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That's the message from participants at the Personal Democracy Forum in Barcelona. Andrew Rasiej, the conference founder, says tools such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube let people organize "to have an impact on the political process and to petition governments...

The gang is said to be linked to organised crime in Marseilles Eleven suspects have been arrested after a lengthy investigation by police in Spain and France which has dismantled an international drugs organisation linked to organised crime in Marseilles....

The first commercial space hotel is expected to open in 2012, according to a plan of the Galactic Suite Space Resort company. If the hotel opens, the Barcelona, Spain-based architects of Galactic Suite say it will cost about 4.4 million...

FC Barcelona will certainly offer 22 million pounds to Manchester City to recruit players from Brazil, Robinho to Spain. However, the Manchester City winger says he's not sold, at least for this season. Robinho arrived at the City from Real...

Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher, reporting from Barcelona, said: "The polar ice caps are receding, Africa is likely to face more droughts, other places will face floods, coastal states are looking at rising sea levels. "With a legally binding agreement at...

Is the iPhone set to become the most popular games console around? 7.4 million of the devices were sold worldwide in the last three months alone (helping to boost Apple’s profits to £1bn – up 46 per cent on last...

Four time Grammy Award winning classical pianist Alicia de Larroche died Friday in Barcelona at the age of 86. De Larroche was known for her performances of Spansih coposers. Although only four feet seven inches de Larrocha was a powerhouse...

The informant's information on the planned suicide bombings to police led to the arrest of 11 suspects The protected witness giving evidence in the trial of 11 suspected Islamic militants, whose information to police led to their arrest in January...

The sun goes down behind Poolbeg generating station in Dublin Fresh off flights to Barcelona from their various capitals, a group of weary public servants yesterday lugged their bulging briefcases into yet another air-conditioned conference centre for one more round...

Developing countries said on Wednesday they risked "total destruction" unless the rich stepped up the fight against climate change to a level that even the United Nations says is out of reach. Keeping up pressure at U.N. climate talks in...