Spain PM an internet star after F word slip-up

MADRID (Reuters) – A video of Spain's prime minister became one of the world's most talked about internet clips on Wednesday after he accidentally uttered the F word in a news conference with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero was outlining a Spanish-Russian plan to promote tourism between the two countries during Medvedev's state visit when the verbal faux pas slipped out.

"Tourism is an area of special economic importance in relations between Spain and Russia," said Zapatero, speaking in Spanish. "Therefore we have reached an agreement to stimulate, to favour, to f---."

With barely a pause, but looking down at his lectern, he quickly continued, "... to support tourism."

Zapatero's office declined to comment on the slip-up.

The Spanish word "to support" has a similar sound to the expletive uttered by Zapatero.

Website www.viralvideochart.com shot to No.3 in the world's most talked about clips -- measured by links to the video and comments about it on blogs -- behind Bizkit the sleep-walking dog and singer Oren Lavie's video "Her Morning Elegance".

It was the only non-English language clip in Viral Video's top 20.(Reporting by Ben Harding; Editing by Giles Elgood)
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Stupid News-Spanish town blushes with annual tomato fight

Stupid News-Spanish town blushes with annual tomato fight

By FERNANDO BUSTAMANTE, Associated Press Writer

BUNOL, Spain - Spanish revelers have pelted each with 113 tons of ripe tomatoes in an annual food fight. Town hall says an estimated 40,000 people took part in the hour of messy fun in the village of Bunol near Valencia. The ritual dates back to the 1940s.

Some warriors in Wednesday's battle wore swimming goggles to protect themselves from the acid sting of projectiles in the form of pear-shaped tomatoes. Others swatted them away with tennis rackets.

Afterward, many washed off in a nearby river while crews hosed down a town painted red.

Stupid News - 5 hurt in year's last Spanish bull run

Stupid News - 5 hurt in year's last Spanish bull run

By ALVARO BARRIENTOS, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jul 14, 5:11 AM ET

PAMPLONA, Spain - A pack of steers and fighting bulls injured five people on their last run through the streets of Pamplona Monday in a relatively safe end to the weeklong San Fermin festival.

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No one was gored but injuries included a fractured collar bone and hand and groin injuries, said Dr. Ignacio Yurs, director of Navarra Hospital.

The six fighting bulls and six steers stayed together for much of the last of their eight runs through the cobblestone streets, which made it safer.

Some of the bulls fell and piles of fallen humans formed at several stages, but the run was largely smooth.

One man was knocked down as he ran next to the pack about halfway through the half-mile (850 meter) course and only narrowly missed getting trampled in the head by a brown-and-white steer.

Seven people were hurt in Sunday's run, including three with chest injuries and one with multiple injuries. A man from Scotland suffered a skull injury. None were gored.

The runs to the bullring from stables just outside the city's northern medieval walls take place at 8 a.m. daily and are the highlight of festivities made famous by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises."

About a half-dozen people running with the bulls have been gored so far, none seriously. A 26-year-old Colombian gored Saturday was recovering well after surgery,

Fourteen people have died in the running of the bulls since record-keeping began in 1924.

The last fatality from a goring was a 22-year-old American, Matthew Tassio, in 1995. In 2003, a 63-year-old Pamplona native, Fermin Etxeberri, was trampled in the head by a bull and died after spending several months in a coma.