Prepared scripts, parallel arguments
Rubalcaba tiptoed over the PSOE's record in power, while Rajoy avoided defining his program
Both PP and Socialists celebrate after debate
Madrid|
Rajoy lauded as victor; PSOE claims abstentionists will vote
Three aid workers held by criminal gang in Mali
Madrid|
Sources dismiss reports that they were taken by an Al Qaeda cell
Economy on way back to recession, says BBVA report
Madrid|
Mou permits, the players press
Madrid|
Real Madrid's run of form is based on the team's drive to pressure opponents more
Crisis provokes cultural hemorrhage
Madrid|
Film and theater festivals fall like flies while regional arts centers become endangered species in the wake of slashed budgets across the country
Large oil find in Argentina boosts Repsol stock
Madrid|
Discovery could yield around four billion barrels of crude
"I was raped. I demand justice"
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The young model Soraya speaks for the first time about her alleged assault by a Saudi prince in a yacht docked in Ibiza. He completely denies the charges
Spain's men of straw
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The boom-time property magnates have gone to ground. They are either busy trying to hold on to their fortunes, or have moved on to pastures new
Rajoy wins TV debate after surviving Rubalcaba assault
Madrid|
Opposition leader sidestepped aggressive demands by Socialist to be more specific on social policies and budget cutbacks
Property firm chief sentenced to year in jail for accident
Madrid|
Five workers died during a construction accident at Habitat building site in 2006
Divided and irrelevant
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European foreign policy has become a free-for-all where everyone pours his own drinks and then goes home without paying the bill
Catalan doctors call two-day strike over cuts
Barcelona|
Region's hospitals and outpatient centers to be affected; medics say they have been left with no choice
Anticorruption police search offices of royal family member
Barcelona / Palma|
Institute created by Duke of Palma investigated as part of sprawling Balearic graft case