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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Translated from
</FONT><A
href="http://elmundosalud.elmundo.es/elmundosalud/2004/02/13/biociencia/1076689271.html"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>El Mundo</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>, February 13, 2004: Socialist Party leader Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero
stated today that beginning March 14, 2004, [note: Zapatero was elected on March
14 as the next Spanish Prime Minister] "Spain will be again on the leading edge"
and warned that he "will not tolerate that anyone impose their beliefs to push
back our country", in relation to the embryonic stem cell research results
published yesterday on Science. [from </FONT><A
href="http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/02/12/science.clone/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>CNN</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>, February 12, 2004: South Korean researchers reported Thursday they have
created human embryos through cloning and extracted embryonic stem cells, the
universal cells that scientists expect will result in breakthroughs in medical
research...]. <BR>Answering the government's criticism of the cloning of 30
human embryos persormed by a team of South Korean scientists, Rodriguez Zapatero
stated that "the Right have turned their back to people and to scientific
progress". </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>On
Zapatero:</FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>From the </FONT><A
href="http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3554809&thesection=news&thesubsection=world"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>New Zealand Herald</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>, on the new Spanish PM: Jose Luis Rodriguez
Zapatero brought the Socialists from the political wilderness to a spectacular
polls victory on Sunday and will now need his cool head and calm temper to unite
Spain after its worst bomb attack. Rodriguez Zapatero, who until Thursday's
bombing was considered an outsider for Spain's top job, had angered many in his
own party with his lack of aggression in the months after he took the leadership
in 2000 following a heavy electoral defeat. But his tendency to compromise may
prove a valuable asset as he looks to form a government with left-wing allies or
regional parties. <BR>Zapatero has stuck to a policy of "calm change" instead of
rupture with old school socialism. Unlike many of his fiery countrymen, Zapatero
is famed for his coolness and colleagues say they have never seen him
angry.</FONT></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>