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Fears grow for volleyball player missing in Spain
Fears are growing for the safety of Dutch international volleyball player Ingrid Visser and her partner who have been missing in Spain for two weeks. The couple disappeared in Murcia and police have found no trace of them since they checked into their hotel two weeks ago. Their black rental car has also vanished and their luggage remains at the hotel. Her family alerted the police after the ...
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Illegal immigrants die trying to reach Spain
Rabat - At least five illegal migrants drowned off the coast of northern Morocco as they were attempting to reach Spain, the Moroccan authorities said late on ...
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Ilham Aliyev meets Spanish defence minister
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has today received the delegation led by Defence Minister of the Kingdom of Spain Pedro Morenes Alvaro de Eulate, 1news.az reports quoting the official website of the president. Noting high-level political ties between Azerbaijan and the Kingdom of Spain, President Ilham Aliyev noted that there is great potential to boost cooperation in economy, mutual ...
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Spanish opera protests austerity
MADRID , Spain -- David Alegre should have been a nervous wreck. Less than a week before the premiere of the opera he wrote and directed, one of his lead singers hadn't turned up for rehearsal. The energetic, wiry man of 36 nevertheless remained calm and good-humored. That's because everyone involved in the production, from the lead soprano to those building the scenery, were ...
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Lionel Messi Barcelona cant win everything - video
Lionel Messi looks back at a difficult year for Barcelona, albeit one in which the Catalan side won La Liga. Messi says the club cannot win every tournament they play in and describes Bayern Munich as a better team 'physically' after they beat Barcelona 7-0 on aggregate in the Champions League ...
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Spain sells short-term debt at higher costs
LONDON (ShareCast) - Spain managed to sell more short-term sovereign debt that it had originally predicted today but with mixed results on both demand and financing costs. The Spanish Treasury sold a total of EUR3.51bn in debt, above the EUR2.5bn-EUR3.5bn range announced on Monday. It issued EUR892m in three-month bills but the average yield moved up to 0.331% from the prior 0.120%. However, ...
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Spain jeers departing Mourinhos record
Spain's press bid a caustic farewell Tuesday to self-anointed Special One Jose Mourinho, jeering his divisive three-tear reign at Real Madrid and his failure to win more silverware. "The Special End" ran the front page headline of top-selling sports paper Marca, superimposed on a photograph of a football shirt being held up by Mourinho and club president Florentino Perez. ...
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Barcelona celebrate Jose Mourinho quitting Real Madrid
Barcelona vice-president Carles Vilarrubi has welcomed the news Jose Mourinho is leaving Real Madrid, describing the Portuguese as a 'scourge' on Spanish ...
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Spanish media savour Mourinho’s exit
Fellow Catalan daily Sport ran a front-page photograph showing Mourinho from the back as he departed through a door marked ';Exit';. The paper quoted Carles Vallarubi, vice president of Barcelona as saying: ';Mou was a scar on Spanish ...
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Dortmunds Hummels dismisses Barcelona talk
Mats Hummels has looked to end speculation about his future by telling kicker he has not been in contact with Barcelona and intends to remain at Borussia ...
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Spain Meets Maximum Target at Bill Auction as Yields Increase
Spain met its upper goal at a sale of bills today as borrowing costs rose ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders. The Madrid-based Treasury sold 3.51 billion euros ($4.52 billion) of bills, compared with an upper target of 3.5 billion euros. It sold three-month bills at an average 0.331 percent today, compared with 0.12 percent on April 23. It sold nine-month debt at 0.789 percent, ...
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Import of Spanish poultry products banned
(27 mins ago) Poultry and products, including eggs, from Catalonia has been banned after a notification from the World Organization of Animal Health about an outbreak of low-pathogenic H7N1 avian influenza on a poultry farm in the Spanish province, the Center for Food Safety announced today. About 4,600 tonnes of frozen poultry meat was imported into Hong Kong from Spain last year, the center ...
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Spain gives Mourinho backhanded compliments
(1 hr 6 mins ago) Spain's press bid a caustic farewell Tuesday to self-anointed Special One Jose Mourinho, jeering his divisive three-tear reign at Real Madrid and his failure to win more silverware. "The Special End'' ran the front page headline of top-selling sports paper Marca, superimposed on a photograph of a football shirt being held up by Mourinho and club president ...
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Telefonica Vodafone hit by defections in Spain
Vodafone the biggest losers. In the first three months of the year more than 1.8 million consumers moved to another mobile company, data from telecoms regulator CMT showed on ...
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Research and Markets Spain Storage Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020
"Spain Storage Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Spain oil and gas storage industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the oil storage sector. It provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and restraints of ...
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Japans Crown Prince to Visit Spain to Mark Bilateral Ties
Tokyo, May 21 (BNA) - Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito will make an official visit to Spain next month, to mark the 400th anniversary of bilateral ties between the two nations, Japan's (NHK World) reported. A Japanese mission was sent to Spain in 1613 from what is now Sendai City, by powerful feudal war lord Date Masamune. Various commemorative events are scheduled in both countries ...
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Spain’s Popular Party faces wave of strikes and demonstrations
, who insist on a no-politics perspective. Nevertheless, a social explosion is brewing in Spain. There have been at least 27 demonstrations since the beginning of 2013, according to data compiled ...
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Barcelona fullback Alves welcomes PSG Monaco interest
Barcelona fullback Dani Alves has again talked up the prospect of moving to France.Alves is being linked with PSG and AS Monaco.He admitted: "Paris is a young and very ambitious club, with great desire to make a name for itself in the football world."I would never close the door to PSG or any other club. They sign big players to achieve something great. They just miss some steadiness ...
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Muniesa unsure of Barcelona plans for him
Barcelona defender Marc Muniesa is unsure of his future at the Nou Camp.Muniesa has been linked with a loan move to Ajax next season."The truth is that I know nothing. I would continue, I've always said this. But here they have not said anything. I am waiting. If not here, I will go somewhere else. But my future is uncertain," conceded Muniesa."I'm calm, I know if ...
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Former British flagship leaves Portsmouth for Turkish scrap yard
The Ark Royal, the aircraft carrier that was for many years the flagship of the British navy, left Portsmouth for the last time Monday for a Turkish scrap yard. Former members of the vessel's crew, some wearing black armbands, joined a crowd of onlookers who watched as the Ark Royal was towed out of the harbor, the Daily Mirror reported. Towing the ship to Turkey saves money on fuel. The ...
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Report Prigioni could leave NBA return to Spain
Knicks point guard Pablo Prigioni could leave the team and return to Spain. (Ron Hoskins/Getty Images) New York Knicks point guard Pablo Prigioni could leave the team this offseason and return to Spain, ...
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Pique Barcelona wants 100-point milestone
Barcelona still has plenty to play for in the final two weeks of the season and is hoping that the team can break the 100-point barrier for the first time.Wins in the final two games at Espanyol and home to Malaga would take the Catalunya club into triple figures, above its current record of 99 points."We're attracted by [the 100-point challenge] because in every match we have to go ...
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NATO commanders denounced in Spain for committing war crimes
A human rights association in Spain has denounced five NATO commanders of the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan for committing war crimes in the war-torn ...
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Miami’s City National Bank is a focus of a former Spanish banker’s problems in Spain
City National Bank of Florida’s net income: 2007: $68.4 million 2008: $42.5 million 2009: ($9.0 million) 2010: ($436.5 million) 2011: $34.4 million 2012: $190.2 ...
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Barcelonas Muniesa faces uncertain future
. "I would like to stay, I have always said that."But here they haven't told me anything. I live in hope. If I am not here, I'll play somewhere else, but my future is uncertain."It's the people upstairs who will decide, the coaching staff and the board. I always say that I want to play here, it's been my dream since I was a little boy. And I'll do ...
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Barcelona on the frontline in the cancer fight
Cancer has become the leading killer of the elderly in Europe; it is an awful, painful disease that has become something akin to a pandemic. Progress has been made in its diagnosis, and further progress is being made in its treatment, and Barcelona, by hosting the European Breast Cancer Conference, is playing a major part in the sharing of ideas and knowledge to facilitate improvements and new breakthroughs.
The city of Barcelona will play a significant role in the prevention and promotion of awareness of breast cancer when it hosts the annual European Breast Cancer Conference this year. Breast cancer is among the leading killers of women around the world, and although mortality has begun to drop worldwide, and especially in Europe, there is still much progress that can be made. Read more
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