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...tabloid daily, was getting the eye from Edouard de Rothschild, scion of the banking family. The real acid test will come, however, with Le Monde, which is seeking €50 million in new investment and is in talks with defense and media conglomerate Lagardère, as well as Madrid's daily El País. If it gets the new funds, Le Monde will have to pay for layoff packages for about 90 employees, work down its debt, and most importantly figure out a new direction. Colombani's aides say he wants to return Le Monde expertise." A noble...
...approved by each member state. A rejection, or even a narrow yes vote, from the Socialists will almost certainly embolden opponents of the document in places like Britain and Denmark, and accelerate Euroskepticism elsewhere. The topic took center stage at last week's meeting of European Socialist leaders in Madrid. "Voting yes for the European constitution is a step forward; voting no is a step backward toward crisis," Spanish Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero advised the French Socialists. Hollande agrees: "The European left, Europeans in general, and all our fellow French citizens have waited...
David Y. Kim, a third year GSAS student in the HAA and TF for History of Art and Architecture 152v., “Leonardo da Vinci: Art, Technology, and Science,” has already been to Brussels as a part of a graduate seminar and is travelling to Madrid with another class. These classes are open to undergraduates. Kim says, “Sometimes the undergraduates feel intimidated by a being in a graduate-level seminar. An excursion, especially one over several days to a foreign country, helps the class to bond...
European Heroes The story on Dr. Ervigio Corral Torres, head of SAMUR, Madrid's emergency-services unit, praised his efforts after the March 11 attacks in Madrid [Oct. 11]. But several emergency services were involved that day, and all of them - including SERMAS (the Madrid Health Service), the Red Cross and the Civil Protection unit - worked as hard as SAMUR. Because of the large number of injured, even more services from nearby areas were called, and their help was invaluable. I am a Red Cross volunteer, and I believe that, since we emergency workers undergo training to prepare...
...mosque, has been in detention since his arrest in May on a U.S. extradition warrant. The British indictment will now take precedence. On the Alert SPAIN Antiterror police asked Switzerland to extradite Algerian Mohamed Achraf, alleged ringleader of a group of Islamic extremists suspected of plotting to blow up Madrid's National Court. Spanish examining magistrate Baltasar Garzón questioned eight suspected members of the gang arrested in nationwide swoops, and a further 10 Islamic extremists already serving jail sentences for offenses unrelated to terrorism. Officials said the arrests were not connected to the March 11 Madrid bombings. Near...