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Spanish police arrest 4 suspected members of armed Basque group ETA
Spain’s Interior Ministry says police have arrested four suspected members of the armed Basque independence group ETA.
Police also seized explosives during early Tuesday raids in the northern Basque province of Vizcaya.
Spanish newspaper El Pais said the detainees are…
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Qatar to Invest 300 Million Euro in Spain’s Savings Banks – Businessweek
Qatar plans to invest 300 million euro in Spanish savings banks as the industry prepares to raise funds to meet new capital rules.
Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad Bin Jasim Al-Thani also announced plans to invest in Spanish telecommunication and…
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Spain lowers road speed limit
Spain will lower the speed limit on motorways and highways to 110 kilometres per hour because the Libyan crisis has made oil prices soar, Deputy Prime Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba announced Friday.
The current speed limit is 120 kilometres per…
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Spain’s nuclear spin by Greenpeace International
We are living in troubled times in Spain thanks to nuclear energy. The incoherence and inconsistency of the socialist government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero about nuclear energy in the last few weeks has plunged us into confusion. The nuclear…
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Student from Spain falls to his death in Mexico
A student from Spain’s University of Alcala died Monday when he fell from the third floor of a beach hotel at this Mexican resort city on the Caribbean.
Diego Boto Galindo, 20, came to Cancun with a group of 39…
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Teens may be sentenced in March
THE wife of a grandfather stabbed to death in Tenerife has been told the boys accused of his murder could be sentenced next month.
Patricia Cockshutt is hoping for some closure after her husband of 53 years, Peter, was stabbed…
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Midland property firm faces criminal case
A CRIMINAL case has been launched against the boss of a Staffordshire property firm that went bust owing £43 million to investors – including footballer Gareth Barry.
Colin Thomas, founding director of Ocean View Properties, is being investigated for fraud…
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Spain wins the Buenos Aires ATP
The Spanish tennis player Almagro won the ninth title of his career and the fifth on American soil against the Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela, who could not beat the European.
He also extended the Spanish rule in the latest versions…
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Valdes suffers knee knock
Victor Valdes has handed Barcelona an injury concern after picking up a knee injury.
The keeper was forced to miss Sunday’s clash with Athletic Bilbao as a result of the knock.
The Spain international has been carrying the complaint since…
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Operation Captura targets UK crime suspects in Spain
A new Crimestoppers’ campaign targeting UK criminals thought to be hiding in Spain, is being launched in Alicante.
Tip-offs after past Operation Captura announcements have led to 38 out of 50 fugitives being returned to the UK to face trial…
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Research into Breast Cancer Evolution in Spain
Pioneering Spanish provinces in terms of early prevention of breast cancer, such as Navarre and the Basque Country, record lower death rates, although the trend is towards the figures levelling out all over Spain. These are the results of a…
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Spain selects Lucia Perez for Eurovision
Destino Eurovisión, Spain’s national song selection competition for the Eurovision Song Contest, decided Lucía Pérez’s song “Que Me Quiten Lo Bailao” as its representative in Dusseldorf in May.
The final featured three singers performing three songs each. After nine song…
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Contador says he has been cleared to ride
Three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has been cleared of a doping charge by Spain’s cycling federation, the federation president and Contador’s press office said Tuesday.
Spanish media began reporting late Monday that the federation would clear Contador, despite…
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Spaniards demand banks act fairly over mortgage crisis
Elisa is house proud. But behind the neatly arranged possessions, there´s a battle going on between her and her bank. Elisa´s home is to be repossessed because she could´t keep up with her payments. But as well as losing her…
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Spanish gay couple gets Twins
Juam and Mauro, a gay couple from Spain, kiss their new borns.
Legal experts say that surrogacy by foreigners is taking place in India under the Indian Guardianship and Wards Act 1890, where the surrogate parents are given the status…
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Spanish police arrest man over Nintendo gamer hack
Police in Spain have arrested a man who allegedly stole details on thousands of Nintendo users and tried to blackmail the company.
The unnamed individual obtained data on 4,000 gamers, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry.
It is claimed he threatened…
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Guitarist Gary Moore dies in Spain
Gary Moore the legendary Belfast-born guitarist has died in his sleep last night, while on holiday in Spain.
One of the greatest players of his generation, Gary Moore began his professional career in his teens. He was still only sixteen…
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Father-of-four dies on stag weekend in Spain
FATHER of four has died on a stag weekend in Barcelona.
Spanish police initially said they were questioning his brother-in-law after an alleged fight at a hotel, but later said his death was not being treated as criminal.
Stephen Storey,…
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Sales of smoking cessation products soar in Spain
Sales of smoking cessation products have soared in Spain since a tough anti-tobacco law took effect last month.
Sales of the products jumped 599 percent in January from December, said the Federation of Pharmaceutical Distributors (Fedifar).
The most popular item…
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Spanish Government Signs Pension Reform
The Eurozone economy expanded 0.3% in the third quarter after growing 1% in the second quarter. Leading economic indicators suggest that growth may have accelerated in the fourth quarter of 2010. The International Monetary Fund predicts 1.8% growth for Eurozone…