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Spain Weather - Friday May 25 2012

Cloudy intervals increasing to overcast in Galicia, Asturias and Leon, with light to moderate rain, above all in the afternoon which could be accompanied by storms.

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Thu May 24, 2012

Motor Trend

Confirmed: Electric Nissan NV200 Van Coming to U.S., Production in 2013

Nissan announced today that it will build the e-NV200 small electric van starting in 2013.

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Silicon Alley Insider

A Spanish Doctor Has To Pay Child Support After An Abortion Failed

A Spanish doctor has been ordered to pay for the upkeep of a child after an abortion sought by the mother failed and she gave birth.

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Bloomberg

Does Spain Have Its Own Little Greece in Valencia?

Spain's regional governments have much to answer for in the country's financial crisis.

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Houston Home-Journal

Spaniard dies after reaching Everest's summit

Spanish mountaineer Juan Jose Polo Carbayo died on the weekend as he was descending from Mt.

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RV Business

Nissan to Produce Electric Cargo Van in Spain

Nissan says it will produce an all-electric version of its NV200 cargo van at its assembly plant in Barcelona, Spain beginning in 2013.

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Fox News

Swiss solar plane takes off on 1st transcontinental flight to Morocco via Spain

An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Switzerland on its first transcontinental flight Thursday, aiming to reach North Africa next week.

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Toronto News.Net

Spain to seek dialogue with Britain over Gibraltar

Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said here Wednesday that he will convey an offer of dialogue with Britain over the future of Gibraltar when he travels to London next week for talks with British counterpart William Hague.

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Wed May 23, 2012

Post-gazette.com

Education Cuts Met With Strike in Spain

It was no mistake that university campuses proliferated during Spain's decade-long, construction-led boom years.

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Typically Spanish

Spain Business Brief - Wednesday May 23 2012

Mariano Rajoy has made it clear, at his lunch in Paris today with Francois Hollande, that he will not be asking for rescue funds for the Spanish Banks, at least not today.

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Reuters

UPDATE 2-Spain to fill 9 bln euro funding gap at Bankia

Losses at Spain's fourth largest bank are central to investors' fears that the country's fragile financial system, already vulnerable to rising default rates in a recession, could push Spain to seek an Irish-style bail-out. Bankia's new management team will undertake a complete assessment of the lender's capital needs and will present its plan in ... (more)

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Jerusalem Post

Matthew Bronfman: Top US businessman in love with Israel

The son of former World Jewish Congress president Edgar Bronfman, New York real-estate entrepreneur Matthew Bronfman has made a name for himself in both big business and the Jewish world, and has become a prominent philanthropist.

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Business World

Primark open 27th outlet in Spain

Dublin headquartered retailer, Primark, which trades as Pennys in Ireland, today said it has opened its 27th store in Spain.

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Environmental Law Prof Blog

Environmental Legal Education in Spain

I find it interesting toconsider differences among countries in the extent to which environmental law has developed into a distinct and significant field of legal study.

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Tue May 22, 2012

Daily Mail

Fleeing the Costa catastrophe: Thousands hand back their villa keys as Spain's economy teeters

They love its people, culture and climate so much that in 1999, after retirement, they decided to buy a three-bedroom apartment in Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca.

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Channelnewsasia.com

Teachers, students strike in Spain against education cuts

MADRID: Tens of thousand of striking teachers and students and their supporters demonstrated across Spain on Tuesday to protest deep government cuts to education spending.

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This Is Money

Surviving the Euroshock: From Spain to Holland, which country is guarding your cash?

Foreign legion: Holland's ING is one of several overseas banks that together have more than 1.5 million customers in Britain The turmoil in European markets this month has rocked other banking names.

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Typically Spanish

78% of Spaniards now against smoking in bars

The law has now been in force in Spain for 18 months. Only 37% of the Spanish think that the generic packets, without colours or logos, could make smoking less attractive for adolescents.

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Typically Spanish

Spain Business Brief - Tuesday May 22 2012

The OECD has announced this morning that they think the Spanish economy will shrink by 1.6% this year and 0.8% next, and say that the unviable banks should be quickly recognised and closed down 'rapidly', and the rest should be recapitalised.

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WLNE-TV Providence

Spain says embassy policeman found dead in Yemen

Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal, all fossilized in stone, modern-day evidence of how this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died: in childbirth.

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