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Dortmund beats Real Madrid 4-1 in Champs League
Borussia Dortmund followed Bayern Munich's lead in upending a Spanish power. Robert Lewandowski scored four goals to lead Dortmund over Real Madrid ...
Bayern routs Barcelona 4-0 in Champions League
For once, Barcelona was on the wrong end of the kind of rout it so often inflicts on others. And with Bayern Munich in such devastating form, even a ...
Photographer's loss offers hope for Boston wounded
In the first horrific moments after the Boston bombing, with smoke still billowing around the wounded, I know what is going through the minds of the ...
Spain: 2 suspected al-Qaida branch members held
Police have arrested two suspected members of al-Qaida's North African branch in Spain, one of whom Spanish authorities alleged praised the Boston ...
Spain central bank: recession continued in Q1
Spain's recession continued in the first three months of the year, with the economy shrinking by 0.5 percent, its seventh quarterly contraction, the ...
Bayern tops AP rankings for 4th straight week
It's turning into a procession for Bayern Munich in the Associated Press global soccer poll. For the fourth straight week, the German champions were ...
European austerity yields meager results in 2012
The austerity pain pursued by a number of European countries led to very little gain in 2012. Figures Monday from Eurostat, the European Union's ...
Arsenal wins to boost Champions League hopes
Arsenal moved into third place in the English Premier League, winning 1-0 at Fulham behind Per Mertesacker's goal on a 43rd-minute header, and ...
Russia's Chechnya has seen decades of war, terror
The two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings have their ethnic roots in Chechnya, a part of the Caucasus Mountains that has spawned ...
Spain approves new eviction law
Spain's Parliament on Thursday approved a new mortgage law it hopes will calm a national outcry over the dramatic increase in evictions in recent ...
Legendary horses latest victim of Spain's bust
The southern Spanish region of Andalusia, famed for flamenco and Moorish castles, is also home to a legendary breed of horses that carried ...
Ex-HSBC worker: bank information is 'scandalous'
A former HSBC employee fighting extradition to Switzerland for allegedly stealing and revealing confidential information about private Swiss accounts ...
Man City beats Chelsea 2-1 to reach FA Cup final
Manchester City reached the FA Cup final by beating defending champion Chelsea 2-1 in a free-flowing game at Wembley on Sunday. Goals by Samir Nasri ...
Wigan reaches FA Cup final as Millwall fans brawl
Millwall fans fought among themselves at Wembley Stadium on Saturday, overshadowing Wigan's 2-0 victory that advanced the club to the first FA Cup ...
Barca-Bayern, Madrid-Dortmund in Champions League
It's a Spain vs. Germany double bill in the Champions League semifinals. Barcelona will play Bayern Munich and Real Madrid will face Borussia Dortmund ...
EU warns of imbalances in Spain, Slovenia
The European Commission turned up the heat on Spain and Slovenia Wednesday, warning that the two struggling countries are facing "excessive" problems ...
Dortmund, Real Madrid advance to Champions semis
Needing two goals in second-half stoppage time, Borussia Dortmund's Champions League hopes appeared bleak. What followed was one the most dramatic ...
Bayern tops AP rankings; Messi drops out of top 10
Bayern Munich was voted the top team by the AP's panel of global soccer journalists for the week the German team won the Bundesliga in record time.
Spanish film star Sara Montiel dies at age 85
Sara Montiel, a famed, sultry-voiced Spanish actress who became the first to also achieve Hollywood stardom, died Monday. She was 85. Her biographer, ...
Tributes pour in for Spanish filmmaker Bigas Luna
Spaniard Josep Joan Bigas Luna was lauded as a brilliant and "truly special" filmmaker a day after his death, with some of the highest praise coming ...
Bayern wins Bundesliga title with 6 games to spare
Bayern Munich clinched the Bundesliga title with a record six games to spare, winning 1-0 at Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday as Bastian Schweinsteiger ...
Spanish princess' court hearing delayed by judge
A judge investigating suspected fraud who had subpoenaed the Spanish king's daughter postponed her testimony after prosecutors appealed the subpoena ...
Spain govt "concerned" over subpoena for princess
The Spanish government is deeply concerned about the fact that one of the king's daughters has been named as a suspect in a corruption case, the ...
Real Madrid beats Galatasaray 3-0 in Champs League
With a dominant display, Real Madrid put itself in prime position to reach the Champions League semifinals. Cristiano Ronaldo scored nine minutes in, ...