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Spain's Catalonia Bans Bullfighting in Vote

(July 28) -- Lawmakers in the Catalonia region of Spain voted after an emotional debate today to ban bullfighting, a decision that some hope will signal the end of the controversial spectacle throughout the country. Protesters who believe bullfighting is a blood sport and cruel to animals appeared outside the local...

Spain's Supreme Court to Examine Abortion Law

(June 30) -- Just days before Spain's new liberal abortion law was to go into effect, the country's highest court has agreed to hear a challenge to its constitutionality from the opposition conservative Popular Party. The law , a key piece in the ruling Socialists' efforts to modernize Spain's social laws, removes all...

El Pais News From the Web

05/29/12 Euro 2012: the Experts' Network Source: Guardian Blogs The Guardian is delighted to launch our Euro 2012 Experts' Network, a collaboration between 16 of the best media organisations in Europe.
05/26/12 Ronald Reagan's Blood: A Civil Relic with a Difference... Source: The Moderate Voice While America is a young country not as prone as some others to preserving 'relics' of the dead, we do appear to have a thing for blood, which, if modern science progresses as some think it might, could result in some interesting historical clones.
05/25/12 Spain Papers Review - Friday May 25 2012 Source: TypicallySpanish.com El Mundo says that the PP is studying the creation of the largest public bank in history.
05/23/12 Spain Papers Review - Wednesday May 23 2010 Source: TypicallySpanish.com El Mundo headlines that Mariano Rajoy has told Alfredo PÃ©rez Rubalcaba that he will be asking for help from the European Central Bank today.
05/22/12 Spain Papers Review - Tuesday May 22 2012 Source: TypicallySpanish.com El Mundo notes that Obama has suggested that the European Central Bank should intervene to help Spain and Italy.

Background on El Pais

El País (; literally The Country) is the highest-circulation daily newspaper in Spain, and one of three Madrid dailies considered to be national newspapers of record for Spain (along with El Mundo and ABC).

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