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Lost account of Spanish war sees light after 70 years

LONDON (Reuters) - When Henry Buckley crossed the Pyrenees in 1939 with the remnants of the defeated Spanish Republican forces, he had reported on Spain for 10 years, witnessed the great battles of the civil war, and won a reputation as the most informed of all the foreign correspondents who had covFull story

Spain's obsession with high-speed trains runs into budget reality

ONBOARD MADRID-ALICANTE HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (Reuters) - A one-track dirt road used by local farmers is the main access to a magnificent glass-and-steel train station in the small city of Villena, on Spain's latest high-speed rail route. Full story

Spain's Mango takes on retail fashion rivals Inditex, H&M

BARCELONA (Reuters) - Shoppers in the 109 countries where Spanish fashion chain Mango has stores recognize its celebrity faces well, but few know much about the company behind the clothes modeled by Kate Moss, Gerard Pique and Scarlett Johansson. Full story

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Whole Foods revises employee language policy

Italy, Germany, France, Spain push job action at Rome meeting

Camp helps Spanish kids keep up their English in summer months

New Subduction Zone Forming Off Spain's Coast

Spain's public debt hits record high

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  Migrant tries daring attempt to sneak into Spain

Police in Spain detained a suspected illegal migrant precariously positioned over the propeller of a ferry arriving from Morocco. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

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  Study: Latino kids seeing more fast food ads

A new study shows that 84 percent of advertising on Spanish children's TV programming is for fast food. KVOA's Ryan Haarer reports.

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