Weakened Gordon aims for Spain, Portugal
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Tropical Storm Gordon, downgraded from a hurricane Wednesday, approached portions of Spain and Portugal as it moved rapidly away from the sparsely populated Azores Islands.
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The Spanish government has begun airing emotional television adverts across West Africa as part of its attempts to combat illegal immigration. The $1.4m media campaign is to run for six weeks and has begun in Senegal. The aim of the campaign is to discourage potential migrants from attempting the dangerous 12-day voyage by boat to the Canary Islands. "My son left ... and we haven't heard from him in eight months," a distraught Senegalese woman says in one advert.  It then cuts to a boy lying face down on the rocks, apparently drowned.  In the past two years Spain has signed co-operation and repatriation agreements with Algeria, Morocco, Senegal, Mauritania, Gambia, Guinea, Mali and Ghana.
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Wales seek to avoid a repeat of their last trip to Rome when they face Italy.
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Â· Portugal sees EU-African Union meeting as priority Â· Britain and most members fiercely opposed to move
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Hurricane Gordon weakened into a tropical storm early Wednesday near the Azores islands, prompting forecasters to discontinue hurricane warnings for the sparsely populated chain.
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A hurricane warning was issued for the Azores as Hurricane Gordon moved rapidly toward the sparsely populated group of islands Tuesday, while Hurricane Helene remained a large Category 3 storm but was expected to miss Bermuda, forecasters said.
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Hurricane Florence headed toward Canada's maritime provinces Tuesday after battering Bermuda, while Tropical Storm Gordon spun over the open Atlantic water and a new tropical depression formed off the coast of Africa, forecasters said.
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Britain, Spain and Gibraltar are due to signs accords to improve living conditions for the people of the contested territory.
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The 28-year-old has been out of favour at the Bernabeu and spent last season at French club Monaco. Despite returning to the Bernabeu this season, the Spain international is down the pecking order behind Ronaldo
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World leaders have been flooding President Bush with congratulatory calls since his reelection victory, but at least one -- Spain&#39;s Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero -- appears to be having trouble getting through.
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Hurricane Gordon weakened on Friday over  open waters while Tropical Storm Helene gained strength over  the Atlantic but was unlikely to threaten U.S. shores,  forecasters said.
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England boss Sven-Goran Eriksson names his squad to face Spain on Saturday.
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Four years ago in Barcelona, when Spain won the Davis Cup for the first time, Carlos MoyÃ¡ cut a rather sad and slightly dejected figure, an outsider who was forced to watch from the periphery because of an injured back.
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The Spaniard will start tomorrowâs race from third position, and expects to run a strong race.
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Vassilis Spanoulis hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer yesterday to lead Greece past Croatia, 81-78, at the European Championship in Madrid.In other games, JosÃ© Calderon scored 17 points to lift Spain past Russia, 81-69, and into the quarterfinals, and Joao Gomes had 23 points and 11 rebounds to help Portugal beat Israel, 94-85.With the score 78-78, Spanoulis, the a Houston Rockets guard, dribbled the length of the court and made a wide-open shot from nearly three feet behind the line.
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Caught between a rock -- in this case the British dependent territory of Gibraltar -- and the hard-talking place of international shuttle diplomacy, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw will hold talks Wednesday with Spanish officials.
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Some of the European Tour&#39;s fading stars go into this week&#39;s Madrid Open knowing the tournament will make or break their season, possibly their careers.