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Exploring Arab history in southern Spain
Granada :: Spain | 8 months ago
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Southern Spain is famous for its traditional Spanish flare, from Flamenco to tapas, but it also provides a unique opportunity for travelers to take a walk through history, tracing the footsteps of Arab influence in Andalusia. The Muslim Kingdom of
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Spanish swimmer Sebastian Rodriguez triumphs over dark past
Madrid :: Spain | 9 months ago
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Born in Cadiz in Andalucia, his life has been marked by violence and controversy, as well as incredible sporting success. In 1985, when he was 26, he was sentenced to 84 years in prison for taking part in several bombings in Spain and the murder of
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Spain committed to 6.3 pc deficit target in 2012
Madrid :: Spain | 9 months ago
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Spain is committed to meeting its EU-agreed deficit target of 6.3 per cent of its gross domestic product in 2012 despite bad data for the first seven months of the year, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said on Monday. The country's central
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Expect more farm protests in Spain | Dan Hancox
Madrid :: Spain | 9 months ago
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Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo at a march organised by the Andalusian Union of Workers to protest against austerity measures. Photograph: Guillem Valle/Corbis The struggle of unemployed Spanish farm labourers continues to grab global headlines. First
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Economic Crisis in Spain Reignites an Old Social Conflict
Hornachuelos :: Spain | 9 months ago
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Spain Outmaneuvering the police, hundreds of jobless farmworkers charged through a hole in a fence and turned the manicured gardens of a vacant estate here in Spain's agricultural heartland into a lively fairground of protest this week. Men more
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Economic Crisis in Spain Reignites an Old Social Conflict
Hornachuelos :: Spain | 9 months ago
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Spain Outmaneuvering the police, hundreds of jobless farmworkers charged through a hole in a fence and turned the manicured gardens of a vacant estate here in Spain's agricultural heartland into a lively fairground of protest this week. Men more
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Robin Hood mayor flouts law to fight austerity
Madrid :: Spain | 9 months ago
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A firebrand Spanish mayor who became a cult hero for staging robberies at supermarkets and giving stolen groceries to the poor will set off on a three-week march which could embarrass the government and energise anti-austerity campaigners. Juan
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'Robin Hood of Spain' runs food raids on supermarkets
Écija :: Spain | 10 months ago
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A left-wing mayor of a town in Andalusia has become a modern-day Robin Hood, organising raids on supermarkets to feed the poor of his community. Juan Manuel Sanchez Gordillo, 53, has, over the past week, led raids on supermarkets around Marinaleda,
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Matt Gatens: Spain has Seve, Sergioi¿½and now the former Hawkeye
Murcia :: Spain | 10 months ago
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Matt Gatens, celebrating a 33-point night against Wisconsin, headed to Spain Matt Gatens is headed to Spain, taking his jump shot and golf clubs with him...That's a two-hour drive to Valderrama Golf Club in Sotogrande, Spain, host to the 1997 Ryder
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Donana Biosphere Reserve to be extended
Cadiz :: Philippines | 10 months ago
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Ecologists want Felipe Gonzalez to resign from the park's board, as he has failed to turn up for the last three meetings. The Biosphere Reserve at Donana is to be extended in two places, one maritime and the other terrestrial...The Councillor for
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