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| Apr.2 |
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Elephants loose on motorway in Murcia, Spain 
Five elephants forced the closure of a motorway in south-eastern Spain after escaping from a crashed vehicle
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| Jan.3 |
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Deadly storm blasts across Europe, killing three 
Basque: Winter storms are sweeping across western Europe, causing three deaths and widespread disruption
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| Jan.2 |
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Ryanair passenger takes emergency exit A Ryanair passenger, fed up with waiting to leave a plane in Spain, got in trouble after taking the emergency exit and waiting on the wing
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| Oct.16 |
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Portugal and Spain wildfires: Dozens dead
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| Aug.16 |
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Spain rescues 600 migrants in busiest day Map of Strait of Gibraltar Spain Spain's coastguard says it has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in a 24-hour period amid a spike in the number of migrant arrivals
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| Jul.29 |
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Spain music festival hit by huge blaze on stage. Barcelona
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| Jul.16 |
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Trains collide on Madrid rollercoaster 2 trains have collided on a ride at a theme park. Some 33 people were hurt, with a number taken to hospital for evaluation
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| Oct.1 |
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Scores injured in gas explosion near Malaga, Spain
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| Sep.5 |
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Spain forest fires force evacuation
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| Aug.6 |
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Forest fire started by lit toilet paper spreads in Spain
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| Jul.14 |
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9 injured, no one gored in final Pamplona bull run Basque: Nine people suffered bruises and cuts but no one was gored in the final running of the bulls at Pamplona's San Fermin festival
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| May.13 |
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Spain toxic tyre dump at Sesena forces mass evacuation Madrid: People living near a 'toxic cloud' from a burning tyre dump near the Spanish capital Madrid have been told to leave their homes
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| Apr.16 |
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Tenerife building collapse death toll rises. West Africa
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| Mar.20 |
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Spain Erasmus student bus crash 'kills 13' At least 13 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a motorway between Barcelona and Valencia
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| Feb.4 |
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Zika virus pregnancy case confirmed in Spain - first in Europe
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| Dec.27 |
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Spain deploys firefighting aircraft to combat wildfires in dry weather |
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| Oct.22 |
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Spain: Military helicopter crashes in Atlantic |
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| Sep.7 |
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Hundreds of flamingos killed in violent hailstone storm |
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| Sep.5 |
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Rally car leaves road, kills 6 in northwestern Spain
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| Aug.30 |
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66-year-old man is 12th person to be gored to death during summer |
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| Aug.23 |
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Passenger crashed light aircraft after pilot lost consciousness |
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| Aug.7 |
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Spain wildfires threaten homes amid Europe heatwave |
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| Aug.2 |
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84-year-old Spanish yachtsman rescued from sea after 4 hours |
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| Jul.26 |
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Major forest fire forces evacuation of 100s of people |
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| Jul.11 |
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Four gored at running of the bulls in Pamplona |
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| May.9 |
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Airbus military plane crashes near Seville airport At least four people have been killed in a military plane, a new Airbus A400M, crash near Seville airport in Spain
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| Jan.26 |
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Greek fighter jet crashes in Spain killing 10 people
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| Oct.19 |
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Spanish nurse Ebola test negative Madrid: Teresa Romero, 44, who became the first person to contract Ebola outside West Africa has now tested negative for the virus
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| Oct.8 |
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Ebola virus: Spanish protests as nurse's dog is put down. Madrid
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| Oct.7 |
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Spain monitors Ebola nurse contacts. Madrid
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| Oct.6 |
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Spain investigates Ebola infection. Madrid
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Nurse infected with Ebola in Spain Map of Madrid| Madrid: The Spanish health minister has confirmed that a nurse who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease | |
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| Sep.30 |
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Spanish explorer rescued after being trapped 12 days in cave. Peru
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| Jul.7 |
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Jet disaster averted in Barcelona near-miss A passenger jet preparing to leave taxied across a runway where another was about to land, forcing the arriving plane to abort its landing
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| Sep.19 |
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Baby killed by airport baggage carousel
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| Sep.5 |
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Spain rail-crash driver in new tape
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| Jul.30 |
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Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed
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| Jul.28 |
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Spain funeral Mass for crash victims
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Train crash: Reckless homicide charge for driver
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| Jul.27 |
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Spain train driver held 'for manslaughter'
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| Jul.25 |
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Spain train crash: Driver faces investigation
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| Jul.24 |
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At least 77 die as Spanish train derails in Galicia Map of Galicia Spain A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 60 people and injuring many more. It is the worst rail accident in Spain in four decades
| All 13 carriages of the train, which was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, came off the tracks near Santiago de Compostela
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| Sep.28 |
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Deadly floods hit southern Spain
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| Jun.2 |
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Spain seeks E. coli compensation
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| May.11 |
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Quake hits southeastern Spain Thousands of residents of the southeastern city of Lorca slept outside, after the city was struck by an earthquake that killed 8 people
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| May.8 |
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Ash cloud shuts Spanish airports
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| Mar.3 |
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Giant waves hit cruise ship; 2 killed Barcelona: Two passengers aboard a cruise ship were killed when 26-foot waves crashed into the Greece-based Louis Cruise Lines
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| Apr.30 |
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Confirmed swine flu cases increases
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| Apr.28 |
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More countries confirm swine flu. New Zealand
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| Jan.24 |
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Four boys killed as storms collapsed roof Barcelona: 15 others were injured when hurricane-force winds caused a roof to collapse at a sports center outside Barcelona
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| Oct.9 |
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Wing flaps blamed in crash. Madrid
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| Sep.16 |
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Crash probe says wing flaps failed |
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| Aug.29 |
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Spanair considered pulling crash jet |
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| Aug.22 |
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Plane burst into flames after runway skid |
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| Aug.21 |
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DNA tests for Madrid air victims |
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Spain mourns air disaster victims Madrid: Spain declared 3 days of mourning as investigators continued probing what caused a passenger jet to crash on takeoff in Madrid
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| Aug.20 |
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Passengers saw flames before jet crashed |
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153 dead in Madrid plane crash Map of Madrid| 19 people survived when the passenger plane swerved off the runway at Barajas airport but some are in critical condition. Later wing flaps blamed in crash. The left engine caught fire as the Spanair flight JK 5022 sflight took off for the... | |
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| May.13 |
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Drought forces Barcelona to ship in water |
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| Jul.31 |
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Tenerife tourists help migrants |
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| Jul.3 |
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Subway crash: 41 dead Map of Valencia Spain Two carriages derailed and crashed in a tunnel in the eastern city of Valencia
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| Aug.16 |
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Spanish troops die in crash 
Afghanistan: Spain's defense minister does not rule out hostile fire as the possible cause of a helicopter crash that killed 17
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| Jul.17 |
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Fire kills 14 firefighters |
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| Feb.6 |
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18 dead from gas leak in hostel |
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| Jun.3 |
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Fatal train crash |
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| May.26 |
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Data recorder found in air crash |
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| May.25 |
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Spanish troops killed in crash. Turkey
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| Nov.19 |
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Tanker sank spilling oil 17,000 tonnes of fuel oil was leaking
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| Mar.30 |
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Holiday trains crash |
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| Jul.7 |
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6 gored in Pamplona bull run |
before year 2000
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| Mar. 27, 1977 |
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Tenerife airport disaster Map of Tenerife North Airport Canary Islands Spain| The fatal runway collision between two Boeing 747s killed 583 people. KLM flight tried to take off while the Pan Am flight was still on the runway | |
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| Feb. 15, 1898 |
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U.S.S. Maine blown up Map of Havana Harbor Cuba  Cuba: The Maine is best known for her loss in Havana Harbor. She exploded without warning, and sank quickly, killing nearly three quarters of her crew | |
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| 2017 |
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| Oct.16 |
Portugal and Spain wildfires: Dozens dead
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| Jul.29 |
Spain music festival hit by huge blaze on stage. Barcelona
| 2016 |
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| Sep.5 |
Spain forest fires force evacuation
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| Aug.6 |
Forest fire started by lit toilet paper spreads in Spain
| 2015 |
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| Dec.27 |
Spain deploys firefighting aircraft to combat wildfires in dry weather |
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| Aug.7 |
Spain wildfires threaten homes amid Europe heatwave |
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| Jul.26 |
Major forest fire forces evacuation of 100s of people |
| 2005 |
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| Jul.17 |
Fire kills 14 firefighters |
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| 2011 |
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| May.11 |
Quake hits southeastern Spain Thousands of residents of the southeastern city of Lorca slept outside, after the city was struck by an earthquake that killed 8 people
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| 2016 |
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| Mar.20 |
Spain Erasmus student bus crash 'kills 13' At least 13 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a motorway between Barcelona and Valencia
| 2015 |
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| Sep.5 |
Rally car leaves road, kills 6 in northwestern Spain
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| 2016 |
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| Feb.4 |
Zika virus pregnancy case confirmed in Spain - first in Europe
| 2014 |
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| Oct.19 |
Spanish nurse Ebola test negative Madrid: Teresa Romero, 44, who became the first person to contract Ebola outside West Africa has now tested negative for the virus
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| Oct.8 |
Ebola virus: Spanish protests as nurse's dog is put down. Madrid
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| Oct.7 |
Spain monitors Ebola nurse contacts. Madrid
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| Oct.6 |
Spain investigates Ebola infection. Madrid
|
| Oct.6 |
Nurse infected with Ebola in Spain Map of Madrid| Madrid: The Spanish health minister has confirmed that a nurse who treated a victim of Ebola in Madrid has tested positive for the disease | |
| 2011 |
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| Jun.2 |
Spain seeks E. coli compensation
| 2009 |
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| Apr.30 |
Confirmed swine flu cases increases
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| Apr.28 |
More countries confirm swine flu. New Zealand
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| 2017 |
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| Aug.16 |
Spain rescues 600 migrants in busiest day Map of Strait of Gibraltar Spain Spain's coastguard says it has rescued 600 migrants crossing from Morocco in a 24-hour period amid a spike in the number of migrant arrivals
| 2015 |
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| Aug.2 |
84-year-old Spanish yachtsman rescued from sea after 4 hours |
| 2010 |
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| Mar.3 |
Giant waves hit cruise ship; 2 killed Barcelona: Two passengers aboard a cruise ship were killed when 26-foot waves crashed into the Greece-based Louis Cruise Lines
| 2006 |
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| Jul.31 |
Tenerife tourists help migrants |
| 1898 |
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| Feb. 15, 1898 |
U.S.S. Maine blown up Map of Havana Harbor Cuba| Cuba: The Maine is best known for her loss in Havana Harbor. She exploded without warning, and sank quickly, killing nearly three quarters of her crew | |
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| 2010 |
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| May.8 |
Ash cloud shuts Spanish airports
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| 2018 |
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| Jan.3 |
Deadly storm blasts across Europe, killing three Basque: Winter storms are sweeping across western Europe, causing three deaths and widespread disruption
| 2009 |
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| Jan.24 |
Four boys killed as storms collapsed roof Barcelona: 15 others were injured when hurricane-force winds caused a roof to collapse at a sports center outside Barcelona
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| 2012 |
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| Sep.28 |
Deadly floods hit southern Spain
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| 2018 |
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| Apr.2 |
Elephants loose on motorway in Murcia, Spain Five elephants forced the closure of a motorway in south-eastern Spain after escaping from a crashed vehicle
| 2016 |
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| Jul.14 |
9 injured, no one gored in final Pamplona bull run Basque: Nine people suffered bruises and cuts but no one was gored in the final running of the bulls at Pamplona's San Fermin festival
| 2015 |
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| Sep.7 |
Hundreds of flamingos killed in violent hailstone storm |
|
| Aug.30 |
66-year-old man is 12th person to be gored to death during summer |
|
| Jul.11 |
Four gored at running of the bulls in Pamplona |
|
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| 2018 |
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| Jan.2 |
Ryanair passenger takes emergency exit A Ryanair passenger, fed up with waiting to leave a plane in Spain, got in trouble after taking the emergency exit and waiting on the wing
| 2015 |
|
| Oct.22 |
Spain: Military helicopter crashes in Atlantic |
|
| Aug.23 |
Passenger crashed light aircraft after pilot lost consciousness |
|
| May.9 |
Airbus military plane crashes near Seville airport At least four people have been killed in a military plane, a new Airbus A400M, crash near Seville airport in Spain
|
| Jan.26 |
Greek fighter jet crashes in Spain killing 10 people
| 2014 |
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| Jul.7 |
Jet disaster averted in Barcelona near-miss A passenger jet preparing to leave taxied across a runway where another was about to land, forcing the arriving plane to abort its landing
| 2013 |
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| Sep.19 |
Baby killed by airport baggage carousel
| 2008 |
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| Oct.9 |
Wing flaps blamed in crash. Madrid
|
| Sep.16 |
Crash probe says wing flaps failed |
|
| Aug.29 |
Spanair considered pulling crash jet |
|
| Aug.22 |
Plane burst into flames after runway skid |
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| Aug.21 |
DNA tests for Madrid air victims |
|
| Aug.21 |
Spain mourns air disaster victims Madrid: Spain declared 3 days of mourning as investigators continued probing what caused a passenger jet to crash on takeoff in Madrid
|
| Aug.20 |
Passengers saw flames before jet crashed |
|
| Aug.20 |
153 dead in Madrid plane crash Map of Madrid| 19 people survived when the passenger plane swerved off the runway at Barajas airport but some are in critical condition. Later wing flaps blamed in crash. The left engine caught fire as the Spanair flight JK 5022 sflight took off for the... | |
| 2005 |
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| Aug.16 |
Spanish troops die in crash Afghanistan: Spain's defense minister does not rule out hostile fire as the possible cause of a helicopter crash that killed 17
| 2003 |
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| May.26 |
Data recorder found in air crash |
|
| May.25 |
Spanish troops killed in crash. Turkey
| 1977 |
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| Mar. 27, 1977 |
Tenerife airport disaster Map of Tenerife North Airport Canary Islands Spain| The fatal runway collision between two Boeing 747s killed 583 people. KLM flight tried to take off while the Pan Am flight was still on the runway | |
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|
| 2005 |
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| Feb.6 |
18 dead from gas leak in hostel |
|
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| 2016 |
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| May.13 |
Spain toxic tyre dump at Sesena forces mass evacuation Madrid: People living near a 'toxic cloud' from a burning tyre dump near the Spanish capital Madrid have been told to leave their homes
| 2002 |
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| Nov.19 |
Tanker sank spilling oil 17,000 tonnes of fuel oil was leaking
|
|
| 2016 |
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| Apr.16 |
Tenerife building collapse death toll rises. West Africa
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Sep.5 |
Spain rail-crash driver in new tape
|
| Jul.30 |
Driver on phone when Spanish train derailed
|
| Jul.28 |
Spain funeral Mass for crash victims
|
| Jul.28 |
Train crash: Reckless homicide charge for driver
|
| Jul.27 |
Spain train driver held 'for manslaughter'
|
| Jul.25 |
Spain train crash: Driver faces investigation
|
| Jul.24 |
At least 77 die as Spanish train derails in Galicia Map of Galicia Spain A train has derailed in north-western Spain, killing at least 60 people and injuring many more. It is the worst rail accident in Spain in four decades
| All 13 carriages of the train, which was travelling from Madrid to Ferrol, came off the tracks near Santiago de Compostela
|
| |
| 2006 |
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| Jul.3 |
Subway crash: 41 dead Map of Valencia Spain Two carriages derailed and crashed in a tunnel in the eastern city of Valencia
| 2003 |
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| Jun.3 |
Fatal train crash |
| 2002 |
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| Mar.30 |
Holiday trains crash |
|
|
| 2014 |
|
| Sep.30 |
Spanish explorer rescued after being trapped 12 days in cave. Peru
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| Oct.1 |
Scores injured in gas explosion near Malaga, Spain
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