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More about travel experiences and the Basque Country, this time from The Independent: Bilbao by ferry: Plain sailing The 'Pride of Bilbao' may take 36 hours to reach Spain, says Simon Calder, but it's worth it ...

An e-mail survey sent to Grants Pass area residents that offered $90 simply to answer some questions for a bank turned out to be too good to be true.

South East Asia News.Net Tuesday 2nd September, 2008 A new anti-anxiety drug has been developed that could treat sufferers for up to twice as long as Valium.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Three families which lost seven of their members in the August 20 crash that killed 154 people at Madrid airport are suing Boeing and McDonnell Douglas, their legal representative ...

Spain has taken a first step toward amending its restrictive law on abortion, a government minister said Thursday, moving to fill one of the last big gaps in a drive for sweeping social change in this ...

A wildfire on Thursday forced the evacuation of about 1,000 people from urban areas near the south- western Spanish port of Algeciras, rescuers said.

Few Spaniards would sacrifice their annual summer vacation. But while Spain's beaches are still busy, shops and restaurants at its resorts are ominously quiet as the country's economic crisis envelops the ...

Spain registered a 4.2-percent rise in unemployment rate in August, the highest mark in 10 years, Spanish Labor and Immigration Ministry said Tuesday.

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation is close to naming Richard Armstrong, the outgoing head of the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, as its new director.

Anand splits point with Ivanchuk in round-1 Agencies Bilbao , Sept 3: World Champion Viswanathan Anand settled for a draw with Ukrainian Vassily Ivanchuk after finding himself in time trouble in the first round ...

Advent Solar, Inc. has announced the solar industry's first cell-to-module solar architecture that combines semiconductor manufacturing methods with optimized photovoltaic cell design.

The Interior Ministry says 13 people have been found dead aboard a packed migrant boat heading for Spain's Canary Islands.

The ministry says there were 46 survivors on the boat that arrived Wednesday at Puerto de Arguineguin on the south of Gran Canaria Island.

It says the migrants appeared to be from sub-Saharan countries. The survivors include two women.

Every year thousands of Africans looking for a better life in Europe attempt treacherous journeys in overcrowded boats. Most are caught and hundreds more die along the way, either from exposure or by drowning.

For a minority of people stopped by the police, getting arrested is not the worst thing that happens.

MADRID: After years pursuing Latin American dictators, Spain's best-known judge has turned his attention to atrocities committed in his own country with an investigation into people who disappeared during the ...

Daniele Bennati of Italy won the fourth stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday and maintained his overall lead.

SANTANDER : A recent ruling by Spanish telecoms regulator CMT to allow Telefonica to deny competitors access to its new fibre optic network hampers sector competition, Vodafone's head of its Spanish unit ...

Dannii Minogue has started dating a former British rugby league player after meeting him on holiday in Spain.

London, Aug 26 : Eight out of 10 adolescents taking part in sports activities don't smoke, according to a new study in Spain.

A judge began gathering information Monday about people who disappeared during Spain's civil war and subsequent dictatorship, seeking to produce a reliable list of victims slain away from the battlefield during the vicious fight between left and right.

Judge Baltasar Garzon issued a ruling seeking information from church leaders, city mayors and other authorities about victims of Gen. Francisco Franco's forces after his military uprising on July 17, 1936, touched off the war against the left-wing, democratically elected Republican government.

Unlike most of its European allies, Spain refused to recognise Kosovo's declaration of independence from Serbia in February, fearing it could encourage separatist groups at home, such as in the Basque region.