José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero

'The EU Is Already Playing in the Top League' Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, 49, talks to SPIEGEL about the European Union's new president and foreign...

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...released a Spanish trawler and its crew after holding it for six weeks, Spain's prime minister has confirmed. Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the pirates had abandoned the Alakrana tuna boat and that all 36 crew on board were "safe and...

In this article: Madrid, Somalia, Seychelles, and EU

In this article: Madrid, Mombasa, Indian Ocean, and European Union

...were paid $3.3 million in ransom, while Spain's prime minister said the country did what it had to do. Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said the tuna boat Alakrana "is sailing toward safer waters. All of its crew members are safe...

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...prime minister said Tuesday. "Our sailors of the Alakrana are free and will come home," Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero announced in a news conference. "These tough weeks have ended in a very positive way." Zapatero did...

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MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates have freed a Spanish tuna fishing boat hijacked six weeks ago, Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Tuesday, and a pirate said a ransom had been paid for the boat and its crew. "The...

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