Spain News

Airline Nearly Foils Stem Cell Operation

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:21:38 GMT

A British surgeon said a first of its kind operation in Spain was nearly foiled when an airline refused to allow him to take stem cells on a plane.

Russian envoy urges NATO to re-engage his country

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 12:58:46 GMT

Russian ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin on Wednesday urged NATO to resume consultations with his country on key issues.

Five year nine month sentence for 14 year old who shot dead his mother

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:39:54 GMT

Spain News : AndalucA a : Costa Tropical Five year nine month sentence for 14 year old who shot dead his mother By h.b. - Nov 18, 2008 - 7:33 PM It happened in the Granada village of Cortes de Baza in February ...

Gael Garcia Bernal - Bernal Moves to Spain

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:16:55 GMT

Caption: Gael Garcia Bernal , Julianne Moore and Alice Braga The 2008 Cannes Film Festival - 'Blindness' photocall Cannes, France .... Father-to-be GAEL GARCIA BERNAL has quit his native Mexico and set up home ...

Sailor rescued off coast of Spain after wife raises alarm from London

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:43:44 GMT

A British sailor who spent four days adrift on an inflatable life raft after his motorboat capsized in rough seas off Spain was rescued after his wife raised the alarm in London.

Spain Business Brief - Friday November 21 2008

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:10:52 GMT

Spain Business By h.b. - Nov 21, 2008 - 12:39 PM Lukoil Logo - Photo EFE Zapatero gives the nod to Russian Lukoil purchasing shares in Spanish Repsol YPF.

Ramos wants Premier Leag...

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:44:21 GMT

Juande Ramos has revealed he would jump at the chance to manage in the Barclays Premier League again despite his failure at Tottenham.

European shares tumble

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:23:08 GMT

By 1240 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was down 2.7 percent at 790.05 points, having touched a 5-1/2-year low of 782.67 points.

The U.S. is calling a meeting of world regulators amid global crisis

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:58:39 GMT

The chairman of the U.S. securities regulator has convened a meeting of international regulators for next week to deal with urgent regulatory issues stemming from the global financial crisis.

Spain PM does not rule out Russian stake in Repsol

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:20:37 GMT

Spain's prime minister said Thursday he does not rule out the possibility of Russian oil company Lukoil buying a stake in Repsol-YPF but thinks it would be good if the latter remained Spanish.

Greenpeace blockades ageing Spanish nuclear plant

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:43:10 GMT

Greenpeace blocked the entrance on Thursday to a Spanish nuclear power station facing closure next year and urged the government to shut it down immediately in line with election pledges to phase out nuclear ...

Gail Marie (Lanser) Johnson

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:16:58 GMT

Gail Marie Johnson, 51, of 11417 Bethesda Road, Hanoverton, Ohio, died at 3:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov.

Spain: budget deficit deepening

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:35:39 GMT

Spain's budget numbers are slumping fast and could hit a 3 percent deficit by the end of the year, the Bank of Spain said Wednesday.

Time, surgery appear to reduce episodes of dizziness in patients with Ménière's

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:07:05 GMT

Episodes of dizziness tend to become less frequent over time in patients with Mnire's disease, a condition characterized by vertigo, hearing loss and ringing in the ears, according to a report in the November ...

Spanish company says Argentina breached agreement

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:36:55 GMT

Argentina's government has violated the terms of a deal to nationalize the country's largest airline, the carrier's owner said Wednesday.

Airway Transplant Aided by Stem Cells a Medical First

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:05:52 GMT

In a medical first, a 30-year-old mother of two has successfully undergone the first transplantation of a breathing passage fashioned from a donor's airway and her own stem cells, researchers report.

Spain: detained Basque militant was top ETA leader

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:35:26 GMT

A Basque separatist militant arrested this week in France was the overall leader of the armed group ETA and a retaliatory attack is likely, Spain's interior minister said Wednesday.

Until now Spanish authorities have said Mikel de Garikoitz Aspiazu, whose alias is Txeroki, was in charge of ETA's commando units, which carry out attacks.

But Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said in an interview with Cadena Ser radio that Aspiazu was actually ETA's top figure, in charge of overall strategy as well as ordering attacks.

Tanner named president of NATO assembly

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:03:40 GMT

WASHINGTON - Rep. John Tanner, D-Union City, was elected this week as the president for the NATO Parliamentary Assembly during its annual meeting in Valencia, Spain.

Doctors transplant windpipe with stem cells

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:26:20 GMT

In this image released by the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008, a patient's collapsed lung, at right, is seen prior to a windpipe transplant which used tissue grown from the patient's own ...

Artist Barcelo unveils $23 million ceiling at UN

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:58:58 GMT

The undated photo released by Onuart, on Tuesday Nov. 11, 2008, shows Spanish artist Miquel Barcelo working in the "Hall XX" at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva.