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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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Spanish Fork baseball finishes third in state tournament
OREM -- The Spanish Fork baseball team ended another great run through the state tournament Saturday afternoon as they lost to Snow Canyon 5-2 in the consolation final at UVU's Brent Brown Ballpark to take third place in Class 3A.The teams each scored all of their runs in a single inning, but the Warriors just got more than the Dons were able to do. Each squad stranded eight runners in the ...
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Atletico de Madrid beat Real Madrid to win the Kings Cup
40,000 Atleti supporters crammed into the centre of Madrid on Saturday night after beating Real Madrid in the King's Cup 2-1. The team toured the centre of the city in an open top bus. It's the tenth time that Atleti have done so, and it means that they will open the next season against Barcelona in the Supercup. The Atleti player Simone told the fans that they had the strength ...
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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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