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MWC 2014: Nokia launches Androids, Samsung Galaxy S5

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Nokia announced today its first Android series phones at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 in Barcelona, Spain. Their new Android 4.4.2 KitKat series are entry level phones and Nokia’s Stephen Elop clearly said that their top high-end devices will always remain the Lumia Windows Phone series. Nokia did not launch only one Android phone but 3! Nokia X, Nokia X+ and Nokia XL which are all Dual... 

Catalonia to vote on independence, defy Madrid

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The Catalan regional parliament has set November next year for a referendum on the Spanish province’s independence. The government in Madrid blandly said the vote won’t happen, but activists wonder how it might be stopped. Catalonia’s four pro-independence parties, which hold a majority in the regional parliament, announced Thursday that the rich industrial Spanish province will hold a referendum... 

Thousands of Spaniards hold anti-austerity protests in Madrid

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Thousands of Spaniards attend an anti-austerity demonstration in the capital Madrid, on June 16, 2013. Thousands of Spaniards have staged rallies across the country to express resentment against austerity measures, recession and the soaring rate of unemployment in the country. The protests took place on Sunday in 29 cities including the capital Madrid, the country’s second-largest city, Barcelona,... 

Spaniards hold mass anti-austerity demos

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Thousands of demonstrators in Madrid take part in a Labor Day protest against the Spanish government’s austerity policies, May 1, 2013. Thousands of protesters have staged rallies in Spain to express resentment against austerity measures, recession and the soaring rate of unemployment in the country. Spaniards took to the streets in some 80 cities in trade union-organized Labor Day demonstrations... 

Spaniards to protest against austerity cuts, corruption

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Spaniards protesting against medical spending cuts in Madrid on February 17, 2013. Amid fresh reports of Royal family corruption, furious Spaniards are set to stage massive nationwide protests against severe budget cuts. Massive protests have been planned for Saturday in Madrid, Barcelona and other cities. Teachers, students, miners, medical staff, workers from various sectors, along with a number... 

Catalan parliament approves declaration of state sovereignty

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Catalan separatist merchandise is displayed at a stall in Las Ramblas, Barcelona, Spain. The parliament of Spain’s northeastern region of Catalonia has approved a declaration of the region’s sovereignty as a major step towards its independence from Spain. The non-binding resolution was passed on Wednesday by 85 votes in favor, 41 against, and two abstentions, the Associated Press reported. The... 

Mega strike hits Europe

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2300 GMT: Protesters in Barcelona burn two police cars forcing officers to respond with rubber bullets. Several people injured. ­2200 GMT: A group of protesters have set a barricade on fire on Madrid’s Santa Maria de la Cabeza street, El Pais reports. 1945 GMT: At least 118 people have been detained across Spain, according to El Pais. At least 40 have been injured, 18 of them police officers. 1930... 

Spain considering ban on photographing, filming police on duty

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Protesters clash with riot policemen during a demonstration in Madrid, Spain. Spain is considering a law that aims to ban photographing, filming or reproducing images of the country’s members of police and state security forces while they are on duty, officials say. Spain’s Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said that the government is considering the ban on capturing, playing back and processing... 

Real Madrid removes Cross from Emblem to please Muslims

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Real’s old (L) and new logo (R) Spanish football giants, Real Madrid, have decided to make changes to the club’s logo, getting rid of the cross, which was present on the emblem for nearly a century. ­The rebranding was needed in order to strengthen Real’s popularity among Muslim football lovers in Europe and the Middle East. The Spanish Marca newspaper is citing a source in the club’s... 

Anti-Government Protests injure 100 in Spain

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Policemen clash with protesters while trying to dismantle a camp set up in Catalunya square in Barcelona on May 27, 2011. At least 100 people have been injured after police clashed with demonstrators in Barcelona amid protests against the economic crisis and sky-high jobless rate in Spain. Policemen swiped at protesters with batons, dragged them on the ground and even fired rubber bullets on Friday... 

Spaniards vow to continue protests

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General view of the Puerta del Sol square in Madrid on May 21, 2011 during a protest against Spain's economic crisis. Protesters in the Spanish capital of Madrid say they will continue their rallies after the ruling Socialist Party suffered election losses. “We plan to stay until next Sunday, but we haven’t ruled out staying even longer,” said a spokeswoman for the organizers... 

Bilderberg Global cabal pushes agenda before meeting in Sitges, Spain

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Bilderberg-controlled news outlets in Europe and the Western Hemisphere are conditioning the public to accept two of the super-secret elite’s major goals in advance of its meeting June 4-7 in Sitges, Spain: a U.S. attack on Iran and a financial bailout of Greece and other European Union (EU) countries. But even before the Bilderberg group gathered behind the sealed-off, guarded Dolce Hotel in Sitges,... 

Bilderberg 2010 Meeting to be Held in Spain

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Uncovering the guarded secret of this year's Bilderberg gathering The Bilderberg group will conduct its annual meeting June 3-6 in Sitges, Spain (a small, exclusive resort town about 20 miles from Barcelona) behind a wall of armed guards who will seal off the resort in a futile attempt to keep the event secret. Bilderberg’s meeting will follow that of its brother group, the Trilateral Commission,... 

Two Pakistanis and Romanian woman arrested after father 'pays £100k ransom for kidnap boy in Spain'

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Three people have been arrested in Spain over the kidnap of five-year-old British boy Shail Saeed in Pakistan. Two Pakistani brothers and a Romanian woman were held by police at an address in the Mediterranean city of Tarragona, 60 miles from Barcelona. Police are said to have discovered a large part of the money at the flat they shared in the city. The international hunt for the kidnappers had turned... 

Barcelona football supporters sentenced to 6 years in prison for racial slurs

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A judge from Barcelona has convicted 6 members of the football team Bada Bing to 6 years in prison and more for “serious racist manifestations” against the rival football team players of Rosario Central which are South Americans. The judge from Court 22 of Barcelona respected all the prosecutor’s requests in giving the maximum sentence for the main defendants, the 2 brothers Israel... 
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