Living with Spain's divided past
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For decades after the Spanish Civil War, the country remained divided, but there were some couples who dared to marry across the deep political rift during Franco's dictatorship.
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GIBRALTAR -- Returning 200 years ago from the New World to a Europe engulfed by the Napoleonic wars, Spanish Rear Adm. Don JosÃÂ¯ÃÂ¿ÃÂ½ Bustamente led a fleet of four frigates to a tragic homecoming. South of Portugal's Cape St. Mary, British warships spotted the Spaniards in October 1804 and ordered them...
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Who needs soap operas? The scandal in Costa del Sol -- involving an affair, corruption charges,  a hunger strike and Basque separatists -- puts Spain's telenovelas to shame
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TIRANA, Jul 4 (IPS) - People across the Balkans have much in common,  forget the conflicts of the recent or distant past, and the  efforts of politicians to convince them how "different"  or "distinctive" they are.
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Spain opposes separation as EU countries are expected to formally recognise independent state
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Morning Edition , January 26, 2005 In the eyes of many culinary experts, Spain is now the place for cutting edge cuisine.
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MADRID (Voice of America) - Spain's King Juan Carlos is paying his first royal visit to the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, on the Moroccan coast. What might appear an ordinary trip is mired in controversy, because Morocco also claims ownership of the enclaves. So unhappy is Morocco about the two-day visit of the Spanish king that it recalled its ambassador to Spain for an unspecified period of time. Rabat has long claimed Ceuta and Melilla as part of its territory, even though they have been under Spanish control for hundreds of years.
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Spain marks the beginning of its civil war as July 18, 1936, when Gen. Francisco Franco mounted a military uprising against the leftist government in Madrid.
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SPAIN MADRID -- Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero told the Basque regional premier yesterday his plan for virtual independence from Madrid was a dead end and rejected any negotiations on the matter. But the Basque leader Juan Jose Ibarretxe remained defiant, saying that if his plan was rejected by Madrid he would still put it to the Basque ...
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The Spanish press is deeply divided on Tuesday as it reflects on former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar's testimony at an inquiry into the Madrid bombings.
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MADRID, Feb 8  (IPS) - In the campaign for Spainâs Mar. 9 elections, there  are two opposing positions on the question of immigration. On the  left, the predominant viewpoint is that immigrants must be  accepted, and that comprehensive global solutions are needed,  while on the right the attitude is at best to cold-shoulder, and  at worst to harass them.
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By Carrillo-Hermosilla, Javier; Unruh, Gregory C  Today the situation u very different. Tools such as...
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Spain's prime minister calls for international efforts to resolve divisions between the Western and Muslim world.
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LISBON, Dec 10 (IPS) - It had been half a century since they last invaded   Europe. But they have once again crossed the Strait of Gibraltar  in search  of food in the southern part of the Iberian peninsula.
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VATICAN CITY - Bitter memories of Spain's Civil War were on center stage here yesterday as the Vatican put 498 slain Spanish priests and nuns from that divisive era on the path to sainthood.
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JUST over a year ago I travelled from Barcelona to Madrid on one of Spain&#39;s inter-city trains. It was quite an experience. But there again, so is an attack of mumps.
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Relations between Spain's government and its clerics have turned hostile. Socialists swept to power earlier this year with a pro-gay, feminist agenda and the church is putting up a fight.