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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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Gibraltar becomes UEFA member despite Spanish objections
Frank Kugler won four Olympics medals in freestyle wrestling, weightlifting and tug of war at St Louis in 1904, making him the only competitor to win a medal in three different sports at the same Games. He claimed a silver medal in the heavyweight category in wrestling, bronze in the two hand lift and all-around dumbbell events in weightlifting and another bronze in the tug of war competition as ...
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Spains Princess Cristina to be investigated for tax fraud
Princess Cristina, the youngest daughter of Spain's 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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Black Spanish teacher claims she was fired for using the word ‘negro’ in class
Spanish teacher has filed a lawsuit alleging that she was fired from P.S. 211 in the Bronx in March 2012 because of a misunderstanding over the word ';negro.'; The non-tenured teacher, ...
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Research and Markets Spain Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers Challenges Infrastructure Supply ...
"Spain Refinery Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. Spain oil refining industry research work is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the Spain refining sector. It provides all the key trends and analyzes the drivers and restraints of investing and operating ...
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RPT-Fitch upgrades Banestos mortgage covered bond rating affirms Santander CH ratings
Fri May 24, 2013 9:27am EDT (Repeat for additional subscribers) May 24 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has upgraded Banco Espanol de Credito's (Banesto) mortgage covered bonds (Cedulas Hipotecarias or CH) to 'A'/Outlook Negative, removed them from Rating Watch Positive (RWP) and transferred the ratings to Banco Santander SA ...
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The great European Cup teams Barcelona 2009-2011 | Sid Lowe
Lionel Messi, left, and Andrs Iniesta wear their European Cup winner's medals after Barcelona beat Manchester United in 2011. Photograph: Tom Jenkins for the ...
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Travel Postcard 48 hours in Madrid
Madrid is a better-kept secret from the EasyJet crowds is something to celebrate as the city has steered clear of tourist tat and the British pubs of the sun-soaked coasts to hold onto its unique charms that once ...
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Leo Messi has been called up by Argentina despite his injury
Leo Messi has been called up to play for Argentina despite his current injury. Argentina will be playing in the South American elimination games for the World Cup to be held in Brazil in 2014. The games start in June and Messi has been called up although he is suffering from an elongation in the femoral biceps of his right ...
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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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