Spain Breaks World Football Winning Streak
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- Spain Breaks World Football Winning Streak
- Thousands march in Spain to condemn killing blamed on ETA
- Altidore’s warning to Spain lost in translation
- As David Villa Scores Rich Clubs Ponder Their Checkbooks
- Spain to review all taxes as deficit spirals -govt
Spain Breaks World Football Winning Streak
Voice of America
Make it 15 straight now for Spain which is also is unbeaten in 35 matches tying the record set by Brazil from December 1993 to January 1996. Saturday night’s game in Bloemfontain was scoreless until a dramatic turn of events in the 51st minute.
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Thousands march in Spain to condemn killing blamed on ETA
AFP
Eduardo Pulles Garcia a 49-year-old inspector died on Friday after his car exploded in a parking lot in the Basque town of Arrigorriaga near the city of Bilbao. A witness quoted by local media said the trapped officer pleaded for help as the flames engulfed him. Garcia “killed for defending the freedom of the Basques was one of us” the head of the regional Basque government Patxi Lopez said a speech at the end of the march through Bilbao. “We have taken to the streets.
Altidore’s warning to Spain lost in translation
USA Today
Altidore warned the European champions of the American threat through a text message sent to Villarreal teammate Joan Capdevila. Capdevila got the message kind of. “Yesterday he sent me a message and told me that we had to be careful” the Spain fullback said Monday. “But his Spanish is not so great so I think he made a mistake.
As David Villa Scores Rich Clubs Ponder Their Checkbooks
New York Times
“I’m fine” Villa said after scoring in Spain’s 2-0 victory over South Africa on Saturday. “Not in the best moment of my life because of everything happening with me professionally but I’m here at the Confederations Cup where I want to be. ”His father worked underground as a miner. The son moves above ground with the uncanny knack of being in the right spot at the exact moment when defenders lose concentration. He pops up he scores he chips away at scoring records that have lasted a lifetime.
Spain to review all taxes as deficit spirals -govt
guardian.co.uk
Treasury Secretary Carlos cana indicated that widespreadtax increases were probable when the government prepares thebudget in autumn but that a rise in the rate of value-added taxwas unlikely. The potential increases would follow rises in tobacco andfuel taxes to control a deficit that has risen faster than inany other euro zone country bar Ireland during the crisis. “When we present the budget everything will be reviewed”cana told Spain’s Cinco Dias newspaper when asked if thegovernment planned to raise direct or indirect taxes. “We haverun out of room to increase the deficit.
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