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- Children
- Safety
- Politics
- Government
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- Money
- China
- Spain
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Francisco - California
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Orleans - Louisiana
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- "Industries
Paid for Top Regulators' Travel: Two Heads of Product
Safety Agency Accepted Trips From Manufacturer Groups." ... "The chief
of the Consumer Product Safety Commission and her predecessor have taken
dozens of trips at the expense of the toy, appliance and children's furniture
industries and others they regulate, according to internal records obtained
by The Washington Post. Some of the trips were sponsored by lobbying groups
and lawyers representing the makers of products linked to consumer hazards."
... "The records document nearly 30 trips since 2002 by the agency's acting
chairman, Nancy Nord, and the previous chairman, Hal Stratton, that were
paid for in full or in part by trade associations or manufacturers of products
ranging from space heaters to disinfectants. The airfares, hotels and meals
totaled nearly $60,000, and the destinations included China, Spain, San
Francisco [California], New Orleans [Louisiana] and a golf resort on Hilton
Head Island, S.C. [South Carolina.]" ... "Consumer groups and lawmakers
intensified their criticism of the CPSC this summer after several highly
publicized recalls of Chinese-made toys that contained hazardous levels
of lead. Critics have long charged that the agency has become too close
to regulated industries, opting for "voluntary" standards and repeatedly
choosing not to take legal action against businesses that refuse to recall
dangerous products." ... "Government-wide travel regulations state that
officials from agencies such as the CPSC should not accept money for travel
from nonfederal sources if the payments "would cause a reasonable person
. . . to question the integrity of agency programs or operations."" ...
""This is a blatant violation of the ethics code," said Craig Holman, an
expert on governmental ethics law for the nonprofit consumer advocacy group
Public Citizen." ... "The records show that Nord and Stratton repeatedly
accepted gift travel for events from industries subject to CPSC enforcement."
(1, 2,
3)
-By Elizabeth Williamson
-WashingtonPost
20060607
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US
- EU
- Intelligence
- Terrorism
- Law
Enforcement - Prisons
- Transport
- Human
Rights - Politics
- Britain
- Germany
- Italy
- Sweden
- Turkey
- Spain
- Romania
- Poland
- "Probe
of CIA Prisons Implicates EU Nations." ... "Fourteen
European nations colluded with U.S. intelligence in a "spider's web" of
human rights abuses to help the CIA spirit terror suspects to illegal detention
facilities, a European investigator said Wednesday." ... "Swiss senator
Dick Marty's report to Europe's top human rights body was thin on evidence
but raises the possibility of a cover-up involving both friends and critics
of Washington's war on terror. It says European governments "did not seem
particularly eager to establish" the facts." ... "He listed 14 European
countries - Britain, Germany, Italy, Sweden, Bosnia, Macedonia, Turkey,
Spain, Cyprus, Ireland, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Poland - as being
complicit in "unlawful interstate transfers" of people." -By
Jan Sliva -AP
via -Forbes
20051206
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Spain
- "Five
small ETA blasts in Madrid, no injuries." ... "Armed
Basque separatist group ETA exploded five small bombs on motorways around
Madrid on Saturday as Spain celebrated the 27th anniversary of its constitution
with a ceremony in the parliament building." ... "ETA has killed some 850
people since 1968 and in the last two years has frequently set off non-fatal
bombs." (1, 2)
-By Emma Pinedo, Emma Ross-Thomas, Blanca Rodriguez
-Reuters
20050615
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- "16
terror suspects held in Spain." ... "Spanish police
have arrested 16 suspected Islamic terrorists, including 11 believed to
be linked to the terror network of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, officials said
Wednesday." ... "The other five suspects were linked to last year's Madrid
[Spain] train bombings, the Interior Ministry said." ... "Authorities identified
the alleged leader of the 11 suspects as Samir Tahtah, 28, who has a previous
police record for document forgery." ... "Of the five people arrested in
connection with the Madrid train bombings, authorities identified the prime
suspect as Moroccan native Mohamed Larbi Ben Sellam, 28." -By
Al Goodman -CNN
20040420
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- "Powell
urges coalition leaders to keep troops in Iraq."
... "Secretary of State Colin Powell said Tuesday the U.S.-led coalition
in Iraq remains strong despite decisions by Spain and Honduras to pull
out their troops. Later, the Dominican Republic announced that it also
would withdraw its troops." ... "Powell told reporters that leaders of
13 coalition countries with whom he spoke by telephone Monday and Tuesday
"all expressed steadfast support" for their respective troop commitments."
... "Among the leaders Powell spoke with was Thai Foreign Minister Surakiart
Sathirathai." ... "In addition to Surakiart, Powell spoke with leaders
of El Salvador, Dominica, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Portugal, Poland, Bulgaria,
Holland, Romania, the Philippines and Ukraine." -By
George Gedda -AP
via -SFGate.com
20040419
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- "Spain
recalls its troops from Iraq: New prime minister
fulfills campaign vow." ... "Spain's prime minister yesterday ordered Spanish
troops pulled out of Iraq as soon as possible, fulfilling a campaign pledge
to a nation recovering from terrorist bombings that Al Qaeda militants
said were reprisal for Spain's support of the war." ... "Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero issued the abrupt recall just hours after his government was sworn
in, saying there was no sign the United States would meet his demand for
United Nations control of the postwar occupation -- his ultimatum for keeping
troops there." ... "Zapatero's Socialist Party won the March 14 general
election amid allegations that outgoing Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar,
by backing the war in Iraq, had provoked commuter-train terrorist bombings
that killed 191 people three days before the vote." (1, 2)
-By Daniel Woolls -AP
via -Boston/Globe
20040320
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- "Bush
Asks Allies for Unity on Iraq: No Nation Exempt From
Terrorism, President Says on War Anniversary." ... "President Bush yesterday
marked the anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq with an appeal
for international unity after a year of division by warning that there
can be "no separate peace" with the West's enemies." ... "Bush spoke to
an audience of 83 diplomats, including those from such countries as France
and Germany, which opposed the war. But his remarks seemed directed toward
such countries as Spain and Poland, allies in Iraq that are now expressing
misgivings, and, in Spain's case, rethinking their cooperation with the
United States." -By Dana Milbank -WashingtonPost
20040314
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- "Spain's
ruling party swept from power amid anger of Madrid terror attacks."
... "Spain's ruling conservatives crashed to surprise defeat in elections
overshadowed by anger over terrorist bombings, becoming the first government
that backed the U.S.-led war in Iraq to be voted out of office." ... "The
win by the Socialists over President Jose Maria Aznar's favored Popular
Party Sunday came amid charges that Aznar made Spain a target for terrorist
by supporting the Iraq war." ... "Spain's incoming prime minister, Jose
Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has pledged to bring home the 1,300 Spanish troops
in Iraq when their tour of duty ends in July." -By
Daniel Woolls -AP
via -SFGate.com
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- "Spain
Studies Alleged al-Qaida Tape Claim." ... "Investigators
analyzed a videotape in which al-Qaida reportedly claimed responsibility
for the deadly railway bombings earlier this week amid criticism Sunday
that Spanish intelligence blundered in failing to foresee the attack."
... "With a mourning nation voting in general elections overshadowed by
the attacks that killed 200 and wounded 1,500, officials said five suspects
arrested Saturday can remain in police custody for 72 hours, after which
police would need a court order for an extension." -By
Daniel Woolls -AP
via -Miami/Herald
20040311
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- "Al
Qaeda Suggested in Madrid Train Bombings: 200 Dead,
1,200 Wounded in Rush Hour Blasts in Spain." ... " In the worst terrorist
attack in Spain's history, nearly 200 people are dead and more than 1,200
are wounded after 10 simultaneous bomb blasts ripped through four packed
commuter trains in Madrid Thursday morning." ... "Spanish officials initially
blamed the Basque separatist group ETA for the bombings, but now they're
pursuing other lines of investigation. Police have found a van with detonators
and an audiotape of Koranic verses near where the bombed trains originated.
And an Arabic newspaper in London said it had received a letter from al
Qaeda claiming responsibility."-NPR/News

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- "A
Primer on the ETA." ... "Euskadi Ta Azkatasuna, translated
from Euskara, the Basque language, means "freedom for the Basque country.""
... "And the organization bearing that name, ETA for short, has been fighting
for freedom from Spain since the 1960s in an unrelenting campaign of bombings,
kidnappings and assassinations." ... "In that respect, today's devastating
attacks on commuter trains in Madrid were definitely in character. That
may be one of the reasons why Spanish government officials so quickly blamed
ETA, without offering concrete evidence or any claim of responsibility."
... "In another respect, however, the attack departed from ETA's pattern:
Never before has the organization killed and injured so many people in
a single blow." (1, 2)
-By Fred Barbash -WashingtonPost

-
"Madrid
blasts kill at least 15: At least 15 people have
been killed in Madrid as several explosions hit the rail network in the
morning rush hour. Police cars raced to the Atocha train station in the
heart of the Spanish capital, where a blast destroyed carriages of a suburban
train." ... "Explosions were also reported on other trains - details are
unclear." ... "The cause is not yet clear, but police have been on the
alert for possible Basque separatist violence ahead of Sunday's general
election." -BBC/News
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