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• Betis in talks with Zaragoza over Garcia

  - 2008-08-30

  MADRID AFP — Spanish first division side Real Betis are in talks with second-division side Real Zaragoza over striker Sergio Garcia, the club's official radio station reported Saturday. Betis offered Zaragoza eight million euros (11.8 million dollars) plus another 2.5 million euros depending on his performance. "The transfer...

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• Real Madrid makes offer for Euro 2008 star Villa - reports

  - 2008-08-25

  MADRID AFP — Real Madrid have offered over 45 million euros (65 million dollars) for Valencia striker David Villa, the top scorer at Euro 2008 which was won by Spain, Spanish media reported Monday. The amount which the club, which is looking for a possible replacement for Brazilian striker...

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• Ex-ETA killer freed from jail on group's 40th anniversary

  - 2008-08-02

  ARANJUEZ, Spain AFP — A former ETA member guilty of 25 murders was released from a Spanish jail Saturday, as the armed Basque separatist group marked its 40 anniversary. Jose Ignacio de Juana Chaos served 20 years of an original 3,000 year sentence for the killings, which came in...

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• Unknown insects found in 110-million-year-old amber in Spain

  - 2008-07-24

  MADRID AFP — The remains of several unknown insect species which became extinct long before dinosaurs stopped roaming the earth have been discovered in pieces of 110-million-year-old amber found in Spain, researchers said Thursday. Palaeontologist Enrique Penalver said the amber discovered in the El Soplao cave in the northern...

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• Rock in Rio wraps in Spain. Where next?

  - 2008-07-06

  ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain AFP — Rock legends Bob Dylan and Lenny Kravitz closed out Spain's first ever Rock in Rio event as organisers revealed ambitious plans to expand the festival "brand" to Italy, Morocco and China as well as return to Brazil. Appearing Sunday night after the 67-year-old...

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• Rock in Rio music fest aims to strike a global chord

  - 2008-06-26

  ARGANDA DEL REY, Spain AFP — Bob Dylan, The Police and Amy Winehouse are among some 60 acts set to perform at Spain's Rock in Rio event from Friday, a festival the organisers hope will eventually become a "global brand" reaching as far as China. "I am going to...

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• Arshavin can handle the attention: Hiddink

  - 2008-06-24

  VIENNA AFP — Russia forward Andrei Arshavin is well up to handling all the interest from media and clubs triggered by his starring role in his country's journey to the Euro 2008 semi-finals, coach Guus Hiddink stressed on Wednesday. Arshavin, who has made such an impression in Russia's final...

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• Novelist Follett breaks record for book signing

  - 2008-06-15

  MADRID AFP — British thriller-writer Ken Follett, Spain's most popular author, beat his own record by signing more than 2,000 copies of his latest work at Madrid's book fair, Spanish media said Sunday. His newest novel "World Without End" has already sold 1.5 million copies since its launch at...

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• ETA bomb blast hits community centre in northern Spain: radio

  - 2008-04-19

  MADRID AFP — A bomb went off Sunday outside a community centre in the northern Spanish town of Elgoibar, causing damage but no injuries after a warning call was made in the name of the Basque separatist group ETA, public radio RNE reported. The blast, which occurred at 3:25...

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• Former ABBA drummer found dead in Spain

  - 2008-03-17

  MADRID AFP — The former drummer with the legendary Swedish pop group ABBA has been found dead after apparently falling through a window in an accident at his home in Spain, police said Monday. They said the body of Ola Brunkert, 61, who lived alone at his home on...

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