) - Eight people have been taken to hospital, mainly for bruising and concussion, on the first day of the annual bull running festival in the northern Spanish town of Pamplona on Monday, organizers said. Three people had concussion, one had chest injuries, three suffered bruising and one was grazed by a bull's horn. No details were available as to the seriousness of the injuries, but no one was gored. The San Fermin running of the bulls is a long tradition. It was made famous by Ernest Hemingway's novel "The Sun also Rises," a semi-autobiographical account of an alcohol-fuelled...
  • Saudi king to Launch Inter-Faith Forum in Madrid

    07/05/2008 12:07:13 PM PDT · by Coffee200am · 9 replies · 322+ views
    International The News ^ | 07.05.2008 | International The News
    Updated at: 2145 PST, Saturday, July 05, 2008 RIYADH: King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, whose country is home to Islam's holiest shrines, will launch an inter-faith conference in Spain later this month, the palace said on Saturday. The Saudi monarch "will inaugurate the international dialogue conference which will be held under his auspices in Madrid on July 16-18," a statement carried by the official news agency said. The agency said the king had left for Morocco on a private visit ahead of the conference due to be attended by Christians, Jews and Muslims. In March, King Abdullah proposed talks among...
  • Planet of the Apes Has Arrived, and It Is Spain (Get your hands off me you dirty...)

    07/04/2008 11:35:22 AM PDT · by markomalley · 23 replies · 817+ views
    Mongabay ^ | 7/3/2008 | Nikolas Kozloff
    Visiting Spain's Barcelona zoo as a child, I was greeted to a memorable sight. In one of the cages sat a gorilla, but not just any primate. I had come face to face with the legendary albino ape "Little Snowflake." Because of Snowflake's white coat, when I looked at him I felt like I was peering into the eyes of a wizened old man. The only difference was that Snowflake's eyes were pink! Snowflake (known as Copito de Nieve in Spanish) had a small outside enclosure where he could romp and play with several female apes as well as his...
  • Foreign Ministry: Ministers may be arrested in Spain

    06/30/2008 2:43:28 PM PDT · by forkinsocket · 10 replies · 335+ views
    YNet ^ | 06.30.08 | Tova Tzimuki
    Several Israeli officials instructed not to visit European country due to international arrest warrant issued against them over their involvement in assassination of senior Hamas member Salah Shehade The Foreign Ministry has instructed a number of Israeli officials not to visit Spain after an international arrest warrant was issued against them on suspicion of committing war crimes. A Spanish human rights organization, believed to be representing a Palestinian group, filed a lawsuit last week against Israeli officials involved in the assassination of senior Hamas member Salah Shehade six years ago. Sixteen Palestinians were killed in the airstrike in the heart...
  • Germany v Spain

    06/29/2008 9:51:16 AM PDT · by Berlin_Freeper · 45 replies · 692+ views
    BBC ^ | June 29, 2008 | BBC
    Germany coach Joachim Low generously praised Spain ahead of Sunday's Euro 2008 final in Vienna, pinpointing their consistency throughout the competition. "The Spaniards have been the most constant team here," said Low. "They have shown consistent levels of performance, they are flexible regarding their positioning and they are sure of the passes they make. ..."We have the experience of this kind of tournament. We believe we can win such games - we have a winner's mentality."
  • Brazil honours 1958 heroes

    06/28/2008 11:34:35 AM PDT · by WesternCulture · 24 replies · 393+ views
    www.fifa.com ^ | 06/27/2008 | www.fifa.com
    Brazil honoured the great Pele on Thursday and the other eight surviving players from its maiden FIFA World Cup™ triumph in 1958, a victory that put the nation on the football map and paved the way for four more titles. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva gave the nine men medals of honour at a banquet dedicated to their 5-2 final victory over hosts Sweden 50 years ago. "You helped us understand...we could make Brazil a winner," Lula told the players at the ceremony. Brazil, the most successful football nation with five FIFA World Cup titles, is now in a...
  • Socialists and green party lawmakers grant rights to apes not enjoyed by humans

    06/27/2008 1:27:04 PM PDT · by NYer · 23 replies · 419+ views
    CNA ^ | June 27, 2008
    Madrid, Jun 27, 2008 / 01:08 pm (CNA).- The civil rights watchdog website HazteOir.org reported this week that Spain’s Socialist Party and the Green Party of Catalonia have grated orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas and other apes the “inalienable right” of “companions of humanity.”The Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Fishing of the Spanish Congress approved a proposal that would press the Zapatero administration to support the Great Ape project in order to guarantee apes the right to life, liberty and the right not to be tortured.  The final text of the proposal was drafted by Green party and Socialist lawmakers,...
  • The Chief of the Spanish Intelligence During 3/11, New Ambassador in the US

    06/27/2008 8:13:35 AM PDT · by J Aguilar · 4 replies · 244+ views
    EL MUNDO newspaper / Libertad Digital ^ | 26 June 2008 | Fernando Múgica
    Dezcallar Endorsed the Information Ana Palacio Gave to the UN on 3/11 A day after the bloody attacks of 3/11, the then Secretary of State [foreign minister Ana Palacio] obtained from the UN a clear condemnation against ETA. According to what reveals this Thursday EL MUNDO newspaper, before and after undertaking this mission, Ana Palacio confirmed in multiple opportunities that information with the director of the CNI, Jorge Dezcallar. In all the calls, the top person in charge of Spanish intelligence assured that the data on the ETA responsibility was truthful. Now, the one who was appointed by Aznar in...
  • Spanish Parliament To Extend Rights To Apes

    06/25/2008 5:24:13 PM PDT · by Free ThinkerNY · 43 replies · 734+ views
    reuters ^ | June 25, 2008 | Martin Roberts
    MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans. Parliament's environmental committee approved resolutions urging Spain to comply with the Great Apes Project, devised by scientists and philosophers who say our closest genetic relatives deserve rights hitherto limited to humans. "This is a historic day in the struggle for animal rights and in defense of our evolutionary comrades, which will doubtless go down in the history of humanity," said Pedro Pozas,...
  • Spain Lobbies Against Kosovo Independence

    06/23/2008 1:48:02 PM PDT · by Bokababe · 12 replies · 395+ views
    Balkan Insight ^ | June 20, 2008 | Staff
    Pristina _ Spain is lobbying against Kosovo's independence in the countries of Latin America, a former British Minister for Europe says. In a comment in today's Independent newspaper, published in London, Denis Macshane writes that “key European Union nations like Spain, Greece, Romania and Slovakia weaken the unity of Europe by refusing to recognise Kosovo”. “Greece blocks Macedonia’s EU and NATO ambitions, while Spain lobbies in Latin America against recognition of Kosovo”, writes MacShane, adding that “this bodes ill for the notion that a united EU diplomacy of weight can develop”. MacShane outlined some of the recent developments that have...
  • Puerto Rico Legislator Asks Spain to Intervene in Addressing the Island's Political Status

    06/19/2008 7:39:39 AM PDT · by rrstar96 · 42 replies · 965+ views
    El Vocero de Puerto Rico (Spanish-language article) ^ | June 19, 2008 | Maricarmen Rivera Sánchez
    (English-language translation) Understanding that Spain has "a moral debt" to Puerto Rico after ceding the island [to the United States] following the Spanish-American War, Popular Democratic Party (PPD) Senator Eudaldo Báez Galib asked the government of Spain to intervene to help solve the problem of the [island's political] status. Báez sent a letter to Spain's Consul-General in Puerto Rico Carlos Vinuesa Salto asking him to go before the International Court of Justice to present Puerto Rico's case. "The historical moment has come for Spain to tend to its affairs with Puerto Rico. Among these, the mere fact that Puerto Rico...
  • Estate owners sue Greenpeace for prediction

    06/14/2008 5:29:35 PM PDT · by Delacon · 13 replies · 557+ views
    Expatica.com ^ | 11 June 2008
    The organisers’ graphic prediction on how global warming will affect La Manga has caused sales of houses in the coastal area to drop by 50 percent. MADRID - A group of real estate developers and property owners in La Manga del Mar Menor - a spit of sandy, low-lying coastal land and Murcia's premier beach resort - are threatening to take Greenpeace to court over its graphic predictions of what global warming may do to the area, which they say have caused house prices to plummet. The lawsuit, which the plaintiffs plan to present unless Greenpeace agrees to an out...
  • 18 alleged Islamic terrorists arrested in Spain, eight said to be members of Al Qaeda

    06/10/2008 2:39:50 PM PDT · by knighthawk · 2 replies · 201+ views
    Typically Spanish ^ | June 10 2008
    Police say the operation remains open and more arrests have not been ruled out. A total of 18 people have been arrested across the country for their alleged links to Islamic terrorism and eight of those detained are claimed to be members of Al Qaeda. Two of the arrests took place in the Raval district of Barcelona, five in Castellón and one in Pamplona. National police say the detained are thought to have been engaged in recruitment activities and the financing Islamic groups and have links to the Al Qaeda for the Islamic Maghreb organisation. The additional ten arrested are...
  • 3/11: High Rank Police Officers in the Dock for Alleged Manipulation of a Forensic Report

    06/10/2008 8:45:07 AM PDT · by J Aguilar · 6 replies · 377+ views
    Libertad Digital ^ | 10 June 2008 | LD (Agencies)
    The Provincial High Court of Madrid has decided to judge four high rank officers of the [Spanish] Police, among them, the general inspector of the Scientific Police Miguel Ángel Santano, for the so-called "boric acid case" on the presumed manipulation of a forensic report that linked ETA to the brutal attacks of 3/11. The court, presided by Judge Alberto Jorge Barreiro, thus misestimates to apply "the Botín doctrine" as it was asked in the previous phase by the Office of the Public Prosecutor, the State attorney and the defence of the indicted ones. […] According to the popular accusation, the...
  • Hundreds Bicycle Nude In Madrid On World Naked Bike Ride Day

    06/08/2008 5:44:38 PM PDT · by NCjim · 42 replies · 3,221+ views
    AHN ^ | June 8, 2008 | Amy Beeman
    Madrid, Spain (AHN) -- Hundreds of bike riders shed their clothing and rode through the capital of Spain Saturday protesting the overuse of automobiles, and celebrating the simplicity of bicycles and the human body. According to the World Naked Bike Ride Website, the annual ride is held in cities all over the world "to celebrate cycling and the human body. The ride demonstrates the vulnerability of cyclists on the road and is a protest against oil dependency." The event is meant to be a peaceful and humorous. It has a "bare as you dare" policy, meaning it's okay to wear...
  • The least patriotic country on Earth half-heartedly celebrates National Day

    06/06/2008 3:43:42 PM PDT · by WesternCulture · 58 replies · 1,630+ views
    06062008 | WesternCulture
    Every nation could be described as a manifestation of a unique trait of character and most countries furthermore nurture, give emphasize to and celebrate this national identity of theirs. Some examples of such key national characters (please DO comment if you feel inclined to); USA: Liberty Italy: Creativity France: Refinement India: Spirituality Germany: Self-discipline Finland: "Sisu" (a Finnish term meaning "To have guts") Britain: Elevatedness Denmark: "Hygge" (a Danish word meaning "Good-naturedness", of mind as well as of deed) Spain: Passion China: Cultivation Russia: Chaos - just joking, I would actually say "Heart" (in the sense of having a big...
  • Spain – Block IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles

    06/06/2008 10:13:30 AM PDT · by sukhoi-30mki · 5 replies · 364+ views
    Spain – Block IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles (Source: US Defense Security Cooperation Agency; dated June 3, web-posted June 4, 2008) WASHINGTON --- The Defense Security Cooperation Agency notified Congress of a possible Foreign Military Sale to Spain of Block IV Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles as well as associated equipment and services. The total value, if all options are exercised, could be as high as $156 million. The Government of Spain has requested a possible sale of 20 RGM-109E Block IV Surface Ship Vertical Launched Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles, 5 Tactical Tomahawk weapon control systems hardware and software, canisters, containers,...
  • Men with high voices barred from Spain's Civil Guard: report

    06/03/2008 2:33:31 PM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 10 replies · 62+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | 6/3/08
    Medical experts are urging Spain's government to revise the list of reasons for exclusion from the Civil Guard police force, which for men include having a high-pitched voice or just one testicle, a newspaper said Tuesday. Candidates who suffer from psoriasis, stuttering, diabetes, migraine or sexually transmitted diseases can also be rejected, according to the requirements for joining the paramilitary force, El Pais said. "It is possible to reject a candidate with a benign tumour, a scar or a deformity that affects his looks," said El Pais. "Lacking genitals or speaking with a high voice can also be an insurmountable...
  • Poll: Spaniards dislike Venezuela's Chavez

    05/31/2008 4:07:02 AM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 2 replies · 347+ views
    UPI ^ | 5/30/08
    Spaniards dislike Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez most among world leaders, including U.S. President George W. Bush, a poll indicated. The survey of 2,500 Spaniards in 2007 found the leftist Chavez ranks first among major world leaders the Spanish do not care for, ahead of the U.S. president and Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro. Bush was the most disliked world leader among Spaniards in the 2006 version of the poll, El Pais reported Friday. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was among the leaders most admired in Spain.
  • Skydivers leap from crashing plane in Spain

    05/30/2008 7:30:50 PM PDT · by RDTF · 27 replies · 1,108+ views
    CNN ^ | May 30, 2008 | AP
    MADRID, Spain (AP) -- Nine skydivers leapt from a plane in eastern Spain on Friday when the aircraft lost a wing and plunged to earth, killing the pilot and one passenger, according to the country's Interior Ministry. The News network Cadena Ser, citing local witnesses, reported that four of the parachutists were injured, two of them seriously. A 23-year-old man suffered a back injury and a 52-year-old man was being treated for a neck injury, Cadena Ser said in its radio and Web site news reports. Two other skydivers suffered light injuries and the remaining five were unhurt, the network...
  • 3/11: The Spanish Intelligence Service Behind the Harrasment of a Supreme Court Judge

    05/25/2008 3:26:03 AM PDT · by J Aguilar · 7 replies · 505+ views
    Semanario Época (PDF) ^ | 23 May 2008 | Azahara Mígel y Higinio
    After a traffic dispute, a young man from Madrid accused the Constitutional Court Magistrate Roberto García-Calvo of covering him with a gun. Nevertheless, the formal complaint was full of false data and was never ratified by the supposed victim. Now, we tell to the reading public how the Spanish Intelligence was behind the gruesome story. The accuser was working for them, as some CNI agents admit. A CNI’s internal source assures ÉPOCA that Vicente Garcerán, the young man who accused the Constitutional Court Magistrate Roberto García- Calvo -recently died- to have covered him with a gun was working for them....
  • The Other Terrorism

    05/22/2008 6:44:18 PM PDT · by Zionist Conspirator · 7 replies · 370+ views
    Front Page Magazine ^ | 5/22/'08 | Judith Miller
    The heart, if not the soul, of Spain’s capital, Madrid, is its bustling financial district. Thousands crowd daily into the skyscrapers that overlook the district’s main square. Thousands more shop at a branch of El Corte Inglés (Spain’s Macy’s), attend soccer games at Bernabéu Stadium, or ride the subways, trains, and buses whose lines converge here. Terrorists had hoped to strike this densely packed urban space in early 2008. But unlike the devastating coordinated suicide bombings of March 11, 2004, which killed 191 train commuters and wounded 1,600, this plot did not originate with al-Qaida or any of its loosely...
  • Spain, Egypt To Investigate 19th Century Shipwreck (Khafre's Mummy?)

    05/22/2008 1:48:47 PM PDT · by blam · 14 replies · 730+ views
    Novosti ^ | 5-22-2008
    Spain, Egypt to investigate 19th century shipwreck 19:27 | 22/ 05/ 2008 CAIRO, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Spain and Egypt will start a project later this year to investigate the 19th century sinking of a ship that some believe contained the mummy of a Fourth Dynasty pharaoh, news agency MENA said. MENA cited Egyptian Ambassador to Spain Yasser Murad as saying the countries would first hold consultations and compare historical records, and attempt to establish the location of the shipwreck. Khafre, who ruled Egypt more than 2,500 years ago, is known for building the second largest of the three...
  • Threat Matrix: May 2008

    05/01/2008 3:06:29 PM PDT · by nwctwx · 1,312 replies · 10,175+ views
    U.S. Wary Of Small Boat Terrorism As boating season approaches, the Bush administration wants to enlist America's 80 million recreational boaters to help reduce the chances that a small boat could deliver a nuclear or radiological bomb somewhere along the 95,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways. According to an April 23 intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press, "The use of a small boat as a weapon is likely to remain al Qaeda's weapon of choice in the maritime environment, given its ease in arming and deploying, low cost, and record of success." While the United States...
  • Spain to run America's 1st superhighway?

    05/20/2008 3:18:32 AM PDT · by Man50D · 61 replies · 1,062+ views
    WorldNetDaily.com ^ | May 19, 2008
    Stretching through the rural countryside with limited access and no speed limit in 1940, the Pennsylvania Turnpike was built to resemble Germany's autobahn. Now thanks to a $12.8 billion dollar offer, it may soon become Spain's. According to a report in the Philadelphia Daily News, Gov. Ed Rendell has announced that Abertis Infraestructuras of Barcelona has offered the top dollar bid to the state of Pennsylvania for the rights to manage the toll road under a 75-year lease. The highway could become just the latest in a string of U.S. infrastructure landmarks to be operated by foreign companies. In 2004,...
  • Spain drops US army murder case

    05/14/2008 9:13:23 AM PDT · by Dawnsblood · 8 replies · 528+ views
    BBC ^ | 4/13/08
    A Spanish court has thrown out murder charges against three US soldiers accused of killing a Spanish cameraman during the war in Iraq. Jose Couso, 37, died in April 2003 after a US tank fired on a hotel used by foreign journalists in Baghdad. Madrid's National Court dropped all charges, ruling there was "insufficient evidence" to continue with the trial. The court ruling underlined that the case was being definitively dismissed, with no further opportunity to appeal. US officials ignored two international arrest warrants issued for Sgt Thomas Gibson, Cpt Philip Wolford and Lt-Col Philip De Camp, in 2005 and...
  • Spain Files Suit for $500 Million Shipwreck Treasure

    05/11/2008 7:15:26 PM PDT · by blam · 37 replies · 1,665+ views
    National Geographic News ^ | 5-9-2008 | Harold Heckle
    Harold Heckle in Madrid, Spain Associated PressMay 9, 2008 Spain formally laid claim Thursday to an 1804 shipwreck that yielded a reported U.S. $500 million treasure, saying Spain has proof the vessel was Spanish. Officials demanded the return of the booty recovered last year by a U.S. deep-sea exploration firm, saying the 19th-century shipwreck at the heart of the dispute is the Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes—a Spanish warship sunk by the British Navy southwest of Portugal in 1804 with more than 200 people on board. Tampa, Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration on Thursday disputed Spain's claim. In May 2007, Odyssey...
  • Spain Claims Sunken Treasure from Florida Deep-Sea Explorers

    05/09/2008 6:41:53 AM PDT · by Joiseydude · 70 replies · 1,934+ views
    AP ^ | Thursday, May 08, 2008
    MADRID, Spain — Spain formally laid claim Thursday to a shipwreck that yielded a US$500 million treasure, saying it has proof the vessel was Spanish. Officials demanded the return of the booty recovered last year by a U.S. deep-sea exploration firm, saying the 19th-century shipwreck at the heart of the dispute is the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes — a Spanish warship sunk by the British navy southwest of Portugal in 1804 with more than 200 people on board.
  • Our Celtic Roots Lie In Spain And Portugal

    05/06/2008 8:59:53 AM PDT · by blam · 29 replies · 1,239+ views
    IC Wales - Western Mail ^ | 5-5-2008 | Darren Devine
    Our Celtic roots lie in Spain and Portugal May 5 2008 by Darren Devine, Western Mail THE Welsh have more in common with sun-kissed glamour pusses like actress Penelope Cruz and footballer Christiano Ronaldo than pale- faced Germans like Helmet Kohl, according to an academic. Professor John Koch suggests the Welsh can trace their ancestry back to Portugal and Spain, debunking the century-old received wisdom that our forebears came from Iron Age Germany and Austria. His radical work on Celtic origins flatly contradicts the writing of Sir John Rhys, who in the late 19th century established the idea that we...
  • Official: Pirates were paid $1.2M ransom

    04/27/2008 4:46:23 AM PDT · by RouxStir · 15 replies · 765+ views
    www.cnn.com ^ | 04/27/08 | Associated Press
    MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Somali pirates freed a Spanish fishing boat and its 26-member crew after a ransom of $1.2 million was paid, a Somali official said. The Playa de Bakio was the latest vessel to be targeted by pirates off the coast of Somalia. Suspected pirates armed with rocket-propelled grenades had seized control of the tuna-fishing boat from Spain's Basque region last Sunday about 200 nautical miles off the coast of Somalia, a region where piracy has escalated recently. The pirates released the ship Saturday, authorities said. The crew was freed after Spanish authorities paid the ransom, Abdi Khalif...
  • Kidnapped crew of fishing boat freed ( pirates in Somalia )

    04/26/2008 1:49:05 PM PDT · by george76 · 10 replies · 476+ views
    Australian ^ | April 27, 2008
    THE crew of a Spanish fishing boat seized by pirates off Somalia have been freed... The Playa de Bakio trawler has been taken to "safer waters", escorted by a Spanish warship, and the government is making plans to repatriate the 13 Spaniards and 13 Africans, she said. Speaking at a press conference, she did not indicate the circumstances in which the crew were released, or whether a ransom had been paid. Spanish news media said earlier a ransom of 1 million euros...had been demanded, and negotiations were taking place at a London hotel. The 76-metre trawler and its crew were...
  • X/11: The Usual Suspects, Respawned

    04/25/2008 9:30:44 AM PDT · by J Aguilar · 6 replies · 389+ views
    Libertad Digital ^ | 14 April 2008 | Luis del Pino
    Because of them, telephone taping was carried out a year before the massacre.Two of the Moroccoan Islamist Fugitives Were the Key to Investigate Jamal Zougham Before 3/11.LD (Luis del Pino) The surprising flight of nine Islamists from a Moroccan prison last week has taken an unexpected turn, when it was discovered that two of them, the Chatbi brothers, were allegedly linked to the top sentenced for 3/11, Jamal Zougham, and his stepbrother Mohamed Chaoui, arrested like Zougham on March 13th, but released a few weeks after the Madrid attacks. Although that relation between Zougham and the Chatbi brothers was finally...
  • Spain appeals to NATO, US to help end Somali hostage crisis ( Four pirates )

    04/21/2008 4:12:48 PM PDT · by george76 · 46 replies · 1,040+ views
    AFP ^ | April 21, 2008
    Spain appealed to France, the United States and NATO on Monday for help in ending a crisis sparked when pirates seized 26 crew members of a Spanish fishing boat off the Somali coast. The defence ministry said a Spanish military frigate was heading to the area off east Africa, where the pirates have demanded money for the release of the crew, a day after storming the vessel armed with grenade launchers. The coastal waters off Somalia, which has not had an effective central government for more than 17 years and is plagued by insecurity, are considered to be among the...
  • Somalia - Spanish fishing boat captured by pirates, crew of 26 held captive

    04/20/2008 3:10:32 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 13 replies · 820+ views
    El Pais (Madrid) ^ | April 20, 2008
    via translation - The boat tuna freezer basque Bakio Beach this Sunday has been assaulted by pirates while fishing seems to be "off the coast of Somalia, has informed the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Basque Government, which has ensured that the pirates have taken control of the boat. Apparently, according to this source, the pirates had attacked the ship with rocket-propelled grenades Spanish, although there have been no injuries among the crew of fishing. A total of 26 people make up the crew of Bakio Beach: 13 of African descent and 13 Spanish origin -5 them...
  • Threat Matrix: April 2008

    04/01/2008 8:13:21 PM PDT · by nwctwx · 1,366 replies · 12,243+ views
    Afghanistan to Ask NATO for Bigger Army Afghan officials will go to the NATO summit in Romania Thursday with a request: pay to increase our national Army by 40 percent. A bigger Army, Afghan officials argue, will allow the US and other coalition members to scale back in the coming years. This appeal comes amid pleas from the US and Canada for other NATO members to commit more to the Afghanistan mission, which many analysts say has floundered over the past year for lack of resources and a coherent strategy. France is expected to contribute another 1,000 forces and...
  • Spanish Moms Strapped for Cash After Charity Nude Calendar's Poor Sales

    04/17/2008 1:07:25 PM PDT · by tatsinfla · 86 replies · 3,865+ views
    MADRID, Spain — Seven middle-aged Spanish moms who posed for a tongue-in-cheek erotic calendar — a fundraiser for their children's tiny, rural school — are now saddled with debt and 5,000 unwanted copies.
  • Spain's New Defense Minister Is Pregnant

    04/17/2008 5:11:56 AM PDT · by SkyPilot · 53 replies · 1,827+ views
    AP and AOL News ^ | 16 April 08 | DANIEL WOOLLS
    MADRID, Spain (April 16) - Here's an image Spaniards will not soon forget: their new defense minister, reviewing trim, crisply uniformed soldiers, with her baby bump on display. Wearing a black pants suit and a white maternity blouse, Chacon reviews troops in Madrid on Monday after being sworn in as defense minister. She is one of nine women in Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero's Cabinet, compared to eight men. The surprise appointment of Carme Chacon, age 37 and with no military experience, is the boldest statement yet from a Socialist government that has made gender equality one of its...
  • 'Calendar Girls' fundraising plan backfires in Spain

    04/16/2008 2:54:36 PM PDT · by kiriath_jearim · 34 replies · 1,380+ views
    Seattle Post-Intelligencer/AP ^ | 4/16/08 | DANIEL WOOLLS
    MADRID, Spain -- Seven middle-aged Spanish moms who posed for a tongue-in-cheek erotic calendar - a fundraiser for their children's tiny, rural school - are now saddled with debt and 5,000 unwanted copies. One of the photos shows the mothers with discreetly placed Christmas tinsel as their only garb. Other goofy poses include a shotgun-toting mom wearing only a fox pelt, and another covering her body with a red umbrella. The calendars came out in November and at first were a big hit. But the plan fizzled. The women acknowledge being amateurs in publishing and advertising, and they missed the...
  • America’s Fickle ‘Old Europe’ Allies

    04/14/2008 4:30:19 AM PDT · by Renfield · 116 replies · 1,918+ views
    Pajamas Media ^ | 4-14-08 | Soeren Kern
    Europeans have been hyperventilating over their self-perceived “victories” vis-à-vis the United States at the recent NATO Summit in Romania from April 2-4. “France and Germany Thwart Bush’s Plans,” ran a triumphant headline in the Hamburg-based Der Spiegel. “Europe Waits Out the Bush Administration,” read another. “Only One Lame Duck Here” said the London-based Guardian in commentary that waxes giddy about Russia’s growing stranglehold over Europe. “NATO Should Disappear” said the Madrid-based El Pais. But behind the spin, the 26-member NATO Summit (arguably the most important such gathering since the end of the Cold War) exposed a security-dependent Europe that is...
  • Is This The Beginning Of Water Wars?

    04/12/2008 11:06:20 AM PDT · by blam · 26 replies · 660+ views
    New Scientist ^ | 4-11-2008 | NewScientist.com news service
    Is this the beginning of water wars? 18:00 11 April 2008 NewScientist.com news service Catherine Brahic As Barcelona runs out of water, Spain has been forced to consider importing water from France by boat. It is the latest example of the growing struggle for water around the world – the "water wars". Barcelona and the surrounding region are suffering the worst drought in decades. There are several possible solutions, including diverting a river, and desalinating water. But the city looks like it will ship water from the French port of Marseilles. The water services authority in Marseille say that no...
  • Franco 'Collaborated With Nazis' To Prove Canary Islands Were Home To Aryan Race

    04/11/2008 7:42:50 PM PDT · by blam · 39 replies · 1,026+ views
    The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 4-11-2008 | Fiona Govan
    Franco 'collaborated with Nazis' to prove Canary Islands were home to Aryan race By Fiona Govan in Madrid Last Updated: 7:12pm BST 11/04/2008 Spanish archaeologists collaborated with the Nazis in their attempts to prove the theory of Aryan supremacy and justify their claims of racial superiority over the Jews, according to a new book. Spain wanted to promote the idea that the Aryan race could be traced to the Canary Islands, amid claims they were all that remained of the lost continent of Atlantis. Archaeologists appointed by Franco were asked to look into claims the Canary Islands were the remains...
  • Spain: abortion museum planned for Madrid

    04/05/2008 9:06:45 PM PDT · by BGHater · 12 replies · 520+ views
    Spero News ^ | 05 Apr 2008 | Catholic News Agency
    The Vida Foundation of Spain has proposed opening of a museum on abortion. Abortion is a business in Spain with sales volume at $81 million. The director of Fundacion Vida in Spain, Manuel Cruz, said his institution has proposed the opening of a Museum on Abortion as a means of “educating people, especially university students and young people from schools and institutes,” as “very few know what [abortion] is.” “We want to show the instruments that are used, the kinds of abortions, the places where abortions are performed in Spain and testimonies from women who had abortions,” Cruz said. In...