Archives for November 2010
November 17th, 2010
Doctors in Spain are looking for a suitable match from a dead donor to carry out the world's first leg transplant, the health ministry said Tuesday. The ministry's transplant commission last May authorised Valencia's Hospital de la Fe to carry out the procedure, which will involve both legs, a spokeswoman said.
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November 17th, 2010
Spain's flamenco world is stomping its heels with joy now that UNESCO has declared the quintessential Spanish genre of music and dance an art form the world should treasure. Performers of the booming style of song and guitar-strumming accompanied by rapid-fire clapping and heel-clicking called the honor long overdue. Flamenco
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November 16th, 2010
Portugal host world champions and neighbours Spain this evening in a friendly match aimed at promoting the countries' joint bid for the 2018 World Cup. The fixture is one of many being held in midweek as Europe's national sides, in particular, look to maintain form and tweak tactics for the current ...
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November 16th, 2010
Stephen Henry Pitman is the latest British criminal to be arrested in Spain after being caught in a bar in Mijas Costa, near Fuenigorla, on the Costa del Sol. He is accused of fourteen offences of conspiracy to supply Class A and B drugs, and could be imprisoned for life if ...
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November 15th, 2010
A planned summit between European and Middle Eastern leaders has been postponed for a second time because of the stalemate in negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, officials from Spain said today. The summit of the Union for the Mediterranean had tentatively been
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November 15th, 2010
The Spanish media has today blamed Fernando Alonso's near-miss in this season's Formula One world title fight on the tactics employed by Ferrari in the deciding showdown in Abu Dhabi, saying the team "offered" the title to Sebastian Vettel. "Ferrari muddled it,
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November 12th, 2010
Four drivers, including Spain's Fernando Alonso, have a shot at the 2010 Formula 1 world driving championship title as the season comes to a close in Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The event, at the new Yas Marina Circuit, is the only twi-night race on the F1 calendar, starting in late ...
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November 12th, 2010
Spain's biggest ever counterfeit cigarette network has been dismantled in an operation against that led to the seizure of 90 million fake cigarettes and the arrest of six men, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) said Friday. The investigation saw the OLAF working closely with Spanish Customs
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November 12th, 2010
Prices in Spain continued to rise slightly, according to October inflation figures published today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). Prices in Spain are now 2.3 percent higher than those of the same period in 2009 and are at their highest level since
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November 11th, 2010
The Kinect full motion sensor from Microsoft finally arrived in Spanish stores yesterday, after a great start in the U.S.A, where it has sold out on a wide scale. Thousands of units arrived in video game shops such as Game and GameStop, who both said that their stock was exhausted just ...
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