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Train derailment kills 1, injures 44 in Spain
Nov 20, 2018 10:54A commuter train derailed outside the Spanish city of Barcelona on Tuesday, killing one person and leaving 44 injured, emergency services said on Twitter.
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Spain: Antifascist groups protest Franco exhumation at Valley of the Fallen
Nov 19, 2018 10:12Dozens of people rallied in front of the gates of Spanish dictator Francisco Franco’s burial site in the Valley of the Fallen near Madrid on Sunday, in protest against the possible transfer of the Caudillo's remains to Madrid's Cathedral of the Almudena.
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US sanctions at odds with Europe sovereignty, credibility: Araqchi
Nov 16, 2018 13:51Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Abbas Araqchi, who is in Madrid for talks with senior Spanish officials on Friday said that the sanctions imposed by the United States on Tehran primarily violate Europe’s sovereignty, security and credibility rather than target Iran's economy.
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Spain prosecutors seek up to 25 years jail for Catalan leaders
Nov 02, 2018 16:08Spanish prosecutors called Friday for Catalan separatist leaders to be jailed for up to 25 years on charges of rebellion or misuse of public funds over last year's failed secession bid.
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Spain Supreme Court orders trial of 18 former Catalan leaders over independence bid
Oct 25, 2018 15:56Spain’s Supreme Court has ordered the trial of 18 former Catalan leaders over their role in holding and supporting a controversial referendum on independence last year.
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‘Zombie’ storm Leslie smashes into Portugal, Spain
Oct 14, 2018 10:38Storms packing nearly 180 kilometers-per-hour winds hit Portugal early Sunday leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power before carrying heavy rain on into Spain, authorities said.
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Catalans march for unity on Spain’s national day
Oct 12, 2018 14:40Tens of thousands of Catalans who want their region to remain part of Spain marked national day Friday, marching through Barcelona in protest against leaders who brought the region to the brink of independence last year.
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Floods kill at least eight on Spain's Mallorca
Oct 10, 2018 14:24At least eight people were killed as heavy rain and flash floods hit the Spanish island of Mallorca late on Tuesday (October 9), emergency services said, and roads in different parts of the island were destroyed, leaving local residents stranded.
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Anti-Catalan independence protesters demand resignation of PM Sanchez
Oct 07, 2018 06:03Thousands took to the streets of Madrid on Saturday, to protest for the unity of Spain and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.
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Protesters demand Spanish police forces leave Catalonia
Oct 01, 2018 05:43More than 5,000 people attended a demonstration in the separatist stronghold of Girona on Sunday to demand Spanish police forces leave Catalonia.