As 2012 began—and less than two months after winning control over the Spanish parliament—the right-leaning Partido Popular passed a contro...
How clothes retailer Peacocks ran up £750m debts
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The retailer Peacocks is the biggest company in Wales to have collapsed in recent years. There are not many firms with a headquarters in ...
UBS trader denies gambling £1.5 billion in Britain's biggest banking fraud
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Mr Adoboli, 31, east London, will go on trial accused of losing the cash while working for Swiss banking giant UBS. He spoke only to enter...
Britain's banks slashed $50 billion (£31.8 billion) from their exposure to France, Italy and Spain during the summer as financial institutions ran scared
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Britain's banks slashed $50 billion (£31.8 billion) from their exposure to France, Italy and Spain during the summer as financial inst...
Spain seen heading for recession as economy shrinks
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Spain's economy looks set to slip into recession after contracting for the first time in two years in the last quarter of 2011, highli...
Prostitute in French footballer sex scandal launches own underwear range
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The prostitute at the centre of the French footballer sex scandal has transformed from call girl to cover girl with a new underwear range. ...
Protein Rich Diet Good For Losing Weight,
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A recent research has revealed that a diet rich in proteins can prove helpful in making a woman to lose weight. The research was conducted...
rich Irish still live life with a bang!
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Not everybody is going broke in Ireland these days. While the bankruptcy courts continue to clog with casualties of the recession, like th...
Spain takes legal action against Spanair
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Spain's government has launched legal action against the now-defunct airline Spanair for allegedly violating the country's aviatio...
Pilot Strike Affects Scores Of Travelers
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Ten thousands travelers were left stranded at Spanish airports Friday due to a new strike by pilots of Iberia, the flag carrier of Spain. ...
Spain's 4th largest airliner goes broke
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Spain's fourth largest airliner, Spanair, has stopped operations after failing to seal a last minute deal aimed at rescuing the compan...
Thousands of passengers faced massive travel disruptions across Spain
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Thousands of passengers faced massive travel disruptions across Spain on Saturday after domestic carrier Spanair cancelled all of its flig...
Recession causes 2,000 heart attack deaths
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Since 2002 the number of people dying from heart attacks in England has dropped by half, the study conducted by Oxford University found....
News International offices searched as four more men are arrested
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Four men, including a serving police officer, have been arrested in connection with Scotland Yard's investigation into payments to pol...
The girlfriend who could finally endure no more
Author: Fraser Trevor
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There is an old proverb which says: "As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly." Tammy Kingdon's folly was...
Decapitated man John Grainger in Stockport 'was shot first' as two men quizzed
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Mr Grainger's body was found by Greater Manchester firefighters as they tackled a blaze shortly after 5am in Wellington Street, near t...
Decapitation murder victim named
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A man found decapitated has been named as 32-year-old John Grainger. Mr Grainger's body was discovered by firefighters in Stockport, G...
Ex-Navy man detained in U.S. for alleged drug smuggling in Japan
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former U.S. Navy serviceman has been detained in the United States after Japanese police issued an arrest warrant for him on suspicion of ...
Survey reveals expat banking fears
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The Expat Banking Poll was sponsored by Lloyds TSB International and conducted by expat website Just Landed. Expats in Spain were found to...
Identity fraud biggest threat as number of scams soars
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UK fraud levels increased by 9% last year, new figures revealed today, with identity scams the biggest contributor. Over 236,500 cases of...
Costa del Sol opposes drilling for oil and gas
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IGNORING longstanding local opposition, energy giants will continue the search for gas and oil deposits off the Andalucia coast. The first...
Spain Plans Budget Law as Drug Firms Owed $8.4 Billion by States
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Spain pledged to set spending limits for regional governments in a new law tomorrow as the country’s pharmaceutical lobby said the regions...
Psycho gang boss set for arrest over Maria killing
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THE net is closing in on the 30-year-old criminal who is suspected of murdering Romanian teenager Maria Rostas. Sources say that gardai s...
Bulgarian gangster Tihomir Georgiev has contract on his head
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Tihomir Georgiev — known as the Butcher Of Bulgaria for his reputation for slicing off fingers and ears of his enemies — is due to be extr...
Britain, US and France send warships through Strait of Hormuz
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This deployment defied explicit Iranian threats to close the waterway. It coincided with an escalation in the West's confrontation wit...
Two arrested after headless burnt body is found in 'suspected gangland execution'
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Two men have been arrested after a man was beheaded and set on fire in a suspected gangland execution. Firefighters discovered the headle...
The UK could become a hub for smuggling the herbal stimulant khat,
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European police and politicians have warned. The Netherlands is the latest country to outlaw the sale of the plant, which is now banned i...
3 years after US accident, boat washes up in Spain
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As he swam toward the coast of Nantucket, Mass. in August 2008, Scott Douglas, 58, watched his yellow fishing boat disappear, carried away...
Eating fried foods didn't hurt the hearts of Spaniards who follow a Mediterranean diet
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Eating fried foods didn't hurt the hearts of Spaniards who follow a Mediterranean diet, but the findings are too good to be true for Can...
Underworld bankers Daniel Keenan and Andrew Barnett who laundered £17m of drug money are jailed
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Two underworld bankers who laundered more than £17million in drug money have been jailed for a total of 17 years. Daniel Keenan, 41, and ...
Drug smugglers and dealers to get law thaw in UK
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Drug smugglers and street dealers could avoid prison in the UK even if caught with heroin, cocaine or thousands of pounds worth of cannabi...
London hospitals write off 'over 90%' owed by foreign patients
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London hospitals have written off more than 90% of what they are owed by foreign patients not entitled to free NHS care, BBC London has le...
Gangster gets four years for drug stash
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A CAREER criminal branded as “extraordinarily dangerous” has been jailed for four years after being caught with heroin worth £50,000 durin...
Fury erupts over bikie 'war' claims
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A GOLD Coast nightclub owner says it's time to clear the air on "sensationalised" reports of bikie gang violence in Surfers ...
Troy Mercanti To Have Bedside Hearing
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Finks motorcycle gang member Troy Mercanti will have a bedside court hearing this afternoon due to his "significantly deteriorating&q...