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BY ILAN BRAT
MADRID—Tensions between Spain and Argentina continued to rise on Friday as the European country's top diplomat ratcheted up efforts to contain a running battle between Argentine President Cristina Kirchner and her country's largest oil and gas producer, a unit of Spain's flagship oil company.
Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel García-Margallo summoned Argentina's ambassador to a meeting on short notice to reinforce the importance of Repsol YPF SA, which has a controlling stake in Argentina's former national oil and gas company YPF SA, to the Spanish state. Then in a hastily called press conference following the meeting, Mr. García-Margallo threatened possible ...
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