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Gibraltar is home to the 1,400-foot-tall rock that many Americans recognize as the symbol of Prudential Insurance.

British ambassador forced to apologise after Royal Navy ship 'used buoy painted colours of Spanish flag for target practice' By Ian Drury Last updated at 5:26 PM on 20th November 2009 Britain was embroiled in a diplomatic row today after the Royal Navy was accused of using a Spanish flag as a machine-gun target.

Introduction Gibraltar, a British overseas territory in the southernmost tip of Spain, situated between two continents at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea, benefits from a constantly growing marine sector.

Saakashvili gave an illegal order to attack Russian troops and says he would do the same again given the chance a ' he must go Analogies between Georgia and the states of western Europe are difficult to maintain: it is precisely because the Euro-Atlantic community has reached a maturity in its mutual relationships that so many of us in Georgia want ...

Simon Calder leaves the crowds in the costas behind and heads south to where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean Sipping a caf con leche outside the Caf Central in the town of Tarifa is one of those simple pleasures that seem so intense in Andalucia.

At least five Africans have have died in the latest tragedy at sea involving illegal immigrants bound for Spain, authorities said Saturday.

A coroner has criticised Spanish authorities for their investigation into the death of a British bookmaker who was found dead after falling from his apartment building.

A coroner has criticised foreign investigations into deaths abroad after sub-standard evidence left him unable to say how a Cheltenham man working for an international betting firm died in Spain.

Friends and neighbours Everyone is up in arms about the deplorable action being taken by the La Linea authorities on vehicular traffic which is destined for Gibraltar.

The British overseas territory of Gibraltar, a limestone outcrop on the southern tip of the Iberian peninsula, occupies a commanding position at the western gateway to the Mediterranean Sea.

Dependent territory Great Brytania, though Spain claims to him claims me. The borders on land from Spanish city the La Linea de la Concepcion demilitarized neutral zone from which separates it, it where the artificial take-off belt of Gibraltar airport was built was and the building of land border passage among Gibraltar and Spain.

IT IS famous for Barbary apes, cheap shops and stunning views of Europe and Africa.

Gibraltar holds a strategically important position on the northern side of the strait separating Europe from Africa at the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea from the Atlantic.

Spanish minister set to make historic visit to Gibraltar - first since Britain took control of Rock in 1704 By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 12:56 PM on 20th July 2009 Spain's foreign minister is set to make a historic visit to Gibraltar tomorrow following a diplomatic row over territorial waters.

The ecologists say Spain has direct responsibility for pollution which occurs from spillages during ship to ship fuel transfers A Spanish fuel supply ship was the target of a Greenpeace protest in the Bay of Algeciras this Monday morning against the practice of a bunkeringa TM, the transfer of fuel from a smaller supply vessel to another ship.

THE row over some of Rupert Murdoch's minions routinely tapping telephones for their stories has brought diverse reactions.

He will attend a Ministerial meeting of the three-way forum on 21st July if prior agreement is reached on joint control of waters around the Rock A non-Ministerial meeting of the three-way forum on Gibraltar has been taking place in Madrid, ahead of a full Ministerial meeting to be held on the Rock later this month.

The civil war in Spain drove thousands of people insane and left untold numbers in need of psychiatric care.

Age of consent bill defeated GIBRALTAR - The parliament of this small British territory on June 18 voted down a member's bill to equalize the age of consent for gay men, which is currently 18.

Chief Minister Peter Caruana's growing determination to stifle any criticism of himself and his regime took a new and ominous twist on Wednesday when he used Parliamentary procedure to avoid answering a series of potentially embarrassing questions set down by Opposition Leader Joe Bossano and fellow GSLP MP Fabian Picardo.