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Obamania is all the rage ahead of next week's visit to Berlin, Paris and London by a man described in newspapers as a "John Kennedy of our time" and Europe's champion in the race for the White House.

Colombian military intelligence apparently set up a Web site for a fake humanitarian group as part of a ruse to dupe leftist rebels into giving up 15 hostages this month.

Brett Robert Hathaway of The Colony, a student at Texas Tech University, has recently returned from studying abroad in Barcelona, Spain.

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is seen at the opening ceremony of the World Conference on Dialogue at the Pardo Palace in Madrid, Wednesday, July 16, 2008.

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By Jason Webb

L'HOSPITALET DE LLOBREGAT, Spain (Reuters) - When immigrants come to L'Hospitalet on the grimy outskirts of Barcelona, they'd better not play loud music after 10 at night or spit on the street.

"You are not allowed to spit, urinate or defecate in public places," says a leaflet in Spanish and Catalan aimed at the immigrant community, which has increased tenfold in nine years to reach 24 percent of the dormitory town's population of 263,000.

As the country lurches towards possible recession following a boom fuelled by immigrant labor, the leaflets distributed on the streets of densely inhabited working-class L'Hospitalet confirm that a hardening of attitudes to immigration, already apparent in other parts of Europe, is now reaching Spain.

Emilio Botin, director of Spain's Banco Santander, speaks during a company shareholders meeting in the northern Spanish town of Santander, June 2008.

Spain's highest court has agreed to study a government appeal of a referendum proposed by the Basque region that is seen as a veiled push toward independence, the court said Thursday.

Spain's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the acquittal of a top suspect in the 2004 Madrid commuter train bombings, rejecting an appeal by prosecutors on the grounds he has already been convicted of the same ...

A medication called cinacalcet - 'an important part of treatment to control high levels of parathyroid hormone in patients receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease - 'works by resetting the balance ...

MADRID, Spain : Spanish airline Spanair said Wednesday it is cutting a third of its jobs and nine loss-making routes to survive reduced consumer demand and rising fuel prices.

VATICAN CITY, JULY 15, 2008 .- Benedict XVI is calling for solidarity and responsibility in national and international policies on water, saying water is a right and profit should not be the only reason to ...

While he didn't expect to travel much, Pope Benedict XVI is actually keeping pace with his globe-trotting predecessor John Paul II.

MADRID, Spain - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia exhorted followers of the world's leading faiths to turn away from extremism and embrace a spirit of reconciliation, saying at the start of an interfaith conference ...

Turkish dance group "Fire of Anatolia" has performed in Saragossa, Spain. The 75-member group took the stage during the Turkish Day activities in the EXPO Fair held in Saragossa with the theme of "Water and ...

A vigilante in Alicante, Spain used a rifle to blast a set of speed cameras last week.

Spain's housing crisis has claimed its first big victim, with property developer Martinsa-Fadesa declaring itself insolvent.

Spain's government on Tuesday appealed to the Constitutional Court to block a plan by the northern Basque Country to hold a referendum on self-determination. The referendum plan, which the Basque parliament ...

A vote Friday to confirm a proposal from the HomePlug Alliance and the Panasonic-led HD-PLC group for a powerline home networking standard failed to get the required number of backers.

New Valencia sporting director Xabier Azkargorta has confirmed Unai Emery remains the club's coach despite speculation linking them with a move for Spain's European Championship-winning tactician Luis Aragones.