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Spain Exhumes Dictator Francisco Franco's Body After Years Of Controversy
Spain on Thursday exhumed the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime.
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She Was Face Of Spain's Stolen-Baby Scandal, Says She Wasn't Abducted
Ins Madrigal, who last year became the face of a decades long child abduction scandal that still haunts Spain, has discovered that she was not among the estimated 30,000 babies stolen during the rule of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.
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Spanish Lawmakers Approve Exhumation Of Dictator Francisco Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco.
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Catalan Leader Accuses Spain Of 'Worst Attack' Since Franco
Catalonia's leader accused Madrid on Saturday of waging the "worst attack" on his region since dictator Francisco Franco after the central government took drastic measures to stop it from breaking away.
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Spain's Princess Cristina Goes On Trial For Tax Fraud
Spain's Princess Cristina, the sister of King Felipe VI, and her husband will go on trial Monday for corruption in a high stakes case likely to further damage the monarchy's image.
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40 Years After General Francisco Franco's Death, Spanish Families Look for 'Stolen Babies'
Leonor remembers the long corridor of the Spanish maternity ward where she saw her newborn daughter disappear in 1964, taken away by a nurse, like it was just minutes ago.
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The Long, Vain Search for Father Killed in Spain's Civil War
She was just a little girl when her father was executed during Spain's civil war. Now 82, after decades of vain search for his remains, Mercedes Abril has yet to put him to rest.
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Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco Demystified 40 Years After His Death
Forty years after the death of Francisco Franco, historians still work to demolish myths that the Spanish dictator spun about himself to hold on to power for decades.
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Asian, Saudi Owners Polish Madrid Ritz's Faded Glory
From a cocktail inspired by Salvador Dali to a piano Frank Sinatra once played for Ava Gardner, Madrid's Ritz hotel has a century's worth of classy artefacts and anecdotes. But its gilded taps and Baroque facade are showing their age.
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Spanish Court Dismisses Paternity Suit Against Ex-King
The Spanish Supreme Court today dismissed a paternity suit against the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, by a Belgian woman claiming to be his daughter, a judicial source said.
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Spain Lawmakers Pave Way for Future King Felipe VI
Spanish lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the abdication of King Juan Carlos on Wednesday despite anti-royalist protests, paving the way for his son Felipe to take the throne in the first royal succession of post-Franco Spain.
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The Failed Coup That was the Making of Spain's King
Two images stick in the minds of Spaniards from February 23, 1981, the day Spain escaped a military coup.
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Spanish King Juan Carlos Abdicating - Prime Minister
Spanish King Juan Carlos will abdicate in favour of his son Prince Felipe, the nation announced on Monday, ending a 39-year reign that ushered in democracy but was was later battered by royal scandals.
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Spain princess Cristina to obey court summons: lawyers
Spanish King Juan Carlos's daughter Cristina has abandoned plans to appeal her court summons as a financial fraud suspect, her lawyers said on Saturday, in a scandal that has plunged the royals into crisis.
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Thousands protest against scandal-hit Spanish monarchy
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to demand the abdication of Spain's scandal-hit monarchy.
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Spain Exhumes Dictator Francisco Franco's Body After Years Of Controversy
Spain on Thursday exhumed the embalmed body of Francisco Franco from a grandiose state mausoleum ahead of its relocation to a more discreet grave in a country still conflicted over the dictator's decades-long regime.
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She Was Face Of Spain's Stolen-Baby Scandal, Says She Wasn't Abducted
Ins Madrigal, who last year became the face of a decades long child abduction scandal that still haunts Spain, has discovered that she was not among the estimated 30,000 babies stolen during the rule of dictator Gen. Francisco Franco.
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Spanish Lawmakers Approve Exhumation Of Dictator Francisco Franco
Spanish lawmakers on Thursday approved a decree by the Socialist government authorising the exhumation of late dictator Francisco Franco.
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Catalan Leader Accuses Spain Of 'Worst Attack' Since Franco
Catalonia's leader accused Madrid on Saturday of waging the "worst attack" on his region since dictator Francisco Franco after the central government took drastic measures to stop it from breaking away.
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Spain's Princess Cristina Goes On Trial For Tax Fraud
Spain's Princess Cristina, the sister of King Felipe VI, and her husband will go on trial Monday for corruption in a high stakes case likely to further damage the monarchy's image.
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40 Years After General Francisco Franco's Death, Spanish Families Look for 'Stolen Babies'
Leonor remembers the long corridor of the Spanish maternity ward where she saw her newborn daughter disappear in 1964, taken away by a nurse, like it was just minutes ago.
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The Long, Vain Search for Father Killed in Spain's Civil War
She was just a little girl when her father was executed during Spain's civil war. Now 82, after decades of vain search for his remains, Mercedes Abril has yet to put him to rest.
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Spanish Dictator Francisco Franco Demystified 40 Years After His Death
Forty years after the death of Francisco Franco, historians still work to demolish myths that the Spanish dictator spun about himself to hold on to power for decades.
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Asian, Saudi Owners Polish Madrid Ritz's Faded Glory
From a cocktail inspired by Salvador Dali to a piano Frank Sinatra once played for Ava Gardner, Madrid's Ritz hotel has a century's worth of classy artefacts and anecdotes. But its gilded taps and Baroque facade are showing their age.
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Spanish Court Dismisses Paternity Suit Against Ex-King
The Spanish Supreme Court today dismissed a paternity suit against the former king of Spain, Juan Carlos, by a Belgian woman claiming to be his daughter, a judicial source said.
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Spain Lawmakers Pave Way for Future King Felipe VI
Spanish lawmakers overwhelmingly approved the abdication of King Juan Carlos on Wednesday despite anti-royalist protests, paving the way for his son Felipe to take the throne in the first royal succession of post-Franco Spain.
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The Failed Coup That was the Making of Spain's King
Two images stick in the minds of Spaniards from February 23, 1981, the day Spain escaped a military coup.
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Spanish King Juan Carlos Abdicating - Prime Minister
Spanish King Juan Carlos will abdicate in favour of his son Prince Felipe, the nation announced on Monday, ending a 39-year reign that ushered in democracy but was was later battered by royal scandals.
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Spain princess Cristina to obey court summons: lawyers
Spanish King Juan Carlos's daughter Cristina has abandoned plans to appeal her court summons as a financial fraud suspect, her lawyers said on Saturday, in a scandal that has plunged the royals into crisis.
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Thousands protest against scandal-hit Spanish monarchy
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Madrid on Sunday to demand the abdication of Spain's scandal-hit monarchy.
