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Spain has demanded a prompt explanation from Morocco after 12 people including a Spanish citizen were killed when Moroccan security forces raided a protest camp in Western Sahara. The Spanish foreign minister said Spain had deep concerns about the incident. Relatives of the dead Spaniard say Moroccan security forces hit and ran him over while
forcibly
clearing the camp near the city of Laayoune.
The centre-left opposition in Italy has
table
d a no-confidence motion against the government of Silvio Berlusconi. The Democratic Party leader Pier Luigi Bersani, who orchestrated the move, appealed to Mr Berlusconi's former ally Gianfranco Fini to support the motion. No date has been set for the vote. Last weekend, Mr Fini urged Mr Berlusconi to resign.
Trading on European financial markets has been nervous amid continuing worries about government debt problems in Ireland and Portugal, two of the weakest economies using the euro currency. Share prices fell in early trading but later recovered ground after an intervention by the five biggest economic powers in the European Union. Jonty Bloom reports.
The bond markets, which forced the rest of the eurozone to bail out Greece earlier this year, are now forcing up the cost of borrowing for the Dublin government. They hit record highs yesterday and only fell back today after the UK, France, Germany, Italy and Spain issued a declaration at the G20 in Seoul, aimed at reassuring investors.