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17 February 2004, MADRID – Thirteen flights from Spain to Paris were cancelled Tuesday after another French air traffic controllers’ strike.
17 February 2004, BAYONNE, FRANCE- A Basque nationalist in custody awaiting trial in Spain plans to stand in next month’s local election in his native France, it was reported Tuesday.
17 February 2004, MADRID – Spanish prime minister Jose Maria Aznar said Tuesday Spaniards had an “unavoidable challenge” to use energy responsibly. Aznar said expanding the economy and saving energy had to gotogether and Spaniards should contribute to take care of the environment.
17 February 2004, SEVILLE – Fifty steel workers were injured Tuesday in clashes with police during a demonstration. Some 22 police officers were also hurt.
17 February 2004, MADRID – A political row blew up Tuesday after a judge ruled a lesbian couple had the right to legally adopt two female twins.
17 February 2004, MADRID – VIP passengers with Iberia to all the major Spanish airports will be able to use the Internet free with “wireless” laptops, it was announced Tuesday.
16 February 2004 FIGUERES – Horrified bystanders looked on helplessly Monday as a man splashed his partner with a flammable liquid in a central street of Figueres, then set her on fire in the latest case of rising domestic violence which is dominating the political agenda. Both the aggressor and his victim suffered severe burns.
16 February 2004 BARCELONA – Spanish police have arrested four members of a family accused of siphoning off EUR 500,000 from financial institutions around the region of Catalonia by using fake documents to obtain bank loans, it was reported Monday.
16 February 2004 MADRID – Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and the leaders of five other current or future European Union members sent a letter on Monday to the Irish presidency of the EU urging the fulfilment of the group’s Stability Plan.