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Glow-in-Dark Roach Worlds Smallest Frog Among Top New Species
A cockroach that glows in the dark, a black fungus that's ruining prehistoric cave art and a frog smaller than a child's fingernail. These are three in a top-ten list of newly discovered species for 2012. An international committee of taxonomists announced their annual picks this week. Committee chairman Antonio Valdecasas, a Spanish biologist and research zoologist, says the committee ...
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Real Madrid sign Casemiro
Spanish football club Real Madrid has exercised its option of signing Sao Paulo loanee Casemiro on a permanent deal. The 21-year-old joined the Spanish giants on loan in January and made his Liga debut in a 3-1 victory over Real Betis at the Santiago Bernabeu April 19, reports Xinhua. A series of impressive performances for Real Madrid Castilla in Spain's second tier convinced club president ...
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European golf tour head apologises for using coloured term while referring to Woods-Garcia spat
The head of the European golf tour has offered an apology for using the word 'coloured' during a live television interview in which he was referring to the spat between World No.1 Tiger Woods and Spanish golfer Sergio Garcia. European Tour CEO George O'Grady had said that 'most of Sergio's friends are colored athletes in the United States', the New York Post reports. According to the report, ...
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Spains Princess Cristina faces tax fraud probe
King Juan Carlos , is to be investigated for possible tax fraud and other financial crimes in the latest twist in an embezzlement scandal plaguing the Spanish ...
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easyJet makes emergency diversion due to cracked window
AN easyJet airline travelling to Berlin from Barcelona had to make an emergency landing in Milan's Malpensa airport after finding a crack in a ...
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Terra Mitica directors face jail over massive fraud racket
FOUR members of the board of directors of Benidorm-based theme park Terra ...
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Alexis Sanchez set to stay at Barcelona
Adriano signs new deal Sanchez has not been a regular starter under Tito Vilanova this season, leading to speculation he may join Manchester City or Juventus in the summer. However, the Chile international insists he will remain at Camp Nou for the foreseeable future."The club has told me that they want me to stay and now I am more calm," Sanchez said. "Everyone has said they want ...
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Spanish princess investigated for fraud
Photo: Australian News Channel Pty Ltd Spain's Princess Cristina has been placed under investigation for tax fraud and money laundering.Judge Jose Castro said on Friday he had requested information from tax authorities after a higher court overturned his decision to name the daughter of King Juan Carlos a suspect in a corruption case involving her husband, Inaki Urdangarin.There was no ...
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90-75 Real Madrid go 1-0 up against Blusens
Real Madrid maintained their status as favorites and won in the Palacio de los Deportes against Blusens Monbus in the first game of the quarter-final series. The group coached by Pablo Laso built their win on the second quarter in which they had a 28-10 run, showing once again the strength in depth of the squad that was led by Sergio Rodriguez (15 points and five assists), and with Mirotic, ...
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Spain Papers Review - Friday May 24 2013
Publish your add for free Please note that only Spain-related classifieds will be accepted The Classifieds are ordered by ...
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Small plane crash kills 3 on Spanish island pilot badly injured
MADRID - Spanish officials say the pilot of a small plane carrying three passengers is the only person to survive a crash on the island of Mallorca. The Cessna 172 single-engine plane took off from the island's Son Bonet de Marratxi airfield just after 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) Friday, failed to gain altitude and crashed into a nearby field, a regional Interior Ministry spokesman said. Two men ...
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Spanish kings daughter faces tax probe
for his father on May 12, 2012. A Spanish judge Friday ordered an investigation into the tax affairs of Princess Cristina, adding to the woes of the scandal-hit royal ...
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Marblehead Spanish students score well on national exam
Several world language students from Marblehead Veterans Middle School attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2013 National Spanish Examinations. Students earned a total of four gold, six silver and 14 bronze medals along with 37 honorable mentions. Two students who achieved honorable mention competed in the bilingual category. ';Attaining a medal or ...
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Spain criticized for police violence forced evictions
Amnesty International criticized the country in two areas linked to its economic meltdown. They were "aggressiveness" by police confronting protest marches and forced evictions of people who have defaulted on mortgages or are living in squatter camps, ThinkSpain reported Thursday. The report cited two cases where police violence appears to have caused death or serious injury. Angela ...
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Maria Jose most popular names in Spain
Spain's National Statistics Institute said Maria and Jose are the most common names in the country. The institute said about 7 million women in Spain are named Maria and about 2.89 million men are named Jose, ThinkSpain reported Friday. Other popular names for girls are Ana, Isabel and Dolores, while the most popular boys' names after Jose are Antonio, Juan and ...
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Bar Isabel A Spanish gem that will make you cut a rug
Bar Isabel offers a whole octopus for group dining or a single tentacle with new potatoes, stewed peppers and chorizo. (Fernando Morales/The Globe and ...
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Barcelonas Primavera Sound Festival Streaming
Good news for everyone not at the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona this weekend: several of the most anticipated performances will be broadcast ...
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San Mames The cathedral of Spanish football
"Bilbao without San Mames would be like Paris without the Eiffel Tower," said former France and Athletic Bilbao midfielder Luis Fernandez recently, contemplating the last days of the stadium where he once played and ...
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Cudeca Annual Sunflower Campaign 2013
For more than two decades, Cudeca has provided care to more than 8.000 patients via the following personalised care programmes: Home Care visits, In-Patient Unit, Day Care Centre, Physiotherapy, Counselling and Psycho-Social Programme. All the care provided by the Hospice ...
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Madrids Catholic Church wants more exorcist priests
MADRID – The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil. An archdiocese spokeswoman said Friday that Madrid only has one exorcist priest and that it is considering a plan to train more. She spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with archdiocese policy. "The devil exists. That's a fact," she told The ...
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Teacher Fired For Using Word ‘Negro’ During Spanish Class
A junior-high school Spanish teacher was reportedly fired last year for using the word ';negro'; during class. The teacher, 65-year-old Petrona Smith, has filed a lawsuit against the school saying that she didn’t use the word ';negro'; in a racial context and that the entire incident was purely a ...
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Spain to Grant Residency to Buyers of High-End Homes
Spain's government approved a plan to grant residency permits to foreigners who buy high-end homes, a step meant to breathe life into the country's moribund housing market.The measure, one of several announced Friday to encourage entrepreneurship, will award residency cards to those who spend at least EUR500,000 ($646,700) for real estate or invest at least EUR2 million in Spanish ...
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Spains Bankia sells City to Chiles BCI for $883 million
MADRID | Fri May 24, 2013 1:43pm EDT MADRID May 24 (Reuters) - Spanish nationalised lender Bankia sold City National Bank of Florida to BCI of Chile on Friday for $883 million, the bank said in a statement. Bankia expects to book 180 million euros ($233 million) in net capital gains from the sale, it said. ($1 = 0.7734 euros) (Reporting By Sonya Dowsett; Editing by Rodrigo de ...
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Spains Catholic Church says it needs more exorcists
MADRID (AP) — The Catholic archdiocese in Madrid says it needs more exorcists to help some of its faithful cope with the devil.An archdiocese spokeswoman said Friday that Madrid only has one exorcist priest and that it is considering a plan to train more. She spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with archdiocese policy."The devil exists. That's a fact," she told The ...
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CEVA Logistics to Provide Services for BIC in Spain
has signed a new contract with BIC, a manufacturer of stationary products, lighters and shavers.Under the contract, which commenced in September 2012, CEVA provides BIC with logistics solutions for the Iberian market, including the handling and storage of BIC's products in Spain and Portugal at CEVA's hub in Ontigola, Spain. CEVA will focus on improving BIC's warehousing ...
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Spain drags its feet on cloud computing
Cloud computing, a new computing model seen by many as a major advancement in information technology, has been catching on in many developed parts of the world due to the significant benefits the new system offers, but in Spain, where experts say it may be most useful, it has failed to find a home.
Spain is traditionally known as a country that does not like to take risks and likes to maintain the status quo, for this reason other new technologies such as 3-D televisions and the like have not caught on either. But, whereas 3-D TV is a service that is marketed as enhancing one’s viewing pleasure and therefore costs more, cloud computing is a new service that offers real-world savings financially. Read more
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