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When Patxi López began his investiture speech in the Basque regional parliament today, the first sentences out of his mouth were in euskera. Normally this wouldn't be a remarkable occurrence: the president of the Basque region routinely speaks the Basque language. But the swearing in of the Socialist López represents the first time in the three decades of Spain's democracy that the leader of the Basque region does not come from the pro-autonomy Basque Nationalist Party (PNV). As a result, every gesture - even the number of sentences he spoke in euskera - is being...
...These new stores-within-a-store aren't a total snore for the toddler set. "R" Markets will also sell decidedly nonessential, kid-friendly products like Pez dispensers, gumball machines and a host of other candy brands that will keep dentists employed for a millennium. Plus, most products have a kid-friendly feel - Elmo and Grover on the juice boxes, food packaged as "P'Sghettti Loops," toddler toothbrushes and such. Still, the intent of the "R" Market is clear. With nondiscretionary products like toys more vulnerable to consumer-spending swings, Toys "R" Us needs to give parents more reasons...
...most explicit Vatican statement on the topic was the 2003 paper "Family Values vs. Safe Sex," written by the then head of the Pontifical Council, the late Cardinal Alfonso López Trujillo, who was widely criticized for questioning the science behind the efficacy of condoms in preventing AIDS. But the document also laid out the idea that Benedict seemed to be alluding to on the papal plane. "To control the pandemic [of AIDS], it is necessary to promote responsible sexual behavior that is inculcated by means of authentic sexual education, that respects the dignity of man and woman...
...Franco regime - it is unlikely that the conservative PP would have reached a compromise with the administration. But the ferocity of their protests suggested to many that more than ideological differences were in play. "Crispacíon was a tactical strategy," says former Socialist spokesman Diego López Garrido, today a deputy in the European parliament. "The PP used it to try and undermine the government, and win the next elections. It didn't work." (See pictures of Spain...
...immediate threat, though, is economic. Venezuela relies on oil and gas for 93% of its export revenues. López says Chávez is rushing the term-limits question to the polls again before the drop in oil prices hammers the economy and shrinks his checkbook. Inflation is more than 30%, and the country faces shortages of staples such as milk. Chávez insists his government has stored away reserves to cushion the looming pain and recently pledged that "even if the price of oil drops to zero," the social largesse will keep flowing...