Read more Spain stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/735/spain.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:01:52 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71502/columbus-the-crusaders-legacy-endures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThis Columbus Day, James Carroll invites us to reconsider the man and his motivations. Pop culture has secularized Columbus, concentrating on his mission in search of gold, spices, and trade routes. That ignores his central motivation: expanding the dominion of Christianity. An “old Crusader” ambition motivated Columbus, Carroll writes for...http://www.newser.com/story/71502/columbus-the-crusaders-legacy-endures.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 16:45:24 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70121/spain-nabs-alleged-pilot-in-dirty-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSpanish police have arrested a commercial pilot they say flew "death flights" that dumped political malcontents into the sea for Argentina's junta during the Dirty War, the BBC reports. Julio Alberto Poch was nabbed in Valencia as he was preparing to fly a Transavia passenger plane to Amsterdam.http://www.newser.com/story/70121/spain-nabs-alleged-pilot-in-dirty-war.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 23 Sep 2009 12:35:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69816/leonard-cohen-collapses-in-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLeonard Cohen collapsed onstage in Spain last night and was rushed to a hospital with stomach pain, the CBC reports. The 75-year-old singer, who fainted while singing "Bird on the Wire," suffered from stomach cramps and vomiting before losing consciousness. Cohen was released this morning and said he wants to...http://www.newser.com/story/69816/leonard-cohen-collapses-in-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 19 Sep 2009 17:26:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69547/swearing-at-your-boss-cant-get-you-fired-in-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Barcelona court says calling your boss a "son of a bitch" is not grounds for dismissal, insisting the slight is common in arguments in Spain and not that big a deal. The plaintiff in the case was fired in January 2008 for hurling that insult at his boss during...http://www.newser.com/story/69547/swearing-at-your-boss-cant-get-you-fired-in-spain.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 16 Sep 2009 10:39:39 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66801/right-wing-stokes-hatred-of-euroweenies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEuropeans may have longer lives and longer vacations, but red-blooded Americans don't want their socialist ways on this side of the ocean, right wing media mouths are eager to remind everyone, MIchael Freedman writes in Newsweek . Underlying much of the opposition to health care reform is the fear that it's...http://www.newser.com/story/66801/right-wing-stokes-hatred-of-euroweenies.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Aug 2009 5:15:06 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66472/eta-admits-attacks-as-2nd-bomb-hits-spanish-island.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBasque separatist group ETA is claiming responsibility for three blasts today in the Spanish island of Mallorca, including one at a restaurant where so far there are no reports of injuries, CNN reports. ETA had already claimed responsibility today for a series of attacks in Spain in June and July,...http://www.newser.com/story/66472/eta-admits-attacks-as-2nd-bomb-hits-spanish-island.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 9:50:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66375/maddy-suspect-asked-about-her-new-daughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagPrivate investigators working for Madeleine McCann's parents have received “hundreds of calls” from people with information about a woman who may be involved in the child’s disappearance, the Telegraph reports. A witness said the woman, described as a Victoria Beckham lookalike with an Australian accent, was pacing and looking agitated...http://www.newser.com/story/66375/maddy-suspect-asked-about-her-new-daughter.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 07 Aug 2009 14:49:19 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66171/girls-play-mom-with-breastfeeding-doll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIf urinating and burping toys aren’t enough, a Spanish doll provides simulated breastfeeding, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Bebé Glotón, which translates to Baby Glutton, comes with a halter top for the doll's owner, and it's equipped with a pair of flowers that take on the role of nipples. The...http://www.newser.com/story/66171/girls-play-mom-with-breastfeeding-doll.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 05 Aug 2009 14:00:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65825/spanish-village-hopes-to-profit-from-h-bomb-infamy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBeing the site of one of the world's worst nuclear accidents is an unlikely thing to build a tourist trade on, but the people of Palomares plan to give it a shot, the Wall Street Journal reports. Four hydrogen bombs fell on the tiny Spanish village after a US bomber...http://www.newser.com/story/65825/spanish-village-hopes-to-profit-from-h-bomb-infamy.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 01 Aug 2009 9:19:15 CDT