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Britain promises to investigate the target practice incident off Gibraltar

The Spanish Guardia Civil claims it interrupted the Royal Navy firing on a buoy in the colours of the Spanish flag

The British Government has given Spain the promise that a full investigation will be carried out into the incident in the Stait off Gibraltar on Tuesday which allegedly saw the Royal Navy using a buoy in the colours of the Spanish flag being used for target practice.

A Guardia Civil patrol allegedly interrupted the firing, more than five miles off the coast of Gibraltar, in international waters.

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National
Alakrana crew meet family as they arrive in the Seychelles

Most of the families were flown to the islands by the Spanish Air Force, and the Captain of the vessel says he will not sail again

The families of the Alakrana’s eight Galician crew members have travelled to the Seychelles where they have been reunited with their relatives as the boat finally made shore after the 47 days held in captivity by Somali pirates.

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Costa de la Luz
Royal Navy accused of firing at the Spanish flag off Gibraltar

The British Ambassador has been called to give an explanation of the incident

El Mundo reports that tensions between Gibraltar and Spain are rising after the Guardia Civil came across a British Navy patrol which, the paper says, was carrying out firing practice last Tuesday on a buoy on which the Spanish flag was printed.

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Editorial/Opinion
More questions than answers in the 'Alakrana' case

We have to ask just what was the Spanish fishing boat doing there in the first place

As Spain breaths a collective sigh of relief with the news of the release of the crew of the Basque tuna fishing boat ‘Alakrana’, 47 days after being boarded by a group of Somali pirates, the resolution of the crisis leaves dozens of unanswered questions.

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Basics
The Iberian Wolf (Take Two)

An Ávila photographer has risen the profile of this endangered species

No more than 2,500 Iberian wolves are believed to remain in Spain, protected south of the Duero but still legally hunted to the north of the river. But the Ávila photographer, José Luis Rodríguez, considered one of Spain’s most accomplished wildlife photographers, managed to capture one of these rare animals on film at the exact moment it leapt into the air to jump a fence.
He had been planning his perfect shot for years, even sketching out his idea on paper. He took it at the dead of night using an infra-red trap and a low shutter speed to capture the animal jumping the fence in the moonlit sky. The image won him the 2009 Veolia Environment Wildlife Photographer of the Year, beating more than 43,000 entries for the coveted award.

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