Spanish official: Grave holding purported remains of poet Garcia Lorca to be opened in weeksOctober 5th, 2009 Spain: Garcia Lorca grave to be opened in weeksMADRID — A Spanish Civil War-era grave believed to hold the remains of the acclaimed poet Federico Garcia Lorca will be dug up in two to three weeks, an official said Monday, in the most high-profile step yet in a drive for Spain to address atrocities committed against civilians during that ruinous conflict. But it is unclear if the remains will actually be identified, because descendants of Garcia Lorca are opposed to the exhumation plan.
Spanish drug police find euro4.3 million in cash buried in shanty townSeptember 30th, 2009 Spain: $6 million in drug money found shackMADRID — Spanish police say narcotics investigators have found €4.3 million ($6.3 million) in cash buried in a shanty town on the island of Mallorca. The National Police say authorities trying to break up a drug ring used heavy construction equipment to rip up the concrete floor of a shack in the city of Palma and found seven boxes with the euros, plus 7.5 kilograms (17 pounds) of jewelry and gems and $8,000.
Spanish drug police find €4.3 million in cash buried in shanty townSeptember 30th, 2009 Spain: $6 million in drug money found under shackMADRID — Spanish police say narcotics investigators have found €4.3 million ($6.3 million) in cash buried in a shanty town on the island of Mallorca. The National Police say authorities trying to break up a drug ring used heavy construction equipment to rip up the concrete floor of a shack in the city of Palma and found seven boxes with the euros, plus 7.5 kilograms (17 pounds) of jewelry and gems and $8,000.
In Spain, no more memorial Mass for Franco at politically charged burial siteSeptember 14th, 2009 No more memorial Mass in Spain for FrancoMADRID — The basilica where Francisco Franco is buried has canceled the politically charged tradition of holding a memorial Mass to mark the anniversary of the Spanish dictator's death, a monk said Monday. The Mass at the Valley of the Fallen outside Madrid was usually held around Nov.
Two killed, several injured in Spain blastJuly 30th, 2009 MADRID - At least two people were killed and several injured in an explosion on Spain's resort island Mallorca, according to media reports Thursday. The explosion was caused by a car bomb outside the Palmanova civil guard barracks, close to the Marivent palace where Spain's royal family is spending its traditional summer holiday, the El Pais newspaper reported.
37 injured in Spain bombingJuly 29th, 2009 MADRID - Up to 37 people were injured when a car bomb exploded outside police barracks in Burgos in northern Spain Wednesday morning, the El Mundo newspaper said in its internet edition. The car bomb exploded around 4 a.m.
Moldy records, mixed-up bones may make identifying many remains at Ill. cemetery impossibleJuly 16th, 2009 Jumbled bones at Ill. cemetery may be hard to IDCHICAGO — Human remains strewn amid overgrown weeds have deteriorated into jumbled bones.
Authorities to begin identifying bodies in about 100,000 graves in Ill. cemetery investigationJuly 13th, 2009 ID process begins in Ill. cemetery investigationALSIP, Ill.
Saga to end Monday for Madoff, but pain is just beginning for many cash-strapped victimsJune 28th, 2009 Pain continues for cash-strapped Madoff victimsNEW YORK — Bernard Madoff will learn Monday whether he will spend the rest of his life in prison. But for thousands of his victims, the pain of wondering what the future holds is only beginning.
Communists mark Lenin's birthday at Red Square mausoleum, oppose removal of his bodyApril 22nd, 2009 Russian Communists honor Soviet founder LeninMOSCOW — Russia's Communist Party leader left flowers at the tomb of Vladimir Lenin on the Soviet founder's 139th birthday Wednesday and pledged to resist any plans to remove Lenin's embalmed body from Moscow's Red Square. Gennady Zyuganov led hundreds of supporters of the dwindling Communist Party in a procession on the square to commemorate the man they still call a great reformer.
Four buried under avalanche in Kashmir, two rescuedFebruary 5th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Two of the six people who were buried under an avalanche in north Jammu and Kashmir late Thursday were rescued Friday, officials said. 'Six persons, one police constable and five civilians, were buried under an avalanche late last evening in Machil area of Kupwara district,' a senior police officer said here.
Six buried under avalanche in KashmirFebruary 5th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Six people were buried under an avalanche in Kupwara district of north Jammu and Kashmir late Thursday, officials said here Friday, indicating there was little chance of any survivors. 'Six persons, one police constable and five civilians, were buried under an avalanche late last evening in Machil area of Kupwara district,' a senior police officer said here.
Cubans jostle for Spanish citizenshipJanuary 31st, 2009 HAVANA - Thousands of Cubans have shown interest in becoming Spanish citizens by taking advantage of a new 'grandchildren's law' that came into effect in Spain last December. The Spanish consulate in Havana has received applications from more than 20,000 people since the 'Law of Historical Memory' came into effect in Spain Dec 29, 2008.
Most Russians want Lenin's body removed from Red SquareJanuary 20th, 2009 MOSCOW - An opinion poll has shown that two- thirds of Russians believe that the embalmed body of the Russian communist leader Vladimir Lenin should be removed from its mausoleum on Red Square and buried. Lenin's body has been on public display in a glass case in downtown Moscow since his death Jan 21, 1924.
Public meeting near Benazir's mausoleum cancelledDecember 26th, 2008 GARHI KHUDA BAKSH - A public meeting that was scheduled to take place in this Pakistani village, which has the Bhutto family mausoleum, to mark the first death anniversary of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto has been cancelled, a media report said. The cancellation of the public meeting was confirmed by sources in the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Geo TV said.
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