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• FC Barcelona wins Champions League
  Thousands of joyous fans took to the streets of Barcelona on Wednesday after the Catalan club defeated Manchester United 2-0
• Spanish economy contracts at fastest rate on record
  The Spanish economy shrank at its fastest rate on record in the first quarter as household spending plummeted due to soaring unemployment amid the recession.
• Barcelona wins the King's Cup
  The win is the 25th King’s Cup for the Catalan team...
• Spain to provide laptops to all 10-year-old students
  About 420,000 children in their fifth year of primary school will receive a laptop...
• 100,000 secular Britons seek 'de-baptism'
  More than 100,000 Britons have recently downloaded "certificates of de-baptism"
• John Clinton Wance obituary
  John Clinton Wance died Saturday, March 14, 2009
• Abortion law approved in Spain
  Law calls for abortion to be available to girls from the age of 16 without parental consent.
• Quick test for HIV in Spanish pharmacies
  The quick test for the HIV virus arrives in Spanish pharmacies next month...
• Spanish Government revises economic forecasts downwards
  Unemployment is now expected to reach as high as 16 percent this year.
• Atheist advertising campaign spreads to Spain
  There's probably no God. Stop worrying and enjoy your life...
• Cubans line up to apply for Spanish citizenship
  Hundreds of Cubans lined up outside the Spanish Embassy in Havana on Monday on the first day Spain began taking applications for Spanish citizenship under the country's "historic memory" law.
• Abortions doubled in Spain in last 10 years
  Spanish health ministry says number of abortions doubled to 112,138 in 2007 and is 10 percent higher than the year before.
• Spanish Queen comments on gay marriages
  Queen Sofia had told a biographer that homosexual marriage, which was legalised in Spain three years ago, cannot be considered "marriage" at all.
• Lesbian woman granted paternity leave
  Lesbian woman granted paternity leave after adopting her wife's child
• Euro, pound slump as recession looms in Europe
  The euro fell to a two-year low under 1.25 dollars on Friday, Oct. 24th.
• The euro fell to a new 19-month low against the dollar
  The euro fell to a new 19-month low against the dollar in Tuesday trade on growing concerns among investors about faltering European economic growth.
• The number of divorces in Spain is becoming increasingly close to the number of marriages
  "The family breakdown is growing at an alarming rate."
• 10,000 Spaniards have become Muslims in the last five years
  Some Muslim organisations claim that there are now 1,200,000 followers in Spain
• Spain takes the silver medal in basketball
  Spain holds head high as US wins gold in basketball.
• More than 150 dead in Spanish air crash
  Death toll of Spanair crash continues to rise while some injured passengers remain in critical condition.
• Nadal is now the World Number One Tennis Player
  Rafa Nadal Wins Olympic Gold Medal
• Spaniard Wins The Tour De France
  Carlos Sastre wins the Tour de France
• American Tourist Gored On Third Day Of Spanish Bull Run
  22-year-old man from California is bull-run victim
• Over four million legal foreigners in Spain
  The Moroccans are the most numerous foreigners in Spain according to the new numbers, with the Romanians close behind.
• European Abortion Amendments
  The amendments to forthcoming legislation on abortion, put forward by the OCI and the Spanish Evangelical Alliance (AEE), have been taken into consideration by the European Parliament.
• Missionary Incomes Evaporating
  In Europe, missionaries have watched their financial support evaporate at an incredible rate.
• Anti-Christian Legislation in Spain
  Evangelical Council issues note of caution over new legislation.
• Zapatero Re-Elected in Spain
  Turning out in near record number, Spanish voters Sunday gave Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Zapatero another mandate to govern.
• Spanish judge suspended after rejecting gay adoption
  A Murcia judge who prevented a woman from adopting...
• Spain Law - 40 percent female candidates
  Spain's Constitutional Court has confirmed a 2007 law obliging political parties to have at least 40 percent female candidates on their electoral lists.
• M.E. Cleavinger died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008
  Obituary of Steve's stepfather, M.E. Cleavinger
• Overseas visitors to Spain in 2007 hit record 59.2 million
  Spain received a record 59.2 million overseas visitors last year, as the country remained the second most popular tourist destination in the world.
• Scientology in Spain: From sect to religion
  High court ruling puts Scientology on a par with Catholicism and Islam.
• Spain's Elections set for March 9
  Spain's general elections predicted to close
• Spanish government defies criticism by Catholic Church
  The Spanish government Thursday rejected criticism of its social reforms by the Catholic Church.
• Zapatero addresses the church
  PM tells Church: "no one can impose their morality"
• History of the Euro
  The Euro against the Dollar
• Christmas in Spain
  Celebrating Christmas in Spain starts early and finishes late.
• Abortions in Spain
  Annual abortions double in 10 years, topping 100,000 in 2006.
• Two months before the Spanish general elections...
  Deep and bitter political and social divisions that once split the country are resurfacing in new ways.
• New Year's Quote
  New Year's Quote From Benjamin Franklin

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