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World Mar 24
Spanish army finds deceased bodies in nursing homes among residentsTroops disinfecting nursing homes have found, to their horror, some residents living in squalor among the infectious bodies of people that authorities suspect have died from the new coronavirus.
Arts Feb 26
Spain cancels Plácido Domingo’s appearance in two opera datesIt is the first time a performance by Domingo has been cancelled in Europe since allegations surfaced of sexual misconduct by the singer.
World Feb 03
Damaged Air Canada plane lands in Spain after tense hoursToronto-bound flight AC837 had left from the Spanish capital in the early afternoon on Monday but had to request an emergency return after one of its two engines was damaged and a tire ruptured during takeoff.
World Nov 11
Spain faces a widening political divideAfter Sunday's national vote, no party has a clear mandate to govern and a far-right party has become a major parliamentary player in Spain for the first time in decades.
World Nov 10
Spain’s national vote an epic struggle between left, rightAs Spaniards voted Sunday in the country's fourth election in as many years, a leading leftist party pledged to help the incumbent Socialists in hopes of staving off a possible right-wing coalition government that could include a far-right party.
World Oct 24
Spain exhumes late dictator Gen. Francisco Franco’s remainsGen. Francisco Franco's remains were moved from his grandiose mausoleum, which many consider an affront to Spain's standing as a modern democratic state, to a small family crypt north of the capital.
World Aug 19
Iranian tanker the U.S. tried to seize heads toward GreeceThe vessel left Gibraltar after having been detained for a month in the British overseas territory for allegedly attempting to breach European Union sanctions on Syria.
World Oct 07
UPDATE: Madrid to euthanize pet dog of nurse with EbolaMADRID -- Three more people were placed under quarantine for Ebola at a Madrid hospital where a Spanish nurse became infected, authorities said Tuesday. More than 50 other possible contacts were being monitored.