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*** Treaty of Nice/Spain: Spanish Prime Minister Aznar, reporting on the Nice European Council to his country's House of Representatives, said that Spain, which arrived at the summit with around 20% fewer votes than the big countries and 27% more than the next in line, reduced the gap with big countries by around 7% and increased it up to 48% with average-sized states. During debate, representatives of nationalist parties called for...