Madrid - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at outgoing US President George W Bush at a recent press conference expressed the "rage" of the Muslim world towards the US administration, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday.
The behaviour of the journalist was not "dignified," but the support he received reflected the feelings of Arabs and Muslims, Moratinos, a former European Union special envoy to the Middle East, told the television station Telecinco.
Madrid - Spanish league leaders Barcelona are poised to extend and improve the contract of goalkeeper Victor Valdes, the Catalan daily Sport reported on Tuesday.
In the past fortnight, Barca have improved the contracts of Euro 2008 top player Xaxi and of youngster Sergio Busquets.
Now comes the turn of Valdes, who is in excellent form at the moment, as Real Madrid discovered in Saturday's 2-0 defeat.
Valdes, 26, has conceded only nine goals in 15 Liga games this season, one of the best goalkeeping record in Europe's major leagues.
San Sebastian, Spain - Spanish police Tuesday detained four suspected members of the militant Basque separatist group ETA, police sources said.
The two men and two women were held in their homes in San Sebastian, Pasaia and Intxaurrondo in the Basque region.
They were suspected of supplying ETA with information about people who could be targeted by attacks. Police searched the suspects' homes.
Around a dozen ETA members have been detained within a month, including its suspected military leaders Mikel Garikoitz Aspiazu alias Txeroki and Aitzol Iriondo, who were captured in France.
Madrid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Monday that the global economy will continue "deteriorating," predicting a "very difficult" year 2009.
The forecasts that the IMF will make public in January will be even worse than the current ones, which predict a 2.2 per cent global growth next year, Strauss-Kahn said in Madrid, where he was attending a conference.
Madrid - The Spanish army helped to rescue people stuck in more than 400 vehicles during snowstorms overnight and Monday morning in the north of the country, military and police sources said.
Madrid - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at outgoing US President George W Bush at a recent press conference expressed the "rage" of the Muslim world towards the US administration, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday.
Madrid - Spanish league leaders Barcelona are poised to extend and improve the contract of goalkeeper Victor Valdes, the Catalan daily Sport reported on Tuesday.
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Madrid - International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Monday that the global economy will continue "deteriorating," predicting a "very difficult" year 2009. 
