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UK 'sorry' for shooting at 'Spanish flag' buoy

Opps we are color blind... Sorry  " The UK has apologised to Spain after the Royal Navy used a buoy with the Spanish colours for target practice. The exercise took place off the coast of Gibraltar earlier...

Spanish takes hands-on approach to sex education - masturbation

This article made me splutter in my coffee at this very moment I would love to be a fly on the wall, when the pope reads this same story. When he is also drinking his early morning jarva at a guess he will spill...

Baybayin – the lost tagalog script of pre-Spanish conquest

As the days go by I learn more about the nation its history and the people in these beautiful Islands of the Philippines. Until today I thought the West brought literacy to Philippines but that is not so in fact...

Chinese Plant Dung Of The Devil May Kill Swine Flu

Ferula Asafetida, a plant used by the Chinese to protect against the Spanish Flu in 1918 may be effective in fighting the swine flu, or H1N1. The plant is known as Dung of the Devil due to its foul smell. Researchers found that Ferula Asafetida contained more than 230 natural...

Study Abroad Distinguished Impossible from Merely Improbable

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

It has taken a rather long time for the Spanish Catholic Church to acknowledge these unfortunate deaths during Franco´s dictatorship. " Spanish bishops broke decades of silence at the weekend to apologise for...

Barak Obama's Anti-Christian View No Friend to Blacks, Church

     Since taking office, President Barak Obama and his allies in Congress have careened into the headlines and pummelled Republicans still reeling from defeat and dissent within their own...

Poisonous jellyfish Portuguese Men O' War invade Spanish waters

One of the world's most poisonous jellyfish, the Portuguese Man O'War, has been spotted off the coast of Spain for the first time in a decade. This means that they will settle in these waters now, meaning...

The doll that brings back Bogota

Jacqueline sits on the bed, staring up blankly with heavy blue eye shadow surrounding her painted eyes. Twenty-two year old Laura Mesa picks her up, pushing down some of her wiry red hair, and explains that...

Music to fight agains Mexican illegal immigration

The story of US borders patrol using all they can to fight against illegal immigration at the Mexican border is not new. But broadcasting Mexican songs on local radio for free to tell how dangerous it is to cross the border is really surprising. According to Carlos...

Tweenage Dora the Explorer to Join Dora in new Mattel Line

Dios mio!  Dora's growing up! If you've had children, chances are you're familiar with Dora the Explorer - the 7 year old Latino girl doll that teaches kids Spanish phrases on her Nickelodeon TV series,...

Return to the Movie Palace

El Paso, Texas - As I toured the Historic Plaza Theatre in El Paso, Texas recently I was struck by the ornate architecture, the use of innovative "atmospherics", like the clouds drifting across the ceiling, the...

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

Spain's wind power companies is currently third in the world for producing alternative energy sources, and they are expecting a steady growth this year, despite the economic worries of a long-term investment....

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