<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Spain</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/europe/westerneurope/spain?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><description>Spain</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16411-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16411-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  9/11 Suspect in Spain Denies He Helped Organize Attacks <br>   MADRID  --   The man accused of leading an al Qaeda cell in Spain denied charges that he helped organize the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by arranging a final planning meeting, telling judges Monday that he had nothing to do with that act of "terrible savagery."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pope Tells Journalists to Search for 'Truth']]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11300-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI presented a smiling papacy to the world's news media Saturday while, in the background, the Vatican's battle over same-sex marriage legislation in Spain presented the pontiff with an early test of his moral authority.]]></description><author> Daniel Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10813-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10813-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Key Serb Surrenders,  Will Be Tried at Hague <br>    BELGRADE  --   A key Serbian war crimes suspect has surrendered and will go to the U.N. war crimes tribunal, a further sign of Belgrade's determination to push for European Union membership.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[In His Own Defense, Terror Suspect Takes Offense as 9/11 Trial Opens in Madrid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10429-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10429-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A Spanish man facing terror charges scolded prosecutors and judges from the witness chair Friday as Europe's biggest al Qaeda trial opened in a heavily guarded courtroom here following eight years of investigation.]]></description><author> Craig Whitlock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trial of Al Qaeda Suspects Begins in Spain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9179-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9179-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[After an eight-year investigation, Spanish prosecutors opened Europe's biggest trial of al Qaeda suspects on Friday in a case that includes three defendants accused of playing a supporting role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.]]></description><author> Craig Whitlock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Sept. 11 Suspects Go on Trial in Madrid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6642-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6642-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The trial of Imad Eddin Barakat Yarkas and two other men begins in Madrid on Friday after a  3 1/2 -year investigation into the role Spain may have played as a staging ground for the Sept. 11 attacks.]]></description><author> Craig Whitlock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Argentine Ex-Officer Convicted In Spain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2933-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2933-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MADRID, April 19  --  A Spanish court on Tuesday sentenced a former Argentine naval officer to 640 years in prison for crimes against humanity, convicting him of throwing political prisoners from airplanes during Argentina's so-called dirty war against dissidents.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain Keeps a Vigilant Eye on Al Qaeda Threat]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2944-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2944-2005Apr19.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Although 75 members of al Qaeda have been arrested in Spain, the terrorist group's efforts to recruit followers among Muslim residents of that country remains a threat, Spanish Foreign Minister    Miguel Moratinos  told Washington Post reporters and editors last week.]]></description><author> Nora Boustany</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ruling Party Loses Seats In Basque Vote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61700-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61700-2005Apr17.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  VITORIA, Spain, April 17  --  The Basque region's ruling nationalists, who are pushing for more autonomy from Spain, won a key regional election Sunday but fell short of a majority, losing seats as a banned pro-independence party drew unexpectedly high support, according to government figures.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Prince Rainier Laid to Rest]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56138-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56138-2005Apr15.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Kings, queens and presidents bade farewell to Monaco's Prince Rainier III on Friday at a funeral in the cathedral where he married Hollywood actress Grace Kelly and will be laid to rest beside her.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Church's Influence Waning in Once Fervently Catholic Spain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42739-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42739-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  MADRID  --  For centuries, the Vatican considered Spain the most Catholic country of Europe. The Spanish defeat of the Muslims at Granada in 1492 consolidated Roman Catholicism's hold on the continent, and the Inquisition rooted out those who failed to adhere to the strict Catholic line. Spain's conquest of the Americas extended the Vatican's reach. And Spain gave birth to such pious religious orders as the Dominicans, the Jesuits and Opus Dei.]]></description><author> Keith B. Richburg</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Safety Net With Some Holes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42240-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42240-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[SANTIAGO, Chile -- As Eugenio Pumarino studied investment options for his state-sponsored private pension account, the 71-year-old retiree uttered words that would be sweet music to advocates of private accounts for the U.S. Social Security system.]]></description><author> Monte Reel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Taps  Aguirre as  Ambassador  to Spain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40498-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40498-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Eduardo Aguirre, director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, is President Bush's choice to be U.S. ambassador to Spain.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Saving Lives, Bridging Cultures]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17002-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17002-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Regardless of size, natural disasters have the power to draw people together across the language and culture divide.]]></description><author> Ellen Nakashima</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spain Pays Silent Homage To Victims of Train Bombs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27175-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27175-2005Mar11.html?nav=rss_world/europe/westerneurope/spain</guid><pubDate>Sun, 8 May 2005 21:04:05 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Spaniards on Friday commemorated the first anniversary of bombings that ripped through four morning rush-hour commuter trains, killing 191 people and wounding more than 1,500.]]></description><author> Pamela Rolfe</author></item></channel></rss>