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Baybayin – the lost tagalog script of pre-Spanish conquest
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Studying abroad is a challenge that over 100,000 U.S. university students annually take on, spending one semester or more studying abroad. I have been among those students, having studied abroad in Chile, Peru, Columbia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Mexico on... Wrong Anthem Played For Alberto Contador, History of Mishaps
The victory of this year's Tour de France champion Alberto Contador was marred when the wrong anthem was played at the celebration ceremony in Paris today; but, history shows that anthem mishaps in the sports... Spanish bishops apologise for silence over killings
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Spanish customs seize huge cocaine haul
The Spanish custom officials have taken a boat carrying five tonnes of cocaine near the Canary Islands. Officials boarded the Dona Fortuna about 780 nautical miles (1,444 km) north-east of the islands on Thursday and discovered the boat's cargo with a street value of £221m.... Spain's wind power grows steadily in 2009
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Two European journalists who were kidnapped in Somalia six weeks ago have been released by their abductors unharmed. " Two journalists, from Britain and Spain, have been released after almost six weeks in captivity...
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