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A former boss of Abbey said that he was working on a possible salvage plan for stricken mortgage bank Northern Rock. via Horncastle Today

Police in Spain are investigating the murder of a British pensioner who was stabbed to death at her Spanish home. via BBC

“There have been many burglaries in the area and people have been worried that something terrible like this would happen.”

The brutal murder of a British pensioner by robbers in Spain has spread fear among expatriates that Eastern European gangs are deliberately targeting them. via Times Online

“Because those reports are adopted by governments, there is no government that can now stand up and say, 'I don't accept what's in the IPCC report.' That means that you have a common scientific base”

VALENCIA, Spain : What do we know for sure about climate change, and what do we only think we know? That question is likely to be the subject of heated discussions at a weeklong conference of scientists and ... via International Herald Tribune

“It was a very violent fight in a confined space”

MADRID, Spain : One person was stabbed to death and seven were injured when fighting broke out Sunday between two politically opposed gangs in an underground railway station in Madrid, officials said. via International Herald Tribune

Spanish police defused two bombs, one thought to be a booby trap, outside a courthouse in the northeastern seaside town of Getxo Sunday, regional police said. via Slam Sports

“Former President Aznar was democratically elected by the Spanish people and was a legitimate representative of the Spanish people”

The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to 'shut up' Saturday during a heated exchange that soured the end of a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.

Chavez, who called President Bush the 'devil' on the floor of the United Nations last year, triggered the exchange by repeatedly referring to former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar as a 'fascist.'

Aznar, a conservative who was an ally of Bush as prime minister, 'is a fascist,' Chavez said in a speech at the Ibero-American summit in Santiago, Chile. 'Fascists are not human. A snake is more human.' Read more

Lopinavir/ritonavir Monotherapy Is Effective for Some Patients, but Once-daily Dosing Can be Risky without Optimal Adherence By Liz Highleyman Lopinavir/ritonavir alone can suppresses HIV, or maintain viral ... via HIV and Hepatitis

“For us as a family the past four years have obviously been incredibly difficult”

Posted on 11/10/2007 8:51:14 AM PST by fweingart A British man who claimed to have chopped up and eaten his girlfriend is facing 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to her manslaughter. via Free Republic

Former Spanish Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar said this week that the Basque separatist group ETA was involved in the 2004 Madrid train bombings. via Daily India

MADRID, Spain : Spanish prosecutors will appeal the acquittal of an alleged ringleader in the Madrid train bombing trial because he may have been cleared of one of the charges by error, officials said Tuesday. via International Herald Tribune

From a press release issued by Team Alstare Suzuki: Spaniard Fonsi Nieto and German rider Max Neukirchner have tested the 2007 Alstare Suzukis at the Ricardo Tormo circuit for the first time. via Roadracing World

“I propose to you that we unite, that we join together in mechanisms of cooperation with countries that don't have oil and who cannot afford to pay $US100 per barrel”

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has challenged Latin American leaders at a summit to lower regional oil prices, telling big producers to sell oil cheaply to their neighbours. via The Age

“It was a tremendous bump. It pushed an entire car into the tunnel”

MADRID, Spain -- A Madrid subway train ran a red light and crashed into the back of another train Friday at one of the city's main stations, injuring 22 people, officials said. via FireHouse.com

“The reactions that I heard from politicians around the world is that they were shocked by the reports and that they should be acted on”

If there's one document on global warming policymakers might put in their briefcase, this would be it. via NOLA,com

“I have received some good news that the Chad authorities have decided to free the three Spanish citizens and they are now free”

By Stephanie Hancock

N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chad on Friday released three members of a Spanish air crew who had been detained over an attempt to fly 103 African children to Europe, witnesses said.

A 74-year-old Belgian pilot arrested in the case would also be freed by the African country, Belgium's Foreign Ministry said.

A Reuters reporter in the Chadian capital N'Djamena said the three Spaniards, accompanied by the Spanish consul and their lawyer, were driven out of the city's main prison. Read more

“Let this lie if you know what's good for you, your daughter and the rest of your family, otherwise you're a dead woman next time you're in Morocco.”

Comments Naoual Malhi says men claiming to work for the Morocco's crime barons have warned her to keep her mouth shut A woman who claims to have seen Madeleine McCann being bundled into a taxi in Morocco, says ... via Daily Mail

“Clearly, we are facing an emergency. And we need emergency action”

SANTIAGO, Chile : U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for urgent action to fight global warming and poverty during a visit to Chile on Thursday, saying climate change was one of his top priorities as head ... via International Herald Tribune

“The fight against poverty is an imperative if we want to preserve global welfare, peace and security”

Spain plans to double its aid to poor countries and Latin American nations within four years, to a total of 8 billion euros , Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Thursday in Chile. via Earth Times

MADRID, Spain : A British man pleaded guilty to manslaughter Thursday, saying he beat a female friend to death in Spain, but denied allegations he later chopped up her body. via International Herald Tribune