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Russian crime gangs on the Costa del Sol are injecting kidnap victims with what they claim is an experimental KGB virus to terrify them into paying ransoms.
In the latest case, four Russians told their victim that he would die within 24 hours if he...
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Thousands of Britons who have sold properties in Spain stand to win millions of pounds in compensation after the European Court of Justice ruled that they had been...
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A Swiss adventurer went down in the Atlantic on Wednesday while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain with jet-powered wings strapped to his back. A rescue helicopter...
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A crucifix over the blackboard. An image of the Virgin Mary presiding over a classroom full of students. These pervasive Catholic symbols, still present in some Spanish...
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Between gay marriage, decriminalized abortion and all that pornography on TV, you’d think that the Spanish would be impossible to shock. After all, theirs is a...
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Extremadura’s socialist government has launched a €14,000 (£12,600) campaign aimed at teaching young people how best to set about “sexual...
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They found 4.3 kilos, or nearly 9.5 pounds, of cocaine packets strapped to her legs and torso, and also arrested a 44-year-old female companion, who tried to escape on...
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Peru’s Machu Picchu ancient ruins, Antoni Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona and a New Orleans elementary school are among the cultural heritage...
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As world leaders converge in Pittsburgh for a major economic summit this week, one of the biggest questions they face is this: How do you begin to replace the millions...
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At least eight people drowned when a small boat carrying dozens of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank off the coast of Morocco.
Eleven people survived the accident,...
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The Spanish newspaper Público reported exclusively on Saturday that Judge Baltasar Garzón is pressing ahead with a case against six senior Bush administration lawyers...
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The lengthy police operation, which, ironically, took its name from the famous sea battle in which Admiral Nelson’s fleet defeated a combined French and Spanish...
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The Chupa Chups lollipops, whose wrapper was designed by Salvador Dalí, were supposedly presents from South American in-laws. But one lick would give any child a...
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Spain’s Catholic Church has new advice for pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela: Don’t kiss the saint.
For centuries, pilgrims have visited one of Roman...
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Up two flights of stairs in a musty apartment in central Madrid is where an African man with a face as white as chalk has placed his hope for the future.
In early...
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When Eta took up arms 50 years ago in pursuit of an independent Basque homeland, Spain was an international pariah in the grip of Franco’s dictatorship, the...
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The boats used to arrive on Spain’s Canary Islands almost daily, rickety vessels crammed with Africans hoping for a better life in Europe, and willing to risk a...
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A car bomb exploded outside a Civil Guard barracks in the northern Spanish city of Burgos early on Wednesday, slightly injuring 46 people, an emergency services...
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Spanish nationalists have long simmered with resentment over British sovereignty on Gibraltar.
The southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula was conquered by Britain as a...
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A young woman living in Valencia has put her virginity up for auction to pay for care for her mother who is suffering from Alzheimer’s.
Evelyn Duenas, 28,...
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The 52-year-old contractor was desperate to save his business. Unable to pay his workers and facing bankruptcy, Ausencio C. G., as Spanish police identify him, went to...
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Has your dream of a holiday home in Spain turned into a nightmare? For many Britons who borrowed heavily during the years of cheap credit to buy on the costas or...
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