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Spanair’s catastrophic week continued Monday, as yet another plane operated by the airline was forced to turn back due to a technical problem _ the second in as many days. On Wednesday, a Spanair jet bound for the Canary Islands crashed during takeoff, ki
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Slated to complete by next spring to compete for the European Capital of Culture 2016, the “International Culture Center” by veteran designer Oscar Niemeyer (101)...
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Barcelona, Spain is one of the most amazing cities in the world. After Paris, it is my favorite city in the world. As soon as I walked out of the Underground and on the...
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Formula One racing newbies Brawn GP have teamed up with Sony Pictures to promote the forthcoming Terminator Salvation movie at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix...
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A Spanish judge said Monday he will continue to investigate seven current and former Israeli officials over an air force bombing in Gaza in 2002 that killed a suspected...
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A Spanish judge says he will continue an investigation of current and former Israeli officials over an air force bombing in Gaza in 2002 that killed 15 people.
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Officials say one member of Spain’s second-place junior female volleyball team has died and 12 others have been injured _ two seriously _ in a bus crash in...
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The Spanish Health Ministry says the country now has 20 confirmed cases of swine flu, making Spain the hardest-hit nation in Europe amid the swine flu outbreak.
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Top-seeded Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and No. 2 Alisa Kleybanova of Russia advanced to the semifinals of the Grand Prix SAR in straight sets Thursday.
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The senior citizens posed as tourists taking cruise holidays around South America to pick up packages of the drug to bring back to Spain, police said.
Two women in...
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We mentioned wheelchairs like the iBot that can conquer different terrains, or the MIT-designed robotic wheelchair that responds to voice commands, and we now come...
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Spain’s top investigative magistrate has opened an investigation into the Bush administration over alleged torture of terror suspects at the Guantanamo prison.
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Spain heralds in a new era in renewable energy by finally plugging in the World’s largest solar tower in Seville.
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Spain’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first case of swine flu and says another 17 people are suspected of having the disease.
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Spain’s Royal Palace says Princess Cristina and her family are moving to Washington, D.C., because her husband has accepted a job there with telecommunications...
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French police arrested the suspected leader of Basque separatist group ETA as part of cross-border raids, Spain’s Interior Ministry said Sunday. He was among nine...
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Three suspected members of the Basque separatist organization ETA have been arrested in southern France, including one considered to be the group’s military...
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Officials say that three suspected members of the Basque separatist organization ETA have been arrested in southern France, and an official of Spain’s Interior...
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Mexican cement giant Cemex SAB has sold its Canary Islands operations to Spain’s Cimpor Inversiones SA for $226.8 million (euro162 million).
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A pilot flying the relatives of victims from last week’s plane crash home to the Canary Islands switched runways so the mourners would not have to see the...
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A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of...
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A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from...
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A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid’s Barajas airport, killing...
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MADRID, Spain (AP) _ A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing...
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A Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the Madrid airport on Wednesday, killing at least 45 people,...
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Spain’s Interior Ministry says 45 people are dead after an airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway and caught fire during takeoff from the...
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MADRID, Spain (AP) _ An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway during takeoff from the Madrid airport Wednesday and caught fire, Spain’s...
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An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway during takeoff from the Madrid airport Wednesday and caught fire, Spain’s national airport...
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An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway while departing from Madrid airport Wednesday, Spain’s national airport authority said. Local...
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An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway while departing from Madrid airport Wednesday, Spain’s national airport authority said. Local...
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An airliner bound for the Canary Islands swerved off the runway while departing from Madrid airport Wednesday, Spain’s national airport authority said.
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A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday.The flimsy...
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