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Sunday, December 16, 2001 The headlines from today's (Sunday, 16 Dec. 2001) El País, Spain's lefty daily newspaper: La ola de frío deja a Cataluña aislada y al borde del caos (The wave of cold leaves Cataluña isolated and on the verge of chaos) La UE pone en marcha la futura Constitución para todos los europeos (The E.U. puts into motion the future Constitution for all Europeans) Los chechenos de Bin Laden resisten en Tora Bora (The Chechens of Bin Laden resist in Tora Bora) Negocios -- Las Empresas frenan empleo e inversión (Business -- Businesses put the brakes on hiring and investment) And the headline stories from the El País Sunday magazine: Qué Pasó Con El Neandertal? -- Nuevos Descubrimientos Reescriben La Historia De La Evolución Humana (What Happened to Neanderthal? -- New Discoveries Rewrite the History of Human Evolution) La Escuela de Los Dictadores -- Una Academia Militar de EE.UU Ha Sido Una Cantera de Golpistas (The School of the Dictators -- A U.S. Military Academy Has Been A Breeding Ground for Those Who Would Lead Coups) [Note: This refers to The School of the Americas, an institution in Fort Benning where many hundreds of South and Central American military types have been trained in the dubious arts of repression, torture and the violent overthrow of governments.] An online English version of El País can be found here. It takes a little time to load -- be patient. Finally, headlines from today's edition of El Mundo, Spain's center-right daily: Según dos de sus tres Comandantes Los muyahidín dicen haber tomado Tora Bora y que no hay rastro de Bin Laden (Two of the three commanders of the Mujahadeen say they've taken Tora Bora with no sign of Bin Laden) La Audiencia de Sevilla atribuye a ETA el suicidio de un agente (The Superior Court of Andalucía attributes the suicide of a national police officer to the terrorist group ETA) La Guardia Civil crea unidades 'antiglobalización' para la presidencia española de la UE (The National Police creates 'antiglobalization' units for the Spanish presidency of the European Union) rws 7:32 AM [+] |