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Barcepundit (English edition) (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
THE PAIN IN SPAIN falls everywhere : Spain’s unemployment figures are truly shocking. Almost one in every five workers is out of a job. Only Latvia faces a worse problem. The Spanish employment minister, struggling to put on a brave face, points out the rate of increase is slowing, but that is cold comfort to the millions on the dole. Spain faces a long, hard battle to get back the jobs it has...
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Sify (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has said that Spain's economy would begin emerging from recession 'at the end of this year or the beginning of 2010', though he acknowledged that unemployment - now nearly 18 percent - would remain high for some time.
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Madrid - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on Monday stressed the need for European Union countries to jointly repatriate undocumented immigrants. The EU needed to step up political and diplomatic efforts to stage joint repatriati...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Former prime minister expected to drop out of race within days if he fails to obtain backing from Germany's Angela Merkel Tony Blair is expected to bow out of the race to become the EU's first permanent president by the end of next week if he fails in a last-ditch effort to win public support from the German chancellor, Angela Merkel. Allies of the former prime minister insisted last night that his...
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The Dyda Dispatches (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Euractiv seems to think that it's all over for Tony Blair. Why? Because other Socialists like Spanish premier Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and the leader of the Socialists in the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, want a Socialist to be appointed as High Representative for Foreign Affairs rather than as president. But since when did what the Socialists in the EP or indeed the Spanish government want...
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Rhod on Public Affairs (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
"15/10/2009 UN human rights chief endorses Goldstone Gaza report By Shlomo Shamir, Haaretz Correspondent, and News Agencies The UN's top human rights official backed a report Thursday accusing Israeli forces and Palestinian militants of war crimes during their conflict in Gaza last winter. Navi Pillay's endorsement of the report by an expert group led by Judge Richard Goldstone came as Israel...
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Muslims Against Sharia (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
Jordan's King Abdullah II warned Israel of "disastrous repercussions" if it crosses a "red line" on Jerusalem, in talks on Friday with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. "Jerusalem is a red line and any manipulation in this city would have disastrous repercussions on the security and stability of the region," he said, quoted in a palace statement. Abdullah...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Amman - Jordanian King Abdullah II conferred Friday with Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero and urged the European Union to adopt effective action against unilateral Israeli measures in East Jerusalem. The monarch urged the world community,...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Beirut - Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero arrived in Beirut Friday for talks with Lebanese officials and also to inspect his country's troops in southern Lebanon. Zapatero was to hold talks with President Michel Suleiman, House Spe...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Visiting Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero pledged here Thursday that his country will intensify efforts to promote peace in the Middle East and push for a Palestinian statehood when his country takes on the rotating EU presidency. "The situation is available more than any time" to create a Palestinian statehood alongside Israel, Zapatero said in a press conference with...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
President Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the United States' principal goal in Afghanistan remains to "root out" al-Qaeda and its extremist allies, and that he would make a decision on whether or not to send more troops to Afghanistan in "the coming weeks." "We are going through a very deliberate process ... That's what we're doing not just on the military side, but also...
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LATICONOMICS (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Obama Says Decision on Afghanistan Coming in ‘Weeks’ (Update1) By Kate Andersen Brower Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said a decision on his strategy for Afghanistan will be made “in the coming weeks” as he assesses what the U.S. needs to do with both military and civilian resources. The president said he wants to achieve stability in the region, including in...
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Today With President Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
Obamas and the Zapateros at G20 Obama and Spain's Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero will meet today and make statements to the press around 1 pm, according to Politico. I'll post video when it's available. Surprise! Relations with Spain under George Bush were not so good. Expect republicans to be watching closely because Zapatero is--gasp--a socialist, and apparently a prickly...
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shugaray | 09/18/2008
Is McCain Flip Flopping Or Losing It ???