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

Spain: 11 guilty of belonging to terror group

Villages in Spain’s Catalonia region hold nonbinding vote on independence

Catalan villages ponder independence from Spain

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-Qaida offshoot that claimed kidnapping 4 Europeans says hostages are in good health

Al-Qaida says 4 European hostages in good health

Art & devotion: Ind. museum shows sacred works from Spain, Mexico, Peru never assembled before

Rare exhibition brings together Spanish sacred art

Official: 3 kidnapped Spanish aid workers being transferred to Mali from Mauritania

Official: 3 Spanish hostages being taken to Mali

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

3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania, Spanish minister suspects al-Qaida-linked militants

3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

Police say 3 Spanish aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

Police: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania

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.

Canada follows UK in not backing Sri Lankan bid to host 2011Commonwealth summit

Port-of-SPAIN - The Canadian Government has followed the United Kingdom in announcing that it will oppose Sri Lanka’s bid to host the next summit of 53 Commonwealth countries in 2011.

Swiss adventurer ditches in sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings

Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt

Swiss adventurer hits sea while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings

Jet-winged adventurer ditches in Atlantic, unhurt

Daredevil rocket man to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings

Rocket man at it again, to cross a patch of ocean

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

El Salvador awards highest honor to 6 Jesuit priests killed by army 20 years ago

El Salvador honors 6 Jesuits slain by army in 1989

1,200 Caribbean troopers to guard Commonwealth meet

Port-of-SPAIN - About 1,200 Carribean troopers along with local security personnel will maintain a hawk-eye vigil during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) to be held in this Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29, a minister said, adding 9/11 has “changed the security landscape for heads of states”.

British Airways and Iberia talk up benefits of merger amid opposition

BA and Iberia: merger positive for passengers

British Airways CEO: Merger with Spain’s Iberia won’t boost fares, shares rise for both

BA chief says Iberia deal won’t raise fares

Maulana Azad’s vision is lauded in Trinidad

Port-of-SPAIN - The work and vision of India’s first minister of education Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad was highlighted during the celebration of International Scholars’ day in Chaguanas in central Trinidad.

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.