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smallerBy h.b. - Nov 6, 2009 - 8:54 AM
La Razón this morning
El Mundo headlines that the Ministry of Defence thinks that the pirates only want money and will not kill.
The paper reports that the kidnappers have taken three of the crew to shore and threatened to kill them if the National Court here does not released the two being held in custody. El Mundo also tells is that Patxi López, the President of the Basque Government has called on the judiciary to study returning the pirates to their country ‘in a process of complete legality’.
El Mundo has a front page photo of a party on board the Alakrana, the last picture that María Ángeles Jiménez has of her husband who works in the engine room.
El País headlines that the captain of the vessel has said that the pirates have threatened to kill them. The paper says that the dramatic shift in the kidnapping has caught the government by surprise. El País says that the cabinet had thought that an agreement had already been reached to pay for the rescue.
El País shows a photo of another wife who says that the pirates are on drugs, and that the crew is at its limit.
La Razón headlines that the pirates have threatened to kill three of the crew and highlight a quote ‘We have 30 pirates on board. They are ever more nervous and walk around drugged all day’.
El Mundo reports that ‘an official or Arab origin’ kills 11 people in a military base in Texas. The paper says that Malik Nadal Hasan, who was a psychiatrist, opened fire during a graduation ceremony.
El País has the death toll at Fort Hood as 12, and says the motive for the attack is unknown.
La Razón notes that there were also 31 injuries.
The United Nations withdrawal from Afghanistan is covered in El País. Described as temporary and coming from concerns over security, it comes following the attack on one of the organisation’s hostels in Kabul last October 28. It notes that NATO has criticized the decision.
Público says that the UN has removed half of their personnel and that the Pentagon has asked for more troops, and more money.
El País reports that the EU is to give the green light to the blocking of the internet without judicial order for those who download copyright material.
Público notes that Google and Microsoft have said that they cannot guarantee data privacy.
The public rumblings in the Partido Popular continue, with Ricardo Costa, the sacked General Secretary of the party in Valencia, saying that his suspension is ‘unjust and unjustified’.
El País notes that the PP is questioning the legality of a phone tapping system used in collecting evidence in the Gürtel. The paper says that judges and prosecutors say the system is legal.
Público leads with the story and says the PP Aznar Government were the ones to order the system which is now being denounced by Rajoy, and that they paid 10 million for the system. The paper says the system, which is used across Europe, allows thousands of phone lines to be controlled at the same time. Phone companies are legally obliged to record the calls requested.
La Razón says that 115,800 abortions were carried out in Spain last year, and nearly half of them were procedures on immigrants. The paper says that more than 6,000 operations were carried out on those under 18.
El Mundo gives space to the signing up of Javier Solana as being responsible for international strategy in the Acciona group.
La Razón notes that the hostelry industry is protesting about the planned new tougher anti-smoking legislation in Spain.
And finally
All the papers note that Cristiano Ronaldo will be out of action for the next two weeks at least with his ankle injury, but Público reveals that he has an extra bone and it is damaged.
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