Body of late president returns to Gabon from Spain
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- Body of late president returns to Gabon from Spain
- Tired Spain braves weather at first training
- US treasure hunters given time to object to Spain claim
- Murray reaches quarterfinals at Queen’s
Body of late president returns to Gabon from Spain
The Associated Press
President mar Bongo 73 died Monday of cardiac arrest at a Spanish hospital where he had been receiving treatment for an unspecified illness for some weeks. The Gabonese government kept his sickness a secret becoming increasingly belligerent with reporters who wrote of his declining health and insisting until a few hours before his death that he was well. Dignitaries — including his family which is believed to include some 30 legitimate and illegitimate children — were at the airport to receive the body of the man that ruled this oil-rich nation for 42 years. His body was driven from the airport to the presidential palace.
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Tired Spain braves weather at first training
USA Today
“We’ve been surprised by the welcome and the tenderness people showed us during the training” winger Juanma Mata said. “They are very welcoming people and are treating us great. Fatigue appears to be Spain’s biggest obstacle ahead of the first Group A match. The team arrived Wednesday after a friendly win over Azerbaijan. “The trips have been long and hard especially after three hours on the bus to get here but we already knew about all this” Joan Capdevila said. “We’ll sleep better now at least. The Villarreal defender said the team was also adapting to the change of weather as it left Spain’s normally hot summer to land into a cool winter chill that was proving tough to take.
US treasure hunters given time to object to Spain claim
AFP
The Tampa Florida-based company had been ordered to turn over half a million silver coins and hundreds of gold objects it discovered somewhere in “international waters in the Atlantic cean. “The discovery of the sunken treasure from a ship code-named “Black Swan” was announced in 2007. Spain in September 2008 said it had proof that the treasure came from the 1804 wreck of a Spanish frigate named Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes. The ship which sank off southern Portugal with a massive cargo of gold and silver is Spain’s “historical patrimony and also constitutes the tomb of 250 seamen and Spanish citizens” the government argued. Spain said the frigate was covered under the principle of “sovereign immunity” that applies to ships belonging to states as well as to wrecks and which bars “unauthorized intrusion or exploitation for commercial ends” according to Spain’s culture ministry. “(The) evidence is clear” dyssey’s top legal adviser Melinda MacConnel said in a statement Wednesday “that the majority of coin cargo being transported on the Mercedes belonged to private merchants” so that portion of the cargo “never belonged to the Spanish government. “The earlier court ruling also “fails to acknowledge the absence of a vessel at the Black Swan site or the commercial nature of the Mercedes’ mission at the time of her demise which would legally nullify the claim to sovereign immunity on that vessel” the statement read.
Murray reaches quarterfinals at Queen’s
CNN International
"nce I got the break in the first set I felt more comfortable and went for my shots a bit more" world number three Murray told reporters after his victory on Thursday. Eighth seed Fish booked his place in the quarterfinals with a 6-1 6-4 success over Spain’s Feliciano Lopez the 10th seed. Veteran clay-court specialist Juan Carlos Ferrero also secured his place with a 6-4 7-6 win over Belgian Xavier Malisse.
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