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17 Arrested After Far-Right Rally Turns Violent In Spain's Vitoria
Spanish police said they had arrested 17 people in the northern city of Vitoria on Sunday after fascist supporters of former dictator Francisco Franco clashed with counter-protesters.
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Spain Exhumes Dictator Francisco Franco's Body After Years Of Controversy
Spain on Thursday exhumed the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime.
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Spanish Lawmakers Approve Exhumation Of Dictator Francisco Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco.
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Spain's Princess Cristina Goes On Trial For Tax Fraud
Spain's Princess Cristina, the sister of King Felipe VI, and her husband will go on trial Monday for corruption in a high stakes case likely to further damage the monarchy's image.
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40 Years After General Francisco Franco's Death, Spanish Families Look for 'Stolen Babies'
Leonor remembers the long corridor of the Spanish maternity ward where she saw her newborn daughter disappear in 1964, taken away by a nurse, like it was just minutes ago.
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The Long, Vain Search for Father Killed in Spain's Civil War
She was just a little girl when her father was executed during Spain's civil war. Now 82, after decades of vain search for his remains, Mercedes Abril has yet to put him to rest.
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Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco Demystified 40 Years After His Death
Forty years after the death of Francisco Franco, historians still work to demolish myths that the Spanish dictator spun about himself to hold on to power for decades.
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Asian, Saudi Owners Polish Madrid Ritz's Faded Glory
From a cocktail inspired by Salvador Dali to a piano Frank Sinatra once played for Ava Gardner, Madrid's Ritz hotel has a century's worth of classy artefacts and anecdotes. But its gilded taps and Baroque facade are showing their age.
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Spanish Court Dismisses Paternity Suit Against Ex-King
The Spanish Supreme Court today dismissed a paternity suit against the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, by a Belgian woman claiming to be his daughter, a judicial source said.
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17 Arrested After Far-Right Rally Turns Violent In Spain's Vitoria
Spanish police said they had arrested 17 people in the northern city of Vitoria on Sunday after fascist supporters of former dictator Francisco Franco clashed with counter-protesters.
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Spain Exhumes Dictator Francisco Franco's Body After Years Of Controversy
Spain on Thursday exhumed the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime.
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Spanish Lawmakers Approve Exhumation Of Dictator Francisco Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco.
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Spain's Princess Cristina Goes On Trial For Tax Fraud
Spain's Princess Cristina, the sister of King Felipe VI, and her husband will go on trial Monday for corruption in a high stakes case likely to further damage the monarchy's image.
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40 Years After General Francisco Franco's Death, Spanish Families Look for 'Stolen Babies'
Leonor remembers the long corridor of the Spanish maternity ward where she saw her newborn daughter disappear in 1964, taken away by a nurse, like it was just minutes ago.
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The Long, Vain Search for Father Killed in Spain's Civil War
She was just a little girl when her father was executed during Spain's civil war. Now 82, after decades of vain search for his remains, Mercedes Abril has yet to put him to rest.
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Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco Demystified 40 Years After His Death
Forty years after the death of Francisco Franco, historians still work to demolish myths that the Spanish dictator spun about himself to hold on to power for decades.
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Asian, Saudi Owners Polish Madrid Ritz's Faded Glory
From a cocktail inspired by Salvador Dali to a piano Frank Sinatra once played for Ava Gardner, Madrid's Ritz hotel has a century's worth of classy artefacts and anecdotes. But its gilded taps and Baroque facade are showing their age.
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Spanish Court Dismisses Paternity Suit Against Ex-King
The Spanish Supreme Court today dismissed a paternity suit against the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, by a Belgian woman claiming to be his daughter, a judicial source said.
