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Sen. John McCain’s mother hospitalized in Portugal after fall

LISBON, Portugal — Health officials in Portugal say the 97-year-old mother of Sen. John McCain has spent the night in a Lisbon hospital after a fall.

US Sen. McCain’s mother hospitalized in Portugal after fall

LISBON, Portugal — The 97-year-old mother of U.S. Senator John McCain spent the night in a Lisbon hospital after a fall, Portuguese health officials and the senator’s office said Friday.

Spanish doctor banned 10 years, 3 cyclists get shorter bans in Portugal’s biggest doping case

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s cycling federation has suspended a Spanish doctor for 10 years after finding him guilty of providing illegal substances to riders in the country’s biggest doping case.

Dublin officials: Early returns point to victory for EU’s reform treaty in Irish referendum

DUBLIN — Ireland’s voters have embraced “a stronger, fairer and better Europe” by decisively backing the European Union’s long-delayed reform treaty, Prime Minister Brian Cowen declared Saturday as the final result was still being calculated.

European Union reform at stake as Ireland mounts 2nd referendum on Lisbon Treaty

DUBLIN — The future of the European Union hung in the balance Friday as Ireland’s voters decided once again whether to ratify a treaty aimed at making the 27-nation body more decisive and effective.

Center-left Socialists re-elected in Portugal on promise of economic stimulus package

LISBON, Portugal — The center-left Socialist Party has retained power in Portugal’s parliamentary elections.

Portuguese PM returned to office despite chafing reforms that angered many

LISBON, Portugal — Socialist leader Jose Socrates, set for another four years as Portugal’s prime minister after elections Sunday, has antagonized many — even inside his own party — with his determination to reform and modernize Portugal.

Incumbent Socialists forecast to win Portugal elections dominated by crisis

LISBON, Portugal — Portuguese voters, anxious about an unemployment rate that has hit a 20-year high, were expected to return the Socialists to government in Sunday elections after the party campaigned on promises of big-ticket public works projects to help stimulate growth.

Socialists are re-elected in Portuguese elections, but majority reduced

LISBON, Portugal — The center-left Socialist Party retained power in Portuguese elections Sunday, despite the country’s highest jobless rate in 20 years.

Socialists retain power in Portugal, but its minority government may need help

LISBON, Portugal — The center-left Socialist Party is staying in government for four more years after winning elections Sunday but its reduced parliamentary majority may handicap its efforts to lead Portugal out of an economic crisis.

Exit poll shows Socialists are re-elected in Portugal’s parliamentary elections

LISBON, Portugal — An exit poll says Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party has won re-election in the country’s parliamentary elections.

Socrates takes clear victory in Portuguese elections

LISBON - Portugal’s Socialist Prime Minister Jose Socrates renewed his mandate with a clear victory in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, but remained short of an absolute majority with about 90 percent of the vote counted.

Portuguese voters mull best way out recession in Sunday’s parliamentary elections

LISBON, Portugal — Recession weighed heavily on Portuguese voters’ minds ahead of parliamentary elections on Sunday that polls indicated would return the incumbent Socialist Party to power.

Mother of missing girl Madeleine McCann takes hope from US case of Jaycee Dugard

LISBON, Portugal — The mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann says she has gained fresh hope for her daughter after the discovery of American Jaycee Dugard, who was found in California 18 years after being kidnapped.

Close Portuguese elections may bring end of ‘ferocious’ Socialist reformer

LISBON, Portugal — Just before he came to power in a landslide four years ago, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Socrates described himself in political terms as “a ferocious animal” — an uncompromising reformer who would turn Portugal into one of Europe’s go-getters.

New York-based NGO Helen Keller International wins Portuguese blindness award

LISBON, Portugal — The Helen Keller International nonprofit organization has won a $1.4 million prize from a Portuguese foundation for its work in preventing blindness in the developing world, the foundation said Friday.

Portugal houses 2 Guantanamo detainees, says they are free to move inside the country

LISBON, Portugal — Two Syrians previously held at Guantanamo Bay have arrived in Portugal as free men, the government said Saturday.

Archaeologists unearth British General’s 19th century command post in Portugal

LISBON - A team of archeologists has unearthed what is believed to have been the headquarters of Luso-British troop commander General Wellington in the early 19th century, in a dig inside the Alqueidao Forte in Portugal.

Landslide kills 5, injures at least 4 in Portugal’s popular Algarve beach resort

LISBON, Portugal — A landslide at a Portuguese seaside resort killed five people and injured at least four Friday, officials said.

Landslide kills 2, injures at least 7 in Portugal’s popular Algarve beach resort

LISBON, Portugal — A landslide at a Portuguese seaside resort killed two people and injured at least seven Friday, officials said. Two people were missing.

Landslide kills 1, injures at least 8 in Portugal’s popular Algarve beach resort

LISBON, Portugal — A landslide at a Portuguese seaside resort killed one person and injured at least eight others Friday, officials said. Two people were missing.

Two killed in light plane crash in Portugal

LISBON - The two passengers of a light aircraft died when it crashed near a village on the outskirts of the Portuguese city of Evora, according to media reports Saturday.

Portugal taking 2 Syrian Guantanamo detainees on humanitarian grounds, foreign ministry says

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal has agreed to take two Syrian detainees from Guantanamo on humanitarian grounds, the government said Friday — becoming the third EU nation to accept inmates from the U.S. military prison.

Portugal’s high court upholds gay marriage ban, denies lesbian couple’s appeal

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal’s Constitutional Court on Friday upheld the country’s ban on gay marriage, rejecting a challenge by two lesbians who are seeking to wed.

Convicted murderer spends years in caves in Portugal, caught looking ‘like Robinson Crusoe’

LISBON, Portugal — A fugitive murderer spent 16 years hiding in caves around his home village in northern Portugal before he was recaptured looking “like Robinson Crusoe,” police said Thursday.

Lonely Planet offers guidance for travel with children

OAKLAND, Calif. — Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler traveled widely with their children from the time they were babies.

Portugal sets up recharging sites in anticipation of electric car mass market

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal announced a plan Monday to install about 1,300 recharging sites for electric vehicles over the next two years, part of an effort to create a mass market for environmentally friendly electric cars expected to go on sale next year.

Whaling talks ponder compromise deal but breakthrough said to be no closer

LISBON, Portugal — The International Whaling Commission on Monday began discussing a possible compromise deal that would reduce the number of whales killed each year.

Portugal to take in 2 or 3 Guantanamo detainees once released by US

LISBON, Portugal — Portugal will take in two or three Guantanamo detainees once they are released by the U.S. detention center, the foreign minister said.