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Carlinhos Brown to perform for free in Madrid
Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown will perform for free tomorrow at the 'Ol Brasil' festival in Madrid as a way of doing his "bit to help the Spaniards in crisis". "People...
(Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:22:59 +0200)

Madrid celebrates Fashion's Night Out
More than 200 shops in Madrid's top fashion districts - the Salamanca district, Las Salesas and Fuencarral - will stay open until midnight tonight as part of 'Fashion's...
(Fri, 10 Sep 2010 02:22:59 +0200)

Leading banker accused of racism agrees to resign
Thilo Sarrazin, a board member of Germanys central bank embroiled in controversy after he made disparaging remarks about Muslims and Jews in a recent book, has agreed to resign, the...
(Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:22:31 +0200)

Spain condemns Koran burning plan as 'insult' to Muslims
The Spanish government on Thursday condemned a US clergyman's plan to burn copies of the Koran to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks as being "an insult" to...
(Fri, 10 Sep 2010 01:19:17 +0200)

Suicide bomber strikes town in Russia's North Caucasus
At least sixteen people have been killed and over a hundred have been wounded after a suicide bomber blew up his car at a central market in the town of Vladikavkaz, in the Russian...
(Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:21:48 +0200)

Woman gored to death in Spanish bull run
A running bull gored and killed a woman spectator who poked her head through the barrier during a town bull run in central Spain on Thursday, authorities said."After poking...
(Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:18:21 +0200)

Spanish police smash hashish network, arrest 13
Police in Spain have smashed a ring that smuggled hashish into the country from Morocco, arresting 13 people and seizing 162 kilos (357 pounds) of the drug, police said...
(Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:17:52 +0200)

EU parliament calls on France to halt Roma deportations
The European Parliament has demanded that France immediately suspend the expulsion of Roma migrants, saying that the mass expulsions are prohibited by EU law. The French government...
(Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:23:09 +0200)

Spanish court bans Basque march after ETA ceasefire
A Spanish court Thursday banned a march planned for the weekend by a movement close to Batasuna, ETA's banned political wing, four days after the Basque separatist movement...
(Thu, 09 Sep 2010 09:19:15 +0200)

Stimulus move set to shake up market
The Spanish legislature has passed reforms that will make it easier for employers to fire workers. The measures are intended to ward off a Greek-style economic crisis by jump-starting...
(Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:23:40 +0200)