Thousands of Latin American holiday travelers hit as Spanish airline is grounded by debt

Spanish airline is grounded

MADRID — Spain’s Development Ministry said Tuesday it had withdrawn the flying license for debt-stricken Air Comet, leaving thousands of Christmas travelers to Latin American destinations stranded at Madrid’s airport.

Ticket number 78294 draws top prize in Spain’s $3 billion El Gordo lottery

Spanish lottery hands out more than $3 billion

Spain says excavation to find remains of executed poet Garcia Lorca yields nothing

Spanish dig to find Lorca’s remains finds nothing

Reports: Hunger-striking Western Sahara activist flown out of Spain

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Spain to send 500 more troops to Afghanistan

MADRID - Spain will send 511 more troops to join its contingent in Afghanistan, bringing the total to more than 1,500 soldiers, defence minister Carme Chacon announced Thursday.

Spain says it will send 511 more troops to Afghanistan, boosting deployment above 1,500

President Barack Obama speaks briefly on Afghanistan

Spanish court finds 11 men guilty of belonging to terror group that plotted suicide attacks

Spain: 11 guilty of belonging to terror group

Academics of Spanish language present first grammar guidelines in nearly 80 years

Oye, new Spanish grammar guidelines unveiled

Academics of Spanish language present first grammar guidelines in more than 70 years

Oye, new Spanish grammar unveiled

MADRID — Academic overseers of the Spanish language have unveiled their first grammar guidelines in more than 70 years.

Al Qaeda claims it kidnapped Spanish aid workers

MADRID - In an audio tape sent to the Al Jazeera channel, Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, or AQIM, has claimed responsibility for last month’s kidnapping of three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania.

Spain judge orders Pinochet widow, other suspects to post bond in money-laundering probe

Spain wants Pinochet’s widow to post bond

MADRID — A Spanish judge has ordered the widow of Augusto Pinochet, his former lawyer and two bankers to post a $77 million (euro51 million) bond while he probes allegations they laundered money for the late Chilean dictator while he was in power, according to a court document released Monday.

Mexico’s Jose Emilio Pacheco wins Cervantes Prize, Spanish-speaking world’s top literary honor

Mexican Pacheco wins Cervantes literary award

Spain says pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel, which fired back and escaped

Spain says trawler attacked by pirates

MADRID — Pirates attacked a Spanish fishing vessel Sunday in the Indian Ocean with small arms and a rocket-propelled grenade but private security guards aboard the ship drove them off with gunfire, officials said.

Baroness and son battle over Spanish art treasure

MADRID - One of the world’s top private art collections could become the object of a legal dispute as a Spanish baroness is being challenged by a wayward son over his inheritance rights.

Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom; Spain ‘did what it had to do’ to free 36 sailors

Somali pirates get $3.3M ransom, free 36 hostages

Somalis: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages aboard Spanish trawler taken in early October freed

Somali pirate: $3.3M ransom paid, 36 hostages free

Spain’s prime minister says Somali pirates have freed trawler with crew of 36

Spain says pirates freed trawler, 36 crew members

Spain to push for Turkey’s EU membership during its presidency

MADRID - Spain will do its best to encourage Turkey’s entry into the European Union during its EU-presidency in the first half of 2010, government sources said Monday.

British Airways and Iberia talk up benefits of merger amid opposition

BA and Iberia: merger positive for passengers

Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of €16.4 million from year-ago profit

Iberia reports €16.4 million Q3 loss

MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of €16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of €30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for air travel.

Spanish airline Iberia reports Q3 loss of euro16.4 million from year-ago profit

Iberia reports euro16.4 million Q3 loss

MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia SA, poised to merge with British Airways PLC, reported Friday a loss of euro16.4 million ($24.5 million) in the third quarter, compared to a profit of euro30.4 million a year earlier, as the economic crisis sapped demand for air travel.

British Airways, Iberia announce agreement on basis for forming new combined company

BA, Iberia agree on basis for combined company

Iberia, British Airways agree on merger

MADRID - Spain’s largest airline Iberia and British Airways (BA) have agreed on a merger, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday.

Iberia, British Airways approve agreement establishing basis for merger

Iberia, British Airways agree basis for merger

British Airways confirms board talks on potential merger with Spain’s Iberia

British Airways-Iberia merger under consideration

Telefonica 3rd quarter profits down 0.6 percent on lower revenue

Telefonica profits down 0.6 pct

MADRID — Spanish telephone company Telefonica SA said Thursday its 3rd quarter net profit dipped 0.6 percent compared to the same period of last year as the company took in less revenue in a recession-plagued economy.

11 accused Islamic extremists on trial in Spain over alleged plot for suicide attacks

Spain tries 11 over alleged Islamic terror plot

Spanish airline Iberia cancels 368 flights because of strike by flight attendants

Strike at Spain’s Iberia cancels flights

MADRID — Spanish airline Iberia has canceled 368 flights because of a two-day strike by flight attendants seeking pay increases.

Somali pirates target oil tanker with rocket-propelled grenades in longest-range attack so far

Somali pirates hit oil tanker in long-range attack

Spain rules out freeing pirates as demanded by brigands holding Spanish trawler and crew

Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates

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