Medical chief calls for fines for patients who “abuse” health services
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People should be made to pay for not picking up their test results, says OMC head
Moroccan officers crossing into Melilla to take back migrants, charges NGO
Government delegate states that sub-Saharans had been caught between the barrier fences
Anticorruption attorneys want Supreme Court to handle part of ERE fund scandal
Judge Alaya asked to transfer section of her investigation into Andalusian embezzlement case
Rio police win back notorious drug district
Heavily armed forces move into Complexo da Mará without firing a shot
Civil Guard reveals list of Spain’s 10 most wanted criminals
Law enforcement agency issues rare call for international help to find fugitives
Maduro sends in troops to “liberate” major opposition city
Lawmakers claim Venezuelan citizens’ rights were violated during raid
How to fabricate a dead guerrilla
Colombia's army and government are accused of covering up the killing of hundreds of innocents The victims were passed off as slain terrorists so soldiers could collect secret state rewards
Spain asked IMF not to reveal troubles in banking sector in 2009
Just two weeks after this meeting, the first savings bank was bailed out by the central lender
Anne Hidalgo becomes first female mayor of Paris
Socialist politician, who has joint French-Spanish nationality, says she'll be "mayor for all Parisians"
Peace and social movements
The growing strength of citizen action is underscoring the reason for its success: there is a crisis in Spain’s system of representation
Spain played down IMF fears of real estate bubble bursting
Analysts were warning in 2007 of possible consequences of a slowdown and subsequent crisis
Journalists come home after six-month kidnapping ordeal in Syria
Reporter Javier Espinosa and freelance photographer Ricardo García Vilanova reunited with families The men are yet to give any details about their experiences
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