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Football PSG block Ancelottis Madrid switch
PARIS: Carlo Ancelotti, who wants to quit Paris Saint-Germain and succeed Jose Mourinho at Real Madrid, found his escape route blocked by the French champions' Qatari owners on Sunday. Ancelotti has been tipped t ...
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Many of Spains Sephardic Jews Still Waiting for Citizenship
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Rafa Nadal beats an out of form Federer 6-1 6-3 in the final of the Masters 1000 in Rome
The Swiss committed many unforced errors and was generally out of the match.At 6-1 and 3-0 Federer saw the game lost; Nadal had won 9 games on the ...
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13 injured in a 50 car smash in Segovia
Two collisions between 50 vehicles have left 13 injured in Honrubia de la Cuesta, Segovia. The A1 was closed after the collision 140 km from Madrid. Heavy hail in the area was thought to be responsible for the two simultaneous crashes which took place at 7pm last night. A man in his 50's was seriously injured and he was evacuated by helicopter to Burgos University Hospital. Another ...
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Burnside aid Campbelltown councils turn to Paris London and Barcelona for Magill makeover inspiration
PARIS, London and Barcelona are being put up as inspiration for a project to revitalise Magill. Burnside and Campbelltown councils are working on a joint project to make Magill an artistic and cultural hub and thriving shopping destination. The project is the pilot for the Federal Government's Liveable Cities program. The councils engaged consultants Complete Urban to create a vision for the ...
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Pedro helps Barcelona towards matching La Liga points record
Valladolid , that was the prelude to a title party at the Camp Nou on Sunday.Tito Vilanova's side wrapped up their fourth league crown in five years last weekend, but still have the chance to equal the mark set by Jos Mourinho's victorious side last season.A 21st-minute strike from Pedro and an own-goal from Valladolid's Marc Valiente before half-time sealed a drab victory in ...
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La Liga Barcelona 2 Real Valladolid 1
Barcelona were missing Lionel Messi, who aggravated a hamstring injury in the victory at Atletico Madrid last weekend and is expected to miss the remainder of the ...
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British toddler has lucky escape in Tenerife Swimming Pool
A four year old British boy is recovering after nearly drowning in a hotel swimming pool in a complex of apartments in Playa de Las Americas, in Arona, Tenerife. A medical team from the SUC Canary Emergency Service was on the scene and attended to the boy, who had expulsed a grand part of the water he had swallowed. He was taken to the Hospitn Sur, where he was admitted in an improving ...
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British woman celebrates her 100th birthday on Mallorca
She showed local journalists the letter she had received from the Queen at her home in Port de Pollena in Mallorca yesterday. Ethel is still an active woman. She goes three times a week to the adult school in her town where she has been leaning Spanish for the past 16 years. Yesterday her classmates and the municipal authorities gave her a surprise party and she said she was very ...
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Spain Refuses Treasure Discovered in America
Cultural Heritage Newswire - In this time of economic uncertainty it was shocking to learn today that the Government of Spain has decided not to accept the priceless treasure discovered in Florida. Based on the large crowds coming to see the treasure currently on display at the Appleton Museum of Art it appears to be a poorly thought out financial decision. The Museo del Prado or del ...
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Barcelona toasts title with win over Valladolid
BARCELONA, Spain -- Newly crowned Spanish champion Barcelona celebrated the league title in front of its home fans by easing to a 2-1 win over Valladolid on Sunday.While rain and dropping temperatures dampened the party, Barcelona had little trouble keeping alive its bid to equal Real Madrid's 2012 record haul of 100 points even without the injured Lionel Messi.With Messi out after ...
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Spanish Fork softball comes up just short gets second in 3A playoffs
Playing six softball games in 36 hours is a lot for even resilient high school athletes.The Spanish Fork softball team had to win all six of them to win the 3A state championship in St. George -- but came up one short.The Dons continued their impressive run with a 4-3 win over Bear River Saturday morning, then handed Stansbury its first loss of the tournament with a 9-3 victory.In the deciding ...
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Spain Valencia navigates into fourth
Ballesteros/EPA BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -- Valencia won 1-0 at Getafe thanks to Jeremy Mathieu's goal to provisionally move into fourth place and Spain's last Champions League spot on Saturday. Real Sociedad can reclaim its hold on fourth place with a win at Sevilla later, after Osasuna plays Granada. Mathieu scored with a deft volley from a pass from Ever Banega ...
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The prosecution has reopened the Valencia Metro accident case
It seems that the Valencia administration has hid information for years, to avoid any responsibility being put on them for the largest accident suffered by a train in Spain. 43 people were killed and 47 injured on July 3 ...
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100-67 Madrid close a great domestic season
The outfit managed by Pablo Laso put the cherry on the cake of a magnificent domestic season in front of their fans with their 30th win in the championship. Real Madrid, with the quartet of Llull, Carroll, Rudy and Hettsheimeir all getting into double figures in terms of points, outclassed Lagun Aro who were only able to keep pace with their opponents in the first quarter. Real Madrid have ...
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King Juan Carlos of Spain a man of sacrifice
Such as last April, when the king - then the honorary president of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in Spain - was caught jetting off to Botswana for a secret elephant-hunting safari at an estimated cost of 8,000 a ...
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Dutch volleyball star missing in Murcia
The 36-year-old Dutch woman, and Lodewijk Severin, 57, were due to attend an appointment at a private hospital in the Murcia area on Tuesday in relation to their desire to become parents, but did not turn up and did not return to their hotel in a beach resort in the region the night ...
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Moto GP Spectacular win for Pedrosa in rainy Le Mans bad day for Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi
SPAIN'S Dani Pedrosa roared to victory in the Moto GP in Le Mans today during a rain-soaked race, and was joined on the podium by the UK's Cal Crutchlow and Pedrosa's team mate Marc ...
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Rafael Nadal dispatches Roger Federer for 7th Italian Masters title
Roger Federer in straight sets in the Rome final. Nadal reeled off nine straight games against the second-seeded Swiss superstar to seize control, and then closed out the dominating match with a love service game to notch is sixth title of 2013. Nadal improved to 41-2 all-time on the clay courts of Foro Italico while appearing in his eighth consecutive final since returning from a knee injury ...
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Spain jobless restaurant customers work rather than pay the bill
09/11/2012 16:41 CET People who cannot afford to eat out are being offered an alternative menu by a Spanish restaurant: do an hour’s work rather than pay the bill. In a move echoing similar initiatives elsewhere during the recession, the Troboda in Catalonia caters partly for the long-term unemployed who live below the poverty line. In return for a free meal they give up some time ...
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Real Madrid will face Blusens Monbus in the first round of the la Liga play-offs
Real Madrid’s first opponent in the play-off for the Liga Endesa title will be Blusens Monbus, who finished the regular season in eighth place with 18 wins and 16 defeats. The Whites will face the Galician team from 23 or 24 May in the quarter finals in a round decided over the three matches and where they will have home advantage. If classification is ensured, Laso’s team will face ...
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Spanish Egg and Cheese Ole
The Torrada de Jamon y Huevo offers diners a Spanish twist on a classicAmerican breakfast dish: the bacon, egg and cheese sandwich. Our versionis made with a mixture of mahon and tetilla cheese that is melted ontoasted brioche bread and topped with piperrade, fried egg, and severalslices of Serrano ham. It makes for the perfect, satisfying breakfastsandwich with an upgraded and Spanish ...
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Spains Vinales wins French Moto3 Grand Prix
LE MANS, France (AFP) - Maverick Vinales led home a Spanish 1-2-3 in the French Moto3 Grand Prix at Le Mans on Sunday.The KTM rider beat his compatriots and teammates Alex Rins and Luis Salom to follow up his win in the Spanish GP and consolidate his place at the head of the Moto3 world championship ...
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Spain court charges 22 policemen
A court in Spain has formally charged 22 Spanish riot police officers with causing serious harm to a man when they fired rubber bullets at protesters in Barcelona. Judge Josep Majo, who is leading the investigation, has filed charges of grievous bodily harm against the officers, who are accused of injuring the man during a general strike on March 29, 2012. Judicial sources say the protester was ...
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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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