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Friday, November 20, 2009 11:32 PM

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Type: Person

Name: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero)

Title: Prime Minister

Organization: Office of the Prime Minister

Date of Birth: 04/08/1960

Place of Birth: Valladolid

Nationality: Spain

Fact Sheet: Biography for Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 9 Documents

Spain pays Somali pirates for fishermen's freedom

MOGADISHU - As a Spanish warship looked on, a US$3.3 million ($4.4 million) ransom was delivered by boat and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members.Spain's Prime Minister did little to deny paying off the hijackers - one reason ... [New Zealand Herald - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Spain, Somalia, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, Mogadishu, Kidnapping

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 11 Documents

Spain quiet on $3.7m pirate ransom

MADRID: Somali pirates have released 36 crew members and their Spanish fishing vessel even as authorities said pirates had seized a tanker with a crew of 28 North Koreans.The Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, told reporters that the ... [Sydney Morning Herald - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, European Union, Javier Solana

First Reported 23 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 2 Documents

Tony Blair

Bush alliance leaves the Blair the loser

Tony Blair was left looking like the big loser last night despite never having formally applied for the job of European president. As the EUs 27 leaders picked two virtual unknowns for its top jobs, the man everyone said would stop the traffic in Washington, ... [Times Online - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Tony Blair, George W Bush, Fredrik Reinfeldt, David Miliband

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

Pirates Strike At MV Maersk Alabama Again

A US-flagged container ship which was hijacked by Somali pirates seven months ago has been attacked again.Crew from MV Maersk Alabama returned fire after pirates fired automatic weapons at the US-flagged ship, about 350 nautical miles east of Somalia ... [Graphic Ghana - 11/19/2009]

Entities: MV MAERSK ALABAMA, Maritime Patrol Aircraft, Richard Phillips, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

European Union

Spain's foreign minister denies candidacy as EU foreign policy head

Madrid - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos denied Wednesday that he is a candidate for heading the European Union's foreign policy arm. "I am very happy to be Spanish foreign minister," Moratinos, a former European envoy to the Middle East, ... [Earthtimes.org - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Foreign Policy, European Union, Spain, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

North Korean captain dies after hijack

The North Korean captain of a tanker being held by Somali pirates is believed to have died after being shot during the hijack. When the MV Theresa VIII was hijacked north of the Seychelles on Monday its 28 crew members tried to fight off the pirates. ... [Times Online - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Hostage, Seychelles, Maersk Alabama

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Laszlo SOLYOM

President Solyom hails Spain-Hungary cooperation

Madrid, November 18 (MTI) - President Laszlo Solyom, concluding his official visit to Spain on Wednesday, told journalists that he and his partners had reviewed the technical aspects of Hungarian-Spanish cooperation within the European Union ahead of ... [Mti - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Laszlo SOLYOM, Hungary, Madrid, European Union

First Reported 11/16/2009 - Updated 11/16/2009 - 2 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

Pirate suspects to face trial in Spain (Reuters)

MADRID (Reuters) - Two Somalis suspected of being part of a pirate gang which hijacked a Spanish fishing boat and its crew in the Indian Ocean could be tried in Spain within a month, judicial sources said Monday.Judge Santiago Pedraz charged Cabdullahi ... [Yahoo! News Australia - 11/16/2009]

Entities: Spain, Indian Ocean, Sarah Morris

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents

Czech president prizes freedom above all

C Klaus joined the ''Velvet Revolution'' led by Vaclav Havel and became minister of finance overseeing Czechoslovakia's transition to a free-market economy. The Czech Republic and Slovakia split in a ''Velvet Divorce'' in 1993, but neither has retreated ... [Miami Herald - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, Cuba, Castro (Brazil)

First Reported 11/13/2009 - Updated 11/13/2009 - 1 Documents

Spain takes a page from the US pro-life playbook

pro-life sentiment. To put the point bluntly, if pro-lifers (including Catholics) can’t find a home on the left, many of them are obviously going to end up on the right.On both sides of the Atlantic, recent days have brought intriguing indications that ... [National Catholic Reporter - 11/13/2009]

Entities: Pro-Life, Abortion, World Youth Day

First Reported 11/14/2009 - Updated 11/14/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Spain explores all ways to solve its vessel's kidnapping

Increases the bookmarktwitterfacebookdiggGoogleWindowsliveDeliciousbuzzfriendfeedLinkedindiigoredditstumbleuponSpanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said on Tuesday that the Spanish government was exploring all legal forms to solve the kidnapping ... [People's Daily Online - 11/14/2009]

Entities: Kidnapping, Spain, Miguel Angel Moratinos, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

First Reported 11/17/2009 - Updated 11/17/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

Spain Tries Islamists over Barcelona Terror Plot

The accused are suspected of belonging to a global jihadist network that planned attacks in Spain, France, Germany, and Portugal — but the case is not open and shut.Eleven suspected Islamic extremists of South Asian origin over an alleged plot to stage ... [Pajamas Media - 11/17/2009]

Entities: Barcelona, Spain, Counter-Terrorism, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

Quotes

"The Government did what it had to do," Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said. "the important thing is that the sailors will be back with us. the first obligation of a country, of the government of a state, is to save the lives of its countrymen."

Spain pays Somali pirates for fishermen's freedom [New Zealand Herald - 11/19/2009]

"the vessel is navigating freely towards more secure waters" Zapatero said

Somali pirates free Spaniards after 4 million dollar ransom (2nd Roundup) [Monsters and Critics - 11/18/2009]

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Spain Tries Islamists over Barcelona Terror Plot [Pajamas Media - 11/17/2009] The accused are suspected of belonging to a global jihadist network that planned attacks in Spain, France, Germany, and Portugal — but the case is not open and ...
Spain, Israel, and the Fight over UNIFIL [Pajamas Media - 11/07/2009] Does Prime Minister Zapatero lead the most anti-Israel government in Europe?Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has canceled a amid a dispute over the command of ...
Morning Open Thread [Democratic National Committee: Blog - 11/04/2009] Good morning. Interpreter Patsy Arizu leans forward to listen to President Barack Obama, as he talks with Spanish President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Photo ...
Why is Obama playing telephone with Castro? [FP Passport - 10/26/2009] I don't quite understand the point of this:U.S. President Barack Obama asked Spain to pass Cuba a message on the need for democratic reform when he met Spanish ...
Abortion debate opens Spain's wounds [Comment is free \| guardian.co.uk - 10/23/2009] Zapatero's attempts at modest abortion reform have met with protests that reveal a dark truth about the Spanish psycheIn September 2008, the remains of Federico ...

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