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MADRID — Spain’s Socialist prime minister has irked his natural enemies on the right and in the Catholic church by legalizing gay marriage and instituting fast-track divorce. Now he has hit a raw nerve even among his supporters with a proposal to let 16-year-olds get abortions without parental consent.
The debate is harsh and emotional, showing [...]

He has joined the G-8 for a meeting on food safety and the developing world
The Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero has arrived in L’Aquila in Italy to take part in a meeting of the G-8.
He had the chance for a brief greeting with Barack Obama whom he had last met in Istanbul on [...]