Archives for December 2010
December 16th, 2010
More than 200 national police officers took part in raids in the northern Spanish cities of Bilbao, Pamplona and Vitoria resulting in the arrests of six suspected leaders of the banned youth organisation SEGI. They also detained two lawyers from the same practice – one in Aranjuez, a town south of ...
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December 16th, 2010
Carlos Vielmann, a former Guatemalan interior minister wanted on charges of extrajudicial killings, turned himself in to authorities in Spain this morning, faced with charges of crimes against humanity and ordering the extrajudicial execution of 10 inmates. Carlos Vielmann was arrested in October on similar charges but
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December 16th, 2010
The Spanish parliament voted today to extend the state of alert until January 15 2011, thereby ensuring normal air traffic in the country during the busy Christmas holiday period. Lower house deputies voted 180 in favor, nine against and 131 abstentions to extend the decree, which was declared on December 4 ...
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December 15th, 2010
World Cup winners Spain will finish 2010 as the No. 1 team in the FIFA rankings, leading a European top three for the first time in 18 months. The Netherlands, which was beaten by Spain in July's World Cup final, is second, ahead of Germany. Brazil slipped to fourth following
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December 15th, 2010
A man armed with a rifle has killed four people in a rampage in Girona province, north-east Spain, police say. The gunman first walked into a bar in the town of Olot, 120km (70 miles) north of Barcelona, and shot two men - reportedly a father and son who were both ...
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December 14th, 2010
Market warnings about Spain’s finances must be heeded but the country’s economic fundamentals have not changed and it can emerge from the crisis to outgrow European peers, the head of the Bank of Spain said yesterday. “What we’ve learned is that to criticize the ignorance of the markets has little
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December 14th, 2010
One of Spain's leading flamenco singers, Enrique Morente, died Monday at a Madrid hospital where he had been in coma following an operation for an ulcer, his family said. He was 67. "After several days of a tough struggle against death, Enrique Morente, a unique performer and a wonderful person, has ...
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December 14th, 2010
Maria Dolores, 40, has short hair, an expressionless face, dark smudges under her eyes and a wry sense of humour no doubt left over from her recent troubles. She takes a black object from her handbag, a little bigger than a mobile phone but much heavier and without a keypad. ...
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December 13th, 2010
A brace from Lionel Messi helped Barcelona cruise to a comprehensive 5-0 victory against Real Sociedad to move two points clear in La Liga on Sunday. Barcelona produced another five-star performance at Camp Nou to move back to the top of the table following Real Madrid's win
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December 13th, 2010
Ryanair, Europe's largest low-cost carrier, said it would take legal action against Spanish unions over an air traffic control strike which forced the airline to cancel over 500 flights. The strike by Spanish air traffic controllers earlier this month prompted the government to declare a state of emergency and disrupted the ...
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