Nations in dispute now over fishing rights
(NEWSER) - Spain's Queen Sofia is dumping her planned trip to Britain to celebrate Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in a long-simmering snit over Gibraltar. It's "hardly appropriate" for Sofia, 73, to attend lunch at Windsor Castle tomorrow in light of the two nations' tensions over the territory, noted a statement from the Spanish government. Spain and the UK are currently bickering about fishing rights off Gibraltar, a territory ruled by Britain since 1713, but which is also claimed by Spain. More»