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“ETA has decided to declare a permanent and general cease- fire that can be verified by the...
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MADRID, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — Smoking in enclosed public areas in Spain is now illegal after an anti-smoking law became effective on Sunday.
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(CNN) — Spain is demanding that Morocco explain the death of an apparent Spanish citizen, according to a Spanish Foreign Ministry statement.
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Spanish unions have called a national strike Wednesday, the first in eight years, to challenge Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero’s austerity push and...
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Spain is seeking the extradition of a former Rwandan general on genocide charges but Rwanda said Wednesday it should have priority in prosecuting him.
Gen. Faustin...
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A Spanish man calmly drank beer with his mates in a bar with his murdered girlfriend’s head in a bag, press reports said.
After leaving the bar on Sunday, the...
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The men had been hiding out in the Valencia region in eastern Spain using fake identities. One had even altered his fingerprints to evade detection.
Police named them...
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Rafael Nadal tried to take a bite of the U.S. Open trophy Monday night after he had swallowed a chunk of tennis history.
In a 3 hour, 43-minute match that had been...
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A 49-year-old American woman who lived in the southern Spanish city of Seville was killed, cut up into pieces and thrown into a river, police said Wednesday.
A...
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ETA can hardly be accused of being a victim of fashion. Its spokespeople have been wearing exactly the same outfits for years – black jersey, gloves and beret, and a...
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Basque separatist fighters ETA declared a ceasefire in their flagging, decades-long campaign of bombing and shooting for a homeland independent of Spain.
ETA, blamed...
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Organized terrorism has been in existence for decades. The global terrorist organizations which have caused the most casualties in the past few centuries have been the...
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National Police said Tuesday an investigation that began in February has resulted in the arrests of 14 people involved in an organization dedicated to the sexual...
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Moroccan police have arrested 11 Spanish activists in Western Sahara who were demonstrating for independence for the disputed territory, the Spanish Foreign Ministry...
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Two Spanish aid workers held by al Qaeda’s North African wing returned to Barcelona after being freed on Monday, ending a kidnapping that lasted nearly nine...
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A bull leapt out of a bullfighting arena in northern Spain and rampaged through the crowd, injuring at least 30 people, local media reported.
A video shown on Spanish...
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The parliament of Catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting - the first region of mainland Spain to do so.
The vote took place as the result of a petition brought to...
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A Spanish man who underwent the world’s first full face transplant appeared before TV cameras Monday for the first time since his surgery, thanking his doctors...
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Spain’s government plans to ban the use of the Islamic burqa in public places under a proposed new law on religious freedom, the justice minister said...
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At least on the European continent, nobody par-tay like the Spaniards. The Spanish hold so many celebrations over so many events that sleep can be a problem. Festivals...
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The ‘oracle octopus’ confirmed his flawless accuracy after Spain won the title beating Holland 1-0. Paul had become a hero after accurately foretelling the...
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Two people were gored Thursday during a tense and dangerous second running of the bulls at Spain’s famed San Fermin fiesta, and at least five other people were...
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Spain’s foreign minister is in Havana and is expected to press the Cuban government to free jailed dissidents.
Miguel Angel Moratinos is scheduled to meet his...
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Spain’s government on Tuesday said it favors barring the use of burqas in government buildings, joining other European countries considering similar moves on the...
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Fashion retailer Zara has opened its first store in India.
Its Spanish owner, Inditex, has launched the outlet in Delhi as part of a joint venture with Indian...
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Prime Minister Abbas El Fassi said at the House of Representatives when he was presenting the results of the government action at the end of its mid-term mandate that...
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Julio Aparicio, one of Spain’s most famous matadors, was gored in the throat today during a bullfight. The horrific injury has left him in critical condition:
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Spanish unemployment has hit 20% in a country not long ago seen as the emerging economic powerhouse of Europe. But Spain has fallen greatly during the economic...
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One of Spain’s leading matadors was seriously injured in Mexico when a one ton bull gored him in the groin and hurled him into the air, his manager said...
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Surgeons in Barcelona’s Vall d’Hebron Hospital claim to have performed the world’s first full face transplant.
The unnamed patient has received an...
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Four soldiers died in the fiery crash of a Spanish military helicopter Friday in the rugged mountains of eastern Haiti, the United Nations said.
The soldiers were part...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez assured that Venezuela and Spain are still friends despite attempts by some sectors to cause friction between the countries.
Chavez...
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The Spanish judge who became an international hero by going after Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden was indicted Wednesday for having dared to investigate what is...
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