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Spain

• Bankia posts biggest loss in Spanish history

  Bailed-out Bankia on Thursday posted a full-year net loss of €19.2 billion ($25.2 billion), the biggest ever suffered by a Spanish company, after the ... 

• Argentine nationalization dents Repsol's profits

  Spanish oil and gas company Repsol blamed the nationalization of YPF, its former Argentine unit, and a drop in the value of its oil inventories for ... 

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  Wireless connections creep into everyday things

  A car that tells your insurance company how you're driving. A bathroom scale that lets you chart your weight on the Web. And a meter that warns your ... 

• Atletico draws with Sevilla, advances 4-3 in Copa

  Atletico Madrid lined up a Copa del Rey final against city rivals Real Madrid after drawing 2-2 with a Sevilla side that finished with nine men on ... 

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  UEFA bans Ibrahimovic for 2 European matches

  UEFA banned Zlatan Ibrahimovic for two European matches on Wednesday, ruling the influential forward out of the Champions League quarterfinals, first ... 

• Barcelona appeals FIFA ruling on playing 15yo

  Barcelona is appealing a FIFA directive not to select a French youngster to play in one of its youth teams. According to Barcelona, FIFA sent a ... 

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  Poland emerging as major European outsourcing hub

  The first time Javier Bofarull Marques left Spain for Poland, it was for love. It was 2006, a boom time in Spain, and his friends thought he was crazy 

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  Barcelona says Lionel Messi has a fever

  Barcelona says Lionel Messi has a fever and did not attend Wednesday's scheduled training session. The club says Messi, who played a lackluster match ... 

• Spain's 2012 deficit falls, but not to level hoped

  Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has conceded that the government just failed to reduce its budget deficit in 2012 to the level it promised ... 

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  Ronaldo leads Madrid past Barca to make Copa final

  Cristiano Ronaldo is starting to look right at home at the Camp Nou. For Lionel Messi and Barcelona, the Spanish league is starting to look like the ... 

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  Madrid beats Barcelona 3-1 in Copa del Rey semis

  Cristiano Ronaldo got the better of Lionel Messi on Tuesday, scoring twice to lead Real Madrid to a 3-1 win at Barcelona and a spot in the Copa del ... 

• Momentum grows for alternative phone system Tizen

  The junior league of smartphone operating systems is getting more competitive. Phones from yet another contender — Tizen — will go on sale this year ... 

• Pirate Bay moves from Sweden to Norway, Spain

  Embattled file-sharing site The Pirate Bay is looking for safe havens in Norway and Spain after its Swedish host came under legal pressure to shut it ... 

• European Court hears Spanish case against Google

  The European Court of Justice is hearing a case that pits Spain's data protection agency against search engine giant Google over the thorny issue of ... 

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  Barcelona drops in AP football rankings

  With nine goals in one week, Bayern Munich has dislodged Barcelona from the top position in The Associated Press global football rankings. And despite ... 

• Osasuna beats Levante 2-0 with late goals in Spain

  Late goals by Masoud Soleimani and Enrique Sola gave Osasuna a 2-0 away win against Levante in the Spanish league on Monday. Soleimani unleashed an ... 

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  Horse a hidden ingredient in many European foods

  So hungry you could eat a horse? Chances are, if you've regularly consumed processed-meat products in Europe, you already have. Since Ireland ... 

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  Ikea withdraws meatballs in more than 20 countries

  Swedish furniture giant Ikea became entangled in Europe's widening meat scandal Monday, forced to withdraw meatballs from stores across Europe amid ... 

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  Spain: Corruption scandal suspect is a flight risk

  A judge has ordered the former treasurer of Spain's ruling party to surrender his passport and stay in the country. Judge Pablo Ruz issued the order ... 

• Telecom CEOs: US regulators better than Europe

  The CEOs of AT&T, Vodafone and Telefonica — three of the world's largest cellphone companies — had some rare words of praise for U.S. 

• Jobless Spanish college grads try for police jobs

  In a desperate attempt to become candidates for just 50 jobs available with Spain's National Police, nearly 3,000 college graduates are taking ... 

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  Barcelona hosts Real Madrid in Copa semifinals

  Scoring or not, Lionel Messi is ready to help Barcelona any way he can when the team faces Real Madrid on Tuesday in the second leg of the Copa del ... 

• Correction: Wireless Show-Firefox Phones story

  In a story Feb. 24 about the launch of phones using the Firefox web browser, The Associated Press reported erroneously that 13 phone companies around ... 

• Nokia launches cheaper Windows smartphone

  Nokia unveiled a cheaper model in its Lumia smartphone range, powered by Microsoft's Windows phone software, as it tries to regain dominance in ... 

• AT&T snags OnStar wireless contract from Verizon

  AT&T Inc. is scoring a win over rival Verizon Wireless as it takes over the contract to supply wireless connections to cars with General Motors' ...