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- Book review â€" Winter in Madrid
- Spain’s a strange and interesting place. It was a rehearsal ground for part of World War II; it suffered both from both fascist and communist tyranny in the course of a single decade. Then it stayed out of the war and stayed locked in...
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
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- Spanish DNA bank to identify Franco victims
- MADRID AFP — Descendants of refugees who fled Spain during the 1936-39 civil war or the ensuing dictatorship are contributing to a DNA bank to help identify bodies in mass graves believed to be victims of General Franco's forces. Spaniards from France, Switzerland, Italy and Brazil, where many had...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Madrid's last Franco statue pulled down
- MADRID AFP — A bronze statue of General Francisco Franco, the last symbol of the military dictator in the Spanish capital, was pulled down on government orders. The statue of Franco on horseback, erected on the Plaza San Juan de la Cruz in central Madrid in 1959, was pulled...
- Research articles 2005-03-17
- Franco's long dead but in Spain censorship endures in another guise
- BARCELONA AFP — Thirty years after the death of military dictator General Francisco Franco, Spanish writers wonder if one harsh regime has simply been replaced by another. Censorship under Franco drove many of the country's editors and writers into exile yet even today, with democracy well entrenched, they say...
- Research articles 2005-11-18
- EADS set for new leaders, but Franco-German rift leaves Airbus hanging
- AMSTERDAM AFP — The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company EADS held an annual meeting riven with Franco-German tensions as Airbus head Noel Forgeard was poised to co-pilot EADS without a successor to replace him at the aircraft maker. Forgeard, the French current chief executive of subsidiary Airbus, and...
- Research articles 2005-05-11
- Supporters of Spanish dictator remember Franco's death
- MADRID AFP — More than 1,000 supporters of Spain's longtime fascist dictator General Francisco Franco gathered at his mausoleum near Madrid on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of his death. But no official ceremony was held in the country, now a constitutional democracy with a Socialist government. ...
- Research articles 2005-11-20
- Political storm as Juve's Capello praises Spain's Franco
- MADRID AFP — Comments by Juventus coach Fabio Capello praising late Spanish military dictator General Francisco Franco have provoked uproar with a Catalan politician on Wednesday calling for the European Commission to get involved. The Catalan Green Party ICV said its lawmaker in the European Parliament, Raul Romeva, had...
- Research articles 2006-02-08
- Spain takes steps to depoliticize Franco's massive mausoleum
- MADRID AFP — More than 60 years after he was forced to work on the construction of a massive mausoleum under right-wing General Francisco Franco's orders, Tario Rubio can still remember the insults he was pelted with. "We worked under difficult conditions, constantly being called 'son of a whore'...
- Research articles 2007-10-29
- Franco-Nevada's Value Dependent on Cash Plans - UBS
- FP Trading Desk submits: Resource royalty company Franco-Nevada Corp. (FNNVF.PK) has closed a C$370.3-million public offering of units, but with no specifics on what the company plans to do with the cash, UBS has downgraded their view on the firm. The company has said proceeds from the offering, which...
- External links 2009-06-19
- Franco's Athletic Club plans to rebuild Lakeview center
- Franco's Athletic Club General Manager Larry Conner said damages are still being assessed from nearly 7 feet of floodwater in the Lakeview fitness center but the initial plans are to rebuild the location. We have some diehard members in Lakeview who want their club back and are waiting...
- Research articles 2005-10-06
- Spanish king formally appoints Zapatero as Spanish PM
- MADRID AFP ? Spanish King Juan Carlos formally appointed Socialist Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero as Spanish prime minister at the Zarzuela royal palace in Madrid. Zapatero, Spain's fifth prime minister since the restoration of democracy following the 1975 death of General Franco and elected after winning a March 14...
- Research articles 2004-04-17
- Zapatero sets to work as Spanish PM after proposing cabinet to king
- MADRID AFP ? Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, promising to fight terrorism and promote social justice via political consensus, set to work after presenting King Juan Carlos with his choice of cabinet ministers at the Zarzuela royal palace in Madrid. Zapatero, Spain's fifth prime minister since the...
- Research articles 2004-04-17
- Univision.com and General Motors Announce Scholarship Winner
- Business Editors NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--Feb. 20, 2002 Univision Online, Inc., a subsidiary of Univision Communications Inc. (NYSE: UVN) and General Motors Corporation (NYSE: GM) today announced that Luis Antonio Franco is the first winner of "El Camino Hacia el Exito" The Road to Success, a scholarship program acknowledging...
- Research articles 2002-02-20
- OECD: World steel rebound is in sight.
- A general recovery in steel demand and production will materialize in 2000, says Franco Mannato of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development oecd. However, he thinks world steel trade will shrink 11% this year and remain flat ne A general recovery...
- Research articles 1999-07-15
- Foster Wheeler Ltd. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. Your first question is coming from Andy Kaplowitz of Lehman Brothers. Andrew Kaplowitz - Lehman Brothers Good morning guys, nice quarter. Raymond J. Milchovich - Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Good morning Andy. Andrew Kaplowitz - Lehman Brothers Just looking at your E&C guidance the Scope...
- Earnings calls 2008-08-06
- Spanish parliament votes on law on civil war, dictatorship victims
- MADRID AFP — Spain's parliament votes Wednesday on a draft law which would for the first time officially recognize the victims of the nation's 1936-39 civil war and the ensuing right-wing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco. Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose grandfather was executed as Franco's...
- Research articles 2007-10-30
- PARAGUAY: VICE PRESIDENT RESIGNS TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
- Vice President Julio Cesar "Yoyito" Franco resigned Oct. 16, fulfilling the constitutional requirement to allow him to run for president for the opposition Partido Liberal Radical Autentico PLRA in the April 2003 general elections. "I'm leaving after 25 months on the job. But...
- Research articles 2002-10-25
- Selling Soyuz In The West
- Jean-Yves Le Gall leads Franco-Russian venture It's been quite a year for Jean-Yves Le Gall (40), a former assistant director general of the Cnes space agency, appointed CEO of Starsem in April 1998. Starsem is the Franco-Russian venture created two years earlier to market the trusty Soyuz launcher to...
- Research articles 1999-11-01
- Open Yourself Up to Web 2.0 | BTalk Australia
- (14min 03) Click on "Play" to hear the podcast or click "Get It" to download. Web 2.0 allows consumers to say what they think about your company. On today's BTalk Australia Simon Van Wyck, a founding partner of Hothouse Interactive, tells Phil Dobbie that marketers should see...
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- Four Italian generals acquitted over mysterious 1980 plane disaster
- ROME AFP ? Four Italian generals were acquitted of hindering an inquiry into a mysterious 1980 plane crash near Sicily which killed 81 people, and in which Libyan and US fighter planes were rumoured to have been implicated. The then air force chief of staff, General Lamberto Bartolucci, and...
- Research articles 2004-04-30
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