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Photos by Wim Wenders and partner in Madrid

The exhibition includes scenes from many of the famous director's movies and his wife's work as his photography director.

How restaurant service in Spain has evolved

Gwendolyn Alston wonders if good and personalised service in Spanish restaurants is a thing of the past.

Spain starts exhuming grave of poet Garcia Lorca

Any bones found in the mass grave in Alfaca will be sent for analysis to enable families to identify their ancestors.

Visiting a Spanish dentist

Blogger Chris Showers experienced a cultural shock upon his first visit to an outspoken and talkative Spanish dentist.

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07/11/2009 UN in Afghanistan to evacuate 600 foreign staff

The UN insisted it was not abandoning Afghanistan, where 100,000 US-led foreign troops are battling a bloody insurgency eight years after the...

07/11/2009 Italy plays down safety concerns on planned nuclear plants

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government announced shortly after taking office last year that it would begin building nuclear...

06/11/2009 Mont Blanc shrinks by foot-and-a-half

Western Europe's tallest peak, the snow-capped Alpine giant Mont Blanc, has shrunk by 45 centimetres (18 inches) in two years.

06/11/2009 European stocks stage big gains

European stock markets staged a spirited rally this week, recovering from sharp falls a day earlier on reassuring economic data from the United...

06/11/2009 Rage against GM over 10,000 planned job cuts at Opel

Around 10,000 workers demonstrated at Ruesselsheim near Frankfurt, Opel's biggest German factory, while others downed tools at Bochum,...

06/11/2009 Walesa or Gorbachev: Who will tip first domino in Berlin?

Thousands of dominoes will be lined up over two kilometres in central Berlin on November 9 and tipped over symbolizing the fall of the Berlin wall...

06/11/2009 Italy convicts 23 American agents in CIA kidnapping trial

American President Barack Obama's administration expressed disappointment at the verdict.

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