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• Spanish king, Venezuelan president make peace

  - 2008-07-25

  MADRID AFP — King Juan Carlos and President Hugo Chavez patched up their differences Friday in their first meeting since the Spanish monarch told the Venezuelan president to "shut up" at a summit last year. The king, wearing a light grey suit and pink tie, shook hands and patted...

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• Italy president fails to back Donadoni

  - 2008-06-22

  VIENNA AFP — Italy Football Federation FIGC president Giancarlo Abete failed to back coach Roberto Donadoni after his team's Euro 2008 quarter-final defeat on penalties against Spain. The match here on Sunday finished 0-0 after 120 mostly dull minutes and then Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas saved penalties by Daniele...

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• Zaragosa opens water dominated Expo 2008

  - 2008-06-13

  ZARAGOSA, Spain AFP — The city of Zaragosa Friday opens its Expo 2008 on the theme of "water and sustainable development", hoping to attract 6.5 million visitors and draw world attention to one of the great challenges of the 21st century. Spain's King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofia and Prime...

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• Cycling boss urges Contador to attack over Tour exclusion

  - 2008-03-14

  MADRID AFP — Cycling boss Pat McQuaid on Friday promised to back reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador should he decide to take legal action over his exclusion with the Astana team from this year's race. The tour's organisers, Amaury Sport Organisation ASO, ruled on February 13 that...

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• Rice 'increasingly concerned' about African crisis spots

  - 2007-12-04

  ROTA, Spain AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flew Tuesday to Addis Ababa saying she is "increasingly concerned about several African crisis spots," in particular the Horn of Africa, Sudan and the Great Lakes. Rice said her talks Wednesday with leaders and ministers from Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi...

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• Oscar-favorite 'Pan's Labyrinth' director takes swipe at Bush

  - 2007-02-24

  BEVERLY HILLS AFP — The award-winning Mexican director of foreign-language Oscar favorite "Pan's Labyrinth" took a swipe Saturday at President George W. Bush on the eve of the Academy Awards. Guillermo Del Toro told a reception in Beverly Hills that he had been surprised to learn that his film,...

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• Argentina's ex-ruler Isabel Peron in Spanish hospital

  - 2007-02-14

  MADRID AFP — Former Argentine president Isabel Peron, wanted in her home country for questioning over crimes allegedly committed during her rule, has been hospitalised in Spain after breaking her hip, a newspaper reported. The 75-year-old suffered respiratory trouble after undergoing hip replacement surgery and is in "serious but...

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• Wanted Isabel Peron leads reclusive life in Spain

  - 2007-01-12

  MADRID AFP — Former Argentine president Isabel Peron, who is wanted to face charges in her home country, has been leading a semi-reclusive life in Spain since 1980, according to local media. Interest in the lifestyle of the 75-year-old Peron, who held the presidency from 1974 to 1976, has risen...

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• Mary Robinson, Gates Foundation receive Spanish humanitarian awards

  - 2006-10-20

  OVIEDO, Spain AFP — Former Irish president Mary Robinson received the Prince of Asturias prize for social sciences for her work as a global rights advocate and used the occasion to call on countries to recognise the rights of immigrants. "Immigration is, when it comes down to it, the human...

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• Castro's health 'excellent': Cuban government

  - 2005-10-17

  HAVANA AFP — Cuban President Fidel Castro, 79, is in excellent health, the head of Cuba's legislature said, denying that illness explained his absence from an Ibero American summit. "He enjoys excellent health, which is enviable," said Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National Assembly, after a reporter asked about...

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