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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 4:06 pm ET
Spain has not ruled out sending a hunger-striking Western Sahara independence activist back to Moroccan territory, Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa de la Vega said Friday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 3:30 pm ET
Argentine striker Sergio Aguero indicated Friday he intends to stay with Atletico Madrid after insisting he knows nothing of an impending swoop by Chelsea.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 2:49 pm ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Spain’s Tecnicas Reunidas SA , an engineering and construction company, won the bidding to manage a $1.12 billion upgrade of Petroleos del Peru SA’s oil refinery in the north of the Andean country.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 1:46 pm ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks posted a weekly decline as Fitch Ratings downgraded Greece and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services cut its outlook for Spain, sparking concern there will be more debt-grade reductions to come.
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The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 1:24 pm ET
Three weeks after human rights activist Aminatou Haidar was deported upon returning home to the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the stakes are rising in a standoff between Morocco, Spain, and the stateless Haidar, reopening old colonial wounds for Moroccans.
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Dec 11, 1:12 pm ET
Leading second-round scores from the Alfred Dunhill Championship at the par-72 course in Malelane, South Africa on Friday 131 Pablo Martin (Spain) 68 63 135 Ernie Els (South Africa) 68 67
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Animation World Network - Fri Dec 11, 1:03 pm ET
Sony Pictures Television's Animax stations will air the 2009 Video Game Awards in Asia, Central Europe, Latin America, Africa, Spain and Portugal, reports VARIETY . The two-hour awards show has become a star-studded affair and features previews of upcoming games.
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Osceola News-Gazette - Fri Dec 11, 12:56 pm ET
Although the bodies found in Lake Russell haven’t officially been identified, it is suspected that the passengers of the small-engine plane that crashed south of Kissimmee Monday night were members of a family from Spain visiting their 19-year-old brother and son.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 11, 12:27 pm ET
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes is confident Robinho will enjoy a long stay at Eastlands after the Brazilian played down reports linking him with Barcelona.
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Park Hills Daily Journal - Fri Dec 11, 12:27 pm ET
NEW MADRID — In the state play-off system, every varsity football team (except the six state champions) ends their season with a loss. The Potosi Trojans won all eleven of their games going into Monday night’s Sectional Game at New Madrid, but they too fell victim to the play-off format with a 32-24 loss to the Eagles.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 11, 12:23 pm ET
Dec. 11 (Bloomberg) -- Sniace SA , the Spanish chemicals maker that’s branching into renewable energy, expects to start building a 100 million-euro ($147 million) ethanol plant in the first quarter after a five-year approval process.
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Standard Democrat - Fri Dec 11, 12:20 pm ET
SIKESTON -- Most of the time when a team wins the turnover battle it results with a win on the scoreboard as well. In a turnover-filled contest between the Sikeston Bulldogs and the New Madrid County Central Eagles on Thursday night at the SEMO Conference tournament, the Bulldogs won both.
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Standard Democrat - Fri Dec 11, 12:04 pm ET
NEW MADRID -- Lynda Fay Allen, 64, died Dec. 9, 2009, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston. Funeral arrangements are with the Richards Funeral Home in New Madrid.
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Standard Democrat - Fri Dec 11, 11:49 am ET
NEW MADIRD -- C.C. "Tip" Clark, 85, with his family at his side, left his earthly home to enter his heavenly home on Dec. 10, 2009, at 2 a.m. at his home in New Madrid.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 11, 11:46 am ET
Madrid - The Spanish government Friday pledged loans worth 583 million euros (862 million dollars) to the Spanish Airbus subsidiary and four of its sub-contractors for the development of the A-350 XWB family of aircraft. The Airbus subsidiary will ge...