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Monday, November 10, 2008
Prudence pays in Spain, Italy
World |
November 10, 2008
Months before the global financial meltdown this fall, the talk in the boisterous cafes of Rome and Madrid had turned from sports and politics to economic woes. Read more
Friday, September 19, 2008
McCain on Spain: It’s mainly tough to explain
National |
September 19, 2008
Some Spaniards are wondering whether John McCain has turned cool toward their prime minister – or maybe can’t remember him – after confusing comments by the Republican presidential candidate. Read more
Sunday, August 17, 2008
U.S. basketball team appears trustworthy
Sports |
August 17, 2008
Beijing
Late in the third quarter of yet another romp for the U.S. men’s Olympic basketball team, the crowd at the Wukesong Arena was treated to a rendition of “The Twist,” sung by someone who sounded a lot like Chubby Checker. Read more
Saturday, August 16, 2008
Kobe, Pau suit up differently for this one
Sports |
August 16, 2008
BEIJING – This is a long way to come for a Lakers intra-squad game. Read more
Monday, April 14, 2008
Spain’s cocaine problem
World |
April 14, 2008
Around dawn on a Sunday, packs of young people are huddled at stoplights, or ambling down Paseo del Prado. Read more
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Pre-humans in Europe earlier
Science |
March 27, 2008
A fossil jawbone, rudimentary tools and animal skeletons from a cave in Spain extend the earliest occupation of Europe by human ancestors back to as much as 1.3 million years ago, half a million years earlier than previously believed, researchers reported Wednesday. Read more
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Weary of bickering, worried over economy, Spain to vote
World |
March 8, 2008
When they voted in national elections four years ago, Spaniards were both traumatized and energized. Read more
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Catholic Church wades into political fray in Spain
World |
March 5, 2008
Spain’s most prominent Roman Catholic priests have stepped into the center of a bare-knuckle election campaign here, igniting a firestorm by seeming to tell voters how to cast their ballots. Read more
Thursday, February 14, 2008
In Spain, a crackdown on Basque separatists
World |
February 14, 2008
Amid a bitterly divisive campaign for next month’s national elections, the Spanish government is cracking down on Basque separatists and their potential ballot-box voice with a string of arrests and the banishing of political parties. Read more
Monday, February 11, 2008
Barcelona terrorism case highlights new challenge
World |
February 11, 2008
The alert came from an informant who warned of impending suicide attacks on the Barcelona subway. Read more
Thursday, February 7, 2008
Spain indicts 40 Rwandan officers
World |
February 7, 2008
A Spanish judge Wednesday indicted 40 Rwandan army officers on charges of mass murder and crimes against humanity in the aftermath of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, asserting a concept of justice championed by his nation known as “universal jurisdiction.” Read more
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Spanish judge’s wife is fired
World |
January 17, 2008
A court employee married to the main judge in the Madrid bombings trial was fired Wednesday for writing a book that divulged confidential information about the case. Read more
Friday, January 11, 2008
Shipwreck finders must open records to Spain
National |
January 11, 2008
The Spanish government will receive detailed information about a shipwreck site where a Florida company found $500 million worth of coins and artifacts last year, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Read more
Monday, December 24, 2007
From behind bars, waging a verbal jihad
World |
December 24, 2007
Staring at their accusers from a glass courtroom cell, the 30
defendants look more like thugs, laborers or fundamentalists than writers. Read more
Thursday, December 20, 2007
47 linked to ETA sentenced
World |
December 20, 2007
Spain’s National Court convicted 47 people Wednesday of being
linked to the armed Basque separatist group ETA via a network of
ostensibly legitimate social and political organizations, and
sentenced them to prison terms ranging from two to 24 years. Read more
Sunday, December 2, 2007
ETA blamed in attack on Spanish police in France
World |
December 2, 2007
Suspected ETA gunmen shot and killed a Spanish policeman and
seriously wounded another in France on Saturday, the first killing by
the Basque separatist group in almost a year. Read more
Thursday, November 22, 2007
World in Brief / SPAIN - Woman slain after televised snub
World |
November 22, 2007
A Spaniard who defied a restraining order and went on a television
show to beg his estranged girlfriend to marry him was jailed on
suspicion of stabbing her to death after she snubbed him, officials said. Read more
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Monarch’s words with Chavez start a battle royal
World |
November 17, 2007
Someone finally told Hugo Chavez to shut up, and the
Spanish-speaking world can hardly stop talking about it. Read more
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
World in Brief / SPAIN - Guantanamo flights detailed
World |
November 13, 2007
Nearly 50 flights to or from the U.S. military prison for
terrorism suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, passed through Spain’s
air space or landed in the country from 2002 until as recently as
February, a report said. Read more
Monday, November 12, 2007
Water management 2.0
Business |
November 12, 2007
For decades, Alberto Martorell and his family have been irrigating
their rolling groves of orange and persimmon trees in this sweltering
corner of eastern Spain by the traditional method – swamping them
under a flood of water from the local canal. Read more
