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Top Stories: Madrid, July 5 (Xinhua) Argentinian striker Lautaro Cost compared himself with some of the best young players his country has produced at his official presentation as a new player with Spanish Primera Liga side Sevilla. Big News Network.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:00:28 -0400French football champions Lyon have announced the sale of goalkeeper Gregory Coupet to Spanish giants Atletico Madrid. Big News Network.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:01:15 -0400London, July 5 : Spain's Rafael Nadal reckons that Swiss Roger Federer is the greatest player of all time, but has simultaneously warned his Wimbledon rival that he will have to wait a little longer to make history. Big News Network.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 05:00:19 -0400London, July 5 : Manchester United officials have rubbished rumours of Portuguese striker Cristiano Ronaldo moving to Real Madrid, describing the claim as "laughable nonsense". Big News Network.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:01:29 -0400ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain (AP) — Soul diva Amy Winehouse sipped from a glass of red wine and looked a bit unsteady on her feet as she appeared in front of a large audience at the Rock in Rio music... New Jersey Online Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:53:47 -0400It was supposed to be paradise. Now the thousands of expats who flocked to Spain for its blue skies and low prices find themselves trapped by a crashing property market, a tumbling pound and bitter pl... The Guardian Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:53:49 -0400Campaigners against bullfighting are planning to step up activities in an effort to mobilise the majority of Spaniards who claim to have no interest in the sport.The annual running of the bulls begins... The Guardian Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:53:44 -0400Deal is symptomatic of a rush by energy firms to secure their supplies, writes Samantha McCaughren, Business Correspondent.European energy companies are scrambling to invest in new gas and oil supplie... Irish Examiner Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:36:30 -0400Equality Minister Bibiano Aido led the parade of more than 30 floats, mostly related to gay bars and other businesses, but also one devoted to the... Yahoo! News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:36:11 -0400EL MEDANO, Spain (AP) — A small boat packed with at least 148 illegal immigrants from Africa landed Saturday on a beach in the Canary Islands, the Interior Ministry said Saturday. The flimsy f... New Jersey Online Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:34:43 -0400's governing socialists, meeting at a congress in Madrid, said Saturday they wanted the law on abortion to be relaxed in the predominantly Catholic country. Yahoo Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:18:07 -0400FIERY, shiny and imported by the tonne -- that's how Malaysians like the RM3.6 million worth of cili padi that makes its way into sizzling sambals here every month. New Straits Times Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:40:39 -0400The Saudi monarch "will inaugurate the international dialogue conference which will be held under his auspices in Madrid on July 16-18," a statement carried by the official SPA news agency s... Yahoo Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:32:42 -0400Alejandro Valverde of Spain won the first stage of the Tour de France on Saturday. Valverde sprinted to the finish on his way to winning the 198-kilometre stage, from Brest to Plumelec. He will now w... CBC News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 13:22:57 -0400A migrant is helped on the Tejita beach near El Medano on the Canary Island of Tenerife, Spain, Saturday June 5, 2008. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Arturo Rodriguez EL MEDANO, Spain - A small boat packed wit... C News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:49:10 -0400ISTANBUL - Former coach of the Spanish national football team signed on Saturday a two-year contract to manage Turkey's Fenerbahce. "I am really very happy to be with Fenerbahce. I am here both with m... Turkish Press Sat, 05 Jul 2008 11:04:14 -0400Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon Manchester United Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo Switzerland Manchester United chief executive David Gill... Yahoo Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:40:13 -0400Valley Forge Park Offers Cell Phone Tours in Spanish by KYW’s Karin Phillips The popular cell phone tour at Valley Forge national park is now in Spanish. Valley Forge National Historic Park ha... KYW1060 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:45:23 -0400Animator Noted Spanish animator Coke Rioboo, heading a cultural delegation, arrived in Iran on Saturday. During his stay, he will visit Iranian animation studios and will become familiar with the Iran... IRNA Sat, 05 Jul 2008 07:41:45 -0400, having created his share of Spanish sporting success on Friday with a second round 64 in the European Open, headed off from the London Club course in Kent, south-east of London, to witness another a... Yahoo! News Sat, 05 Jul 2008 01:20:12 -0400A fashion war has broken out in Spanish politics. Industry minister Miguel Sebastián attended parliament this week without a tie. Parliamentary speaker José Bono of the ruling Socialist ... The Guardian Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:01:12 -0400MADRID (AFP) - Barcelona warned Friday that it would not sell its Brazilian striker Ronaldinho, who has been deemed surplus by the Spanish side's new coach Pep Guardiola, at a discount. "Ronal... Soccer Way Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:27:17 -0400CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Families share their sorrow with local radio personalities today, as Radio Lider announces it will be going off the air. The first Spanish-Speaking radio station in Charlotte began ... WSOC TV Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:56:05 -0400, a boyhood Real fan, has been linked with a move to the Spanish capital since the end of last season even though he scored a hugely impressive 42 goals in all competitions last term as United won bot... Yahoo Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:22:04 -0400LONDON (Reuters) - Pay-TV firm BSkyB is considering a bid of more than 2.5 billion euros (2 billion pounds) for Spanish pay-TV platform Digital Plus, the Financial Times said on Friday. The newspaper ... Congoo Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:57:45 -0400Almondvale Shopping Centre will host the club's football roadshow event today before the team arrives to take on Hibernian and Dundee United. At the one-off event in the Livingston mall, which takes p... The Scotsman Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:23:56 -0400Barcelona´s new signing Daniel Alves pose at the Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona on July 2. Barcelona finished last season with a profit for the fifth consecutive year, despite failing to win any silve... Soccer Way Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:10:09 -0400"Discrepancies between the views of the government and the electricity regulator CNE on much-needed tariff increases highlight differences in their agendas and the limited power of the regulator to ... Morning Star Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:37:47 -0400MADRID -- France and Spain have reached agreement on the text of a proposed Europe-wide immigration pact at a ministerial level meeting in Madrid, French Immigration Minister Brice Hortefeux said Thur... Inquirer Fri, 04 Jul 2008 10:17:34 -0400Madrid - Ever since the 1950s, Spanish football has been dominated by foreign coaches. The likes of Helenio Herrera, Luis Carniglia, Rinus Michels, Milan Miljanic, Vujadin Boskov, Johan Cruyff, Leo Be... Earth Times Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:16 -0400ANKARA - Turkey`s Land Forces Commander Gen. Ilker Basbug conferred Turkish Armed Forces` Medal of Merit to General Carlos Villar Turrau, Chief of the Spanish Army Staff, in Ankara on Wednesday. Gen. ... Turkish Press Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:10:06 -0400KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's international football standing improved slightly and are now in 166th place out of 199 countries in the latest FIFA's monthly rankings. Malaysia were i... Bernama Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:10:16 -0400Barcelona is a dry city. It is dry in a way that two days of showers can do nothing to alleviate. The Catalan capital's weather can change from one day to the next, but its climate, like that of the w... The Independent Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:23:09 -0400Madrid - Spanish giants Atletico Madrid announced on Thursday night the signing of Florent Sinama Pongolle from Recreativo Huelva, for an undisclosed fee. Sinama Pongolle, 23 will sign a four-year con... Earth Times Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:51:41 -0400BA head of investor relations George Stinnes confirmed the talks were ongoing, although he would not comment on the ultimate goal. The airline first said it was in unspecified discussions with America... Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:31:30 -0400LONDON (AP) - The British airline Virgin Atlantic said today that an alliance between British Airways, American Airlines and the Spanish airline Iberia should be blocked. The objection from the Briti... ABC 7 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:19:47 -0400MADRID (Reuters) - Three mobile phone operators in Spain fixed tariffs in March 2007 to compensate for a new law banning rounding up call periods, Spain's Competition Commission said on Thursday, citi... Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:01:06 -0400MADRID (Thomson Financial) - A probe by Spain's competition authority has ruled that mobile telephone operators Telefonica SA, France Telecom's Orange and Vodafone Group Plc. unlawfully agreed to rais... Congoo Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:45:47 -0400"BA has been in talks with American Airlines for some time, but no decisions have been reached. Anything else printed is speculation" a BA spokesman said on Thursday. Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:52:06 -0400Madrid - Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has called Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to thank Spain for its constant support in Colombia's fight against the FARC guerrillas, media ... Earth Times Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:35:58 -0400) July 3, 2008 -- Epoque Hotels, one of the leading boutique hotel representation companies, successfully completed "Conference ONE" in Barcelona, its first international meeting. In attenda... PR Web Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:28:13 -0400The agreement between KC Grupp and Racing Engineering perfectly fits within Reinsalu's company's strategy scopes, as the world media exposure provided by the GP2 Series is the optimal path t... PR Web Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:28:09 -0400COUNTING TOOTHPICKSA Barcelona-based chain of Northern Spanish restaurants has opened its first U.S. location in downtown Fullerton. Lizarran is a tapas restaurant likely to attract experimental, inde... Los Angeles Times Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:50:22 -0400ZURICH, Switzerland — Spain jumped to the top of FIFA's monthly rankings for the first time following its triumph at the European Championship, with Brazil and Argentina both falling out of the top ... Rocky Mountain News Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:12:25 -0400Spain condemned Wednesday a deadly attack that killed four people and wounded 30 more in central Jerusalem. The Spanish Foreign and Cooperation Ministry extended its condolences to the Israelis and th... People's Daily Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:24:33 -0400WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- To help combat one of the most serious health issues facing Hispanics in the United States, a new Spanish language guide to type 2 diabetes has been released. The... Health Day Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:01:37 -0400More than 193m euros ($153m, $300m) worth of cocaine has been seized in a raid on a sailboat heading for the Basque region, Spanish officials say. The Interior Ministry says police arrested two peo... BBC Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:28:39 -0400Jeddah, July 2 (bna) -- Custodian Of The Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Received Here On Wednesday Visiting Spanish King Juan Carlos. Bahrain News Agency Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:25:22 -0400MADRID, Spain – A publishing company says Spanish chef and cookery writer Simone Ortega has died at the age of 89. Alianza Editorial says Ortega died Wednesday at a nursing home in Madrid but... San Diego Union-Tribune Wed, 02 Jul 2008 13:44:12 -0400By Mark Ledsom Newly crowned European champions Spain have climbed to the top of latest world rankings published by world soccer's governing body Fifa on Wednesday. It is the first time since th... IOL Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:37:57 -0400Spain are the new world number one-ranked side after their victory at the European Championship. The Spanish moved up three places to depose last month's leaders Argentina after their victory over Ge... RTE Wed, 02 Jul 2008 10:08:50 -0400Gulf Bank, in collaboration with the football training academy FCBEscola - Kuwait, will be offering 120 Nassour and Boom customers the experience of a lifetime to train with one of the world's most fa... AME Info Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:57:55 -0400Zurich - Spain shot to the top of the world football rankings for the first time on Wednesday courtesy of its Euro 2008 title won on Sunday. The European championships brought a major shake-up in the ... Earth Times Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:50:31 -0400NBA , but the Trail Blazers could not announce his agreement to sign until Tuesday because of league rules."I want to help the team and go to the playoffs next year," Fernandez said in a conference ca... Examiner Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:30:43 -0400MADRID -- Spanish lawmakers may not care about bulls getting slain in the ring, but they don't monkey around when it comes to the rights of great apes. Parliament's environmental panel passed a resolu... The China Post Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:07:47 -0400MADRID, Spain -- Spanish police broke up a suspected Islamic militant cell Tuesday, arresting three people accused of fundraising for terrorist activities, the Interior Ministry said. Three men of Alg... The China Post Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:07:43 -0400MADRID: Spanish police arrested four Algerian-born men suspected of belonging to a network financing an Al-Qaeda-linked group, the interior ministry said. KeralaNext Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:01:47 -0400's life. It's a memory likely to cross both players' minds when they meet in a highly anticipated Wimbledon quarterfinal today. The two were playing racquetball during some down time at an Under-16 t... San Francisco Chronicle Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:57:39 -0400Czech national soccer team defender Tomas Ujfalusi signed a three-year contract with the Spanish Atletico Madrid, the Czech news agency CTK said on Tuesday. Ujfalusi left Italian Fiorentina where his ... People's Daily Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:43:05 -0400MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish mobile phone charges should fall more than 6 percent this year due to growing competition, the head of Spain's Telecommunications Market Commission, Reinaldo Rodriguez, s... Reuters Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:10:37 -0400Eurozone Manufacturing PMI signals contraction as downturns gather pace in France, Spain and Italy By Finfacts Team Jul 1, 2008 - 9:42: AM >... Finfacts Tue, 01 Jul 2008 19:06:45 -0400Sevilla´s Brazil international defender Daniel Alves, pictured in March 2008, will join Barcelona for next season, the two clubs said on their websites Tuesday. Soccer Way Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:55:32 -0400Posted: 9:21 AM- A 66-year-old man visiting from Barcelona, Spain, was killed after the car he was driving slammed into a semi in Grand County on Monday. Enrique Alonso Salazar was driving a Chevrol... Salt Lake Tribune Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:21:16 -0400MALAGA, Spain : In a move that some have described as revolutionary for golf-happy Spain, the regional government of Andalusia recently approved a sweeping new law restricting the development of golf ... International Herald Tribune Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:18:34 -0400-- Spain's victory in the European Championship was hailed by the prime minister Monday as not just a breakthrough for soccer but for the nation as well. "It is right that a football victory on thi... San Francisco Chronicle Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:17:25 -0400See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when Interactive To... Finfacts Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:12:41 -0400Striker David Villa will be unable to play in Spain's final Euro 2008 warm-up against United States on Wednesday night because of a bruised right thigh. Villa picked up the injury in training on Tues... RTE Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:50:45 -0400Madrid - Spain's Euro 2008 heroes were received by King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia on Tuesday, followed by a visit to Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Coach Luis Aragones and his players ... Earth Times Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:42:26 -0400Emaar Properties will open the sale of Spanish-styled town homes in Warsan Estate, the company's newest residential development set in close proximity to Emirates Road. AME Info Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:40:54 -0400The American College, the nation's leading educator of financial services professionals, announced today that it will offer FA 200, Techniques for Prospecting: Prospect or Perish, a course from t... PR Web Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:34:42 -0400MADRID - Bloomberg Prices for new homes in Spain dropped in the first sixth months of the year as tougher lending conditions and peaking prices deterred buyers. The average cost of new houses and apar... Turkish Daily News Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:43:36 -0400A sole goal by Fernando Torres is enough to end Spain's long wait for about half a century, and places Luis Aragones' team to the top of the European Football. With their quick and classy passing, kil... Turkish Daily News Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:42:54 -0400The firecrackers started before the final whistle. The trumpets followed, then the streams of cars swinging through the streets of the Spanish capital, honking their hearts out, scarlet and gold flags... The Independent Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:25:18 -0400The President of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, Jose Fono, lauded China's economic achievements at a meeting here Monday with Jiang Shusheng, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National... People's Daily Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:10:36 -0400View photos MADRID - European champion Spain returned home today to crowds of hundreds of thousands, waiting to celebrate its victory over Germany and the country's its first major football trophy in ... New Zealand Herald Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:28:48 -0400Israeli Foreign Ministry has instructed a number of officials not to visit Spain as an international arrest warrant has been issued against them on suspicion of committing war crimes against Palestini... People's Daily Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:54:16 -0400VIENNA (AP) Fernando Torres finally lived up to his billing as one of the world's great strikers Sunday by scoring to give Spain a 1-0 win over Germany and the European Championship title. The Japan Times Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:44:02 -0400"Fernando is a great player," Spain coach Luis Aragones said. "He can go anywhere. Why not? He really has extra speed, he knows how to dribble and we always tell him he is so young he can learn everyt... New Straits Times Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:40:33 -0400London - Chelsea late Monday announced the signing of Portugal midfielder Deco from Barcelona, the first arrival at the London club since Luis Felipe Scolari was confirmed as manager last month. Chels... Earth Times Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:34:48 -0400After the final whistle: the release. Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards took to the streets last night to celebrate their country's victory in the European Cup. It was the same picture everywhere, ev... Radio Netherlands Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:16 -0400For the fifth year running Puerto Flamenco featuring Seville's finest flamenco artists makes its eagerly anticipated stopover in the Maltese harbours. Fresh from the Khamoro festival in Prague wher... MaltaMedia Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:51:57 -0400MADRID (AFP) - Tens of thousands of escatic fans cheered Spain's Euro 2008 players as they were feted in a parade through Madrid in an open-top bus to celebrate the country's first major footb... Soccer Way Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:04:31 -0400Euro 2008 champions Spain have arrived home from Austria and paraded the Henri Delaunay trophy through Madrid in front of their euphoric fans. They touched down at Madrid Barajas airport around 184... 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