Archives for August 2010
August 24th, 2010
A wildfire was raging yesterday on the Spanish holiday island of Ibiza, where firemen turned the flames away from inhabited areas, local officials said. The blaze in Benirras on northern Ibiza forced the evacuation of some 1,000 sunbathers by sea or land over the weekend. About 60 people living in
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August 23rd, 2010
Two Spanish aid workers kidnapped almost nine months ago by an al Qaeda group have been set free, Spain's prime minister said today, ending a hostage drama that involved several nations. Roque Pascual and Albert Vilalta were kidnapped when their convoy of vehicles was attacked in Mauritania on November 29th while
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August 23rd, 2010
Lionel Messi scored a hat trick as Barcelona won a record ninth Supercup by beating Sevilla 4-0 in the second leg for a 5-3 aggregate on Saturday. After losing the first leg 3-1 in Seville, league champion Barcelona dominated from the start in its Camp Nou Stadium.
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August 20th, 2010
Spanish traffic chiefs have installed hi-tech traps to identify vehicles with foreign vehicles travelling over the speed limit and ensure the fine is paid before they return home. The new system of fixed cameras will send out instant alerts to the nearest police patrol car so they can track down those ...
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August 20th, 2010
Spanish champions Barcelona remain arguably the best footballing team on the planet and are once again favourites to win every competition in 2010-11, but they may well have to suffer a big disappointment at the start of the new season as they try to claw back a defeat against Sevilla ...
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August 19th, 2010
A bull jumped out of the arena at a bullring in northern Spain yesterday and charged into a crowd of terrified spectators, injuring around 30 people. Television images showed dramatic scenes of screaming spectators, including children, frantically trying to avoid the animal after it hurdled a security barrier that surrounds ...
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August 19th, 2010
Spain recently welcomed the birth of its first bison after a group of seven endangered European bisons were introduced recently in the north of the country north, local authorities have said. One of the five females in the group, which came from Poland, gave birth ten days ago but
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August 18th, 2010
Spain says it will spend an additional 500 million euros on public work projects stalled by its economic austerity plan but ruled out any increase in taxes. Finance Minister Elena Salgado said today that the extra money would not affect the government's 2011 reduced spending plans but would be offset ...
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August 18th, 2010
Spain has a pigeon problem, and some cities are recruiting private pigeon catchers to trap the rats-with-wings using special net catapult devices. The technique involves two people and a catapult-sprung net device. One person feeds the pigeons to make sure that they are gathered neatly into a small space, while the ...
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August 18th, 2010
A British holidaymaker has been given a six-month suspended jail sentence for abandoning her 11-year-old daughter on a crowded Spanish beach while she went to a bar. Alicia Bernadette Jenkins, 42, from Builth Wells, Powys, sat drinking in a bar for hours on Sunday afternoon while the 11-year-old girl
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