Archives for October 2010
October 14th, 2010
Spanish is the third most-used language on the Internet, after English and Chinese, according to a report published here on Monday by Fundacion Telefonica, an institution created by Spain’s Grupo Telefonica. The document, entitled “Spanish on the Web,” is the result
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October 14th, 2010
Andalusia will present its tourist opportunities in one of the most famous shops of London and the whole world - Harrod's. Throughout October luxury departments in Harrod's will be equipped with plasma panels, which will broadcast advertising of tourist regions in Andalusia. Andalusia is known as
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October 14th, 2010
The last time the country of Spain had seen an indigenous case of malaria was 1961, until last month. A patient with no travel history from the Huesca province has been confirmed with an infection with the parasite, Plasmodium vivax. Spanish health authorities call this
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October 13th, 2010
A Spanish official says three Frenchmen died when a small plane they were flying in crashed into the side of a fog-shrouded mountain in the northern Navarra region. The official with the Navarra regional government says the plane that crashed Tuesday was one of 12 which had taken off from
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October 13th, 2010
David Villa became Spain’s all-time leading scorer Tuesday, again showing his worth to the world champions when he scored his 45th goal for the national team. The Barcelona striker took sole possession of the Spanish record he had jointly held with former Real Madrid great Raul Gonzalez with a 44th-minute penalty ...
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October 11th, 2010
Sixty per cent of Spanish people are in favour of legalising euthanasia, according to an official survey which also found that only one person in 10 actively opposed it. Support for legalised euthanasia has grown steadily over the years, cutting across political party lines and religious beliefs, with socialists and ...
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October 11th, 2010
Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo claimed his first world MotoGP crown yesterday after finishing third in the Malaysian Grand Prix while team-mate Valentino Rossi won the race with a brilliant performance. Italian Andrea Dovizioso on a Honda came second. Lorenzo set himself up to lift the crown
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October 9th, 2010
The Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) has predicted othat Spain's population will grow by 2.7 percent in the next 10 years. That growth is due partly to a predicted rise in life expectancy of up to 80.1 years for men and 86.1 years for women.
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October 8th, 2010
Spanish Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, called for a worldwide suspension on the death penalty yesterday. Zapatero was speaking at the International Commission against the Death Penalty,
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October 8th, 2010
Researchers from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) estimate that each pack of cigarettes really costs €107 for men and €75 for women, when premature death is taken into account. These figures confirm previous studies, and are of key importance in the cost-benefit analysis of smoking-prevention policies.
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