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Immigrants to Spain Push Back on Evictions
World  (tags: freedoms, government, world, Spain, society, news, Refugees&Relief, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', 'CIVILLIBERTIES!' )

Cal
- 97 days ago - csmonitor.com
As more people find themselves victims of mortgage fraud and eviction in Spain, they are banding together to advocate for legal reforms
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Nestle Withdraws Pasta Meals as Horsemeat Scandal Spreads
World  (tags: Nestlé, horsemeat, scandal, Europe, pasta meals, Buitoni brand, Germany, mislabeling, fraud, criminal, Switzerland, Italy, Spain )

Angelika
- 119 days ago - reuters.com
Nestle has removed beef pasta meals sold under its Buitoni brand from sale in Italy and Spain after finding traces of horsemeat, becoming the latest victim of a food scandal still spreading across Europe.
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Police Turn Spanish Parliament Into 'Fortress' as Numbers Swell at 'Occupy Congress' Protest
World  (tags: 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, freedoms, government, Occupy politics, society, Spain )

Kit
- 265 days ago - commondreams.org
Police in Spain blocked off access to the Spanish Parliament Tuesday in anticipation of "Occupy Congress," a mass protest expecting to draw thousands to the streets over drastic austerity cuts in the nation. The building "took on the appearance -->
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Spain at Risk of Chronic Protests
World  (tags: world, politics, SPAIN, economy, news, government )

Cal
- 267 days ago - ipsnews.net
Over the past year and a half, Spain has been caught up in constant street protests against measures taken to combat the severe economic crisis. But some say the movement has failed to come together around concrete proposals.
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Spain Hit By Epidemic of Despair
World  (tags: world, politics, economy, Spain, mental health problems, social problems, news )

Cal
- 293 days ago - ipsnews.net
Rising rates of depression and suicide are among the most obvious signs of the increase in mental illness resulting from the economic crisis in Spain
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STILL FED UP, SPAIN'S "INDIGNADOS" MOVEMENT FINDS ITS SECOND WIND
World  (tags: world, government, Spain, ethics, economy, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', politics, news, interesting, freedoms, europe )

Cal
- 693 days ago - worldcrunch.com
In a second phase of their "indignant" protests, Spanish demonstrators call for an end to the "dictatorship of the financial markets" and let it be known the movement is here to stay.
10 comments
Catalonia Bans Bullfighting in Landmark Spain Vote
World  (tags: Spain, Catalonia, ban, bullfighting )

Sinikka
- 1057 days ago - bbc.co.uk
The parliament of Catalonia has voted to ban bullfighting - the first region of mainland Spain to do so.
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Octopus Oracle Paul to Retire
World  (tags: wrorld cup, octopus, spain )

Nancy
- 1072 days ago - timesofindia.indiatimes.com
No more World Cup,no more octopus oracle. Paul, the octopus who became a pop culture sensation by correctly predicting the outcome of as many World Cup matches as he has legs all seven of Germany's games plus the Spain-Netherlands final is going to retire
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Spain Win World Cup After Iniesta's Extra-Time Goal
World  (tags: FIFA world cup 2010, spain )

Nancy
- 1073 days ago - edition.cnn.com
Spain win the World Cup for the first time as an extra time goal from Andres Iniesta gives them a last-gasp victory over the Netherlands in the final at Soccer City.
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Spanish Regions Scrap Over Bullfighting
World  (tags: spain, bull murdering, politics, regions, spanish regions ban bull fighting, conflicts, animal torture )

Simone
- 1198 days ago - english.people.com.cn
A movement to outlaw bullfighting has become entwined in Spain's combustible regional politics, with Madrid calling for the traditional spectacle to be declared cultural heritage just as Catalonia debates a ban. A debate in the Catalan parliament to
7 comments
Endangered Cultural Treasures Around the World
World  (tags: World monuments, endangered, Italy, Philippines, Slovakia, Armenia, South Africa, Laos, Bhutan, Russia, Spain, Northern Ireland, Scotland, England, Japan, Morocco )

Tonya
- 1237 days ago - ktla.com
In an effort to preserve cultural sites around the world, the World Monuments Fund releases a list of endangered sites every two years
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Stop FireBull in Soria - Spain - VIDEO and ACTION   video
World  (tags: hooligans, torture, spain, soria )

Eureka
- 1364 days ago - youtube.com
2nd Week of November a LIVE bull will be set on fire. Can we stop it? Maybe - but not without your help! View the video - use it as a marketing tool - Sign the petition and join in the action on the group.
113 comments
Spain on Maximum Alert for 50th Anniversary of ETA
World  (tags: death, conflict, violence, terrorism, politics, Spain, ETA, world )

Cal
- 1419 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Spain's security forces were on maximum alert Friday for the 50th anniversary of the armed Basque group ETA, blamed for bombings that killed two police officers and injured scores of people this week.
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In France, a View of Colonialism in Algeria
World  (tags: Algeria, France, Colonialism, Italy, Germany, Spain, Malta, EU )

Blue
- 1566 days ago - nytimes.com
In Perpignan, France, a relative of a "pied noir" grieved at the Wall of the Disappeared, a memorial to colonists in Algeria.
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ITN - Guantanamo Pair Extradition Dropped
World  (tags: Jamil el-Banna, Omar Deghayesir, Guantanamo Bay, Spain, Britian, terrorism, 'HUMANRIGHTS!' )

Tj
- 1929 days ago - itn.co.uk
"It should have never, never happened. It caused immeasurable extra anguish for these men and their families" - Gareth Pierce
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