Saturday 4th July, 2009
Finding solutions - Spanish Town pastor asks for help to teach youth how to 'fish'
Jamaica GleanerPhoto by Robert Lalah Pastor Norman Lewin plays with children from the church's basic school. Lewin says the school is part of the church's outreach programme to the community.
Spanish police foil jailbreak using remote-controlled airship
Belfast TelegraphSpanish police foiled a plot to use a remote-controlled zeppelin airship to help a prisoner break out of jail, officials revealed yesterday. Investigators found a package sent from Italy...
Venezuela takes control of Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela, nation's third-largest bank
Star TribunePresident Hugo Chavez's government assumed control of Venezuela's third-largest bank on Friday — making the state the largest player in the nation's banking system. The...
Venezuela takes control of Spanish-owned Banco de Venezuela in nationalization
C NewsPresident Hugo Chavez's government has taken control of the country's third largest bank - Banco de Venezuela. The government agreed in May to pay Spain's Grupo Santander...
Venezuela assumes control of Spanish-owned bank
Sign on San DiegoVenezuela�s Finance Minister Ali Rodriguez Araque, left, shakes hands with former president of Venezuelan Bank Michel Goguikian during a ceremony to assume the control of Santander Bank in Caracas...
Spain's Nuncio Named to Bishops Congregation [2009-07-03]
ZenitZenit.org ).- Benedict XVI appointed Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, 71, currently serving as nuncio to Spain, as secretary of the Congregation for Bishops.A Vatican communiqué announced...
Police foil drug dealer's Zeppelin escape plan
Think SpainOfficers from the National Police force have foiled an Italian drug trafficker's plan to escape from prison in the Canary Islands using a remote-controlled Zeppelin airship. The inmate had a...
Wrong way driver kills man in oncoming car
Think SpainA 40-year-old man died today at the wheel of his car when it was hit by another car driving in the wrong direction down the M-50 in Madrid. According to police and emergency service reports, the...
Bolivian worker with severed arm claims compensation
Think SpainFranns Rilles Melgar, the Bolivian worker who lost his arm in an accident at an industrial bakery in Gandia at the end of May, today initiated a civil and criminal case against his former employers...
Gasol will play for Spain at Euro Championship
Sign on San DiegoAlicante, Spain Los Angeles Lakers center Pau Gasol will play for Spain in September in the European Basketball Championship. Gasol said Friday that it was an easy decision after winning...
Tourists Usually In Spain Stay Mainly Off The Planes
NPRWith more than 4 million Spaniards out of work, people line up outside a government employment center in Madrid on Spain has a 17.4 percent unemployment rate, the highest jobless rate in...
The enormous task awaiting Real Madrid coach Pellegrini
Daily MonitorFor the last four seasons in La Liga, Villarreal have been the glowing story in Spain. The modest team from a town of 40,000 people has consistently punched above its weight, competing well against...
Spanish tourists replacing foreigners in their own country
BreitbartThe economic crisis means that Spanish hotels will have more domestic than foreign tourists this summer for the first time in decades, an industry official predicted Friday. In the 1980s an estimated...
Fishing stories net spy chief
New Zealand HeraldSpain's intelligence chief resigned yesterday amid allegations he used Government money to go on hunting and fishing trips and had staff remodel his house.A replacement for National...
Rookie judge to take on Astapa corruption case in Estepona
Typically SpanishThe new judge is just out of judicial school The General Council for Judicial Power has assigned a judge fresh out of Judicial School to take on the Astapa case, investigating the corruption based in...
Police searching for shop owners after massive fraud in Baza, Granada
Typically SpanishIt's thought that more than 600,000 € has been defrauded from more than 50 clients Police are looking for the owners of an electrical appliance shop in Baza, Granada, who are thought to have...
Spanish agents force spy chief to quit
The GuardianSpain 's spy chief, Alberto Saiz, has been forced to resign after his own agents turned on him, employing the tricks of the trade to overthrow their boss at the country's National Intelligence Centre...
Karim Benzema leaves Lyons for Real Madrid
Times OnlineManchester United lost another player to Real Madrid yesterday when the Spanish club signed Karim Benzema from Lyons in a deal that takes their recent spending above £184 million. Real...
Spanish Government Selects Novavax's VLP Technology For Comprehensive Flu Vaccine Solution In Spain
Medical News TodayNovavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX) announced its initial agreement to license its proprietary, recombinant virus-like-particle vaccine technology to ROVI Pharmaceuticals (Madrid: ROVI) of Spain. ROVI...
Family of swine flu victim to sue Spanish hospitals
Earth TimesCeuta - The family of a young Moroccan woman who became the first H1N1 fatality on the European continent will sue two Madrid hospitals for negligence, representatives of her family said Friday in...
Malaya corruption case reaches court in March 2010
Typically SpanishThe corruption in Marbella Town Hall has resulted in the largest ever court proceedings of their type in Spain The Malaya case, investigating the widespread corruption based in Marbella Town Hall...
Spanish nuke plant to stay open
Euro NewsSpain says its oldest nuclear power station could stay open for another four years despite a pledge to close it in 2011. The 500 megawatt Garona nuclear plant near Burgos in the north of Spain...
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