Mon, Apr 19, 2004 - Page 6 News List

Novices join Zapatero Cabinet

NEW BLOOD After being sworn in as Spain's prime minister, Zapatero named a Cabinet of old hands for key portfolios as well as a number of newcomers

REUTERS , MADRID

The investigation of the March 11 bombings will be entrusted to Jose Antonio Alonso, 44, a former judge.

He takes over the Interior Ministry, while law professor Juan Fernando Lopez, 42, becomes justice minister.

Twenty-one people including 15 Moroccans are being held in connection with the March 11 attacks on packed commuter trains.

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