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  • Car bomb blamed on Basque militants kills policeman in Spain
    Suspected Basque separatists bombed a village police barracks housing officers and their families on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding four. Spain's government described it as an attempted massacre.In the first fatal attack blamed on the
  • Spain provides $3 mn in disaster aid to Myanmar, China
    Madrid, May 14 (EFE).- Spain's AECID development agency will contribute 2 million euros ($3 million) after the call by the United Nations to aid victims of the recent cyclone in Myanmar and this week's earthquake in China. AECID director Juan Pablo de
  • Analysis: Serbia's ambivalent vote
    MAHON, Spain, May 14 (UPI) -- Despite the unexpectedly strong results the pro-Western parties secured in the Serbian general elections, analysts say coalition negotiations will be lengthy and difficult. And ironically, it's the Socialists, once led by
  • Illegal Africans jailed
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  • Spain claims millions in sunken treasure
    Spain has laid a formal claim to a shipwreck that yielded $US500 million ($A531 million) in treasure, saying it has proof the vessel is Spanish. It is demanding that a US deep-sea exploration firm that recovered the booty give it all back. Culture
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Spains powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in economic and political power. Spain remained neutral in World Wars I and II, but suffered through a devastating Civil War (1936-39). In the second half of the 20th century, it has played a catch-up role in the western international community. Continuing concerns are large-scale unemployment and the Basque separatist movement.

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