http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Canary_IslandsFind stories, videos, and photos about Canary Islands from CNN.com.en-usCable News Network LP, LLLP.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:32:48 GMT5http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/TECH/space/09/16/galaxy.interactive.image/tztop.galaxy.courtesy.jpghttp://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Canary_Islands14433Find stories, videos, and photos about Canary Islands from CNN.com.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/09/16/galaxy.interactive.image/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/09/16/galaxy.interactive.image/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe name is already taken, but "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" might be a fitting title for a new interactive view of the Milky Way unveiled this week by the European Southern Observatory.Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:20:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/17/spain.madrid.crash.report/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/17/spain.madrid.crash.report/index.html#cnnSTCTextJust before the first anniversary of a Spanish airliner crash that killed 154 people last August 20 at Madrid's airport, government investigators released a report Monday, saying technical and human errors may have contributed to the accident.Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:17:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/03/spain.canary.islands.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/08/03/spain.canary.islands.fires/index.html#cnnSTCTextA massive forest fire continued to burn out of control on Monday on the island of La Palma, part of Spain's Canary Islands, a regional government spokeswoman told CNN.Mon, 03 Aug 2009 12:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/10/spain.emergency.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/10/spain.emergency.landing/index.html#cnnSTCTextAn Airbus A320 that took off from the Canary Islands had to turn back Wednesday because of an engine problem and then make an emergency landing, officials from Spain's airport authority and the airline said.Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:36:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/02/brazil.missing.plane.search/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/06/02/brazil.missing.plane.search/index.html#cnnSTCTextThough searchers believe that they have found debris from an Air France jet that disappeared off Brazil's coast Monday, finding the entire plane and learning exactly what downed it could be a tedious, years-long process.Tue, 02 Jun 2009 21:08:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/16/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/16/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTextNineteen Africans perished when their small boat sank just off the coast of Spain's Lanzarote Island, a Spanish government official told CNN on Monday.Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:21:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/31/spain.plane.skid/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/31/spain.plane.skid/index.html#cnnSTCTextA plane carrying dozens of British vacationers skidded on landing in Spain's Canary Islands on Friday morning, briefly causing the closure of the runway but causing no injuries, the country's airport authority said.Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:13:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/16/spain.plane.crash.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/10/16/spain.plane.crash.investigation/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Spanish judge investigating an August plane crash that killed 154 people in Madrid will question three mechanics on suspicion of manslaughter, a Madrid Superior Court spokesman said Thursday.Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/19/denmark.plane.emergency/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/09/19/denmark.plane.emergency/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Jettime passenger jet carrying 147 people made a successful emergency landing at Copenhagen airport in Denmark while experiencing problems with its landing gear, police said.Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:25:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/eco.extinct.redlist/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/05/eco.extinct.redlist/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe word "extinct" sounds pretty final -- and as a concept, it certainly should be. But the normal harbinger of bad news - the "Red List" issued by the World Conservation Union (IUCN) - will actually reveal some good news when it is published in October, for one species at least.Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:07:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/spain.id/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/28/spain.id/index.html#cnnSTCTextRelatives of a woman killed in a Spanish airline crash were erroneously given the remains of another victim, and then were asked by authorities to return them, CNN partner network CNN+ reported Thursday.Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:32:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/26/plane.crash.madrid.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/26/plane.crash.madrid.survivor/index.html#cnnSTCTextA woman who survived last week's Spanair airline crash in Madrid left the hospital Tuesday, saying she was "born again" by the disaster.Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:13:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835585,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1835585,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSpanair, the airline involved in a crash this week that killed 154 people in Madrid, had another technical problem SundaySun, 24 Aug 2008 17:00:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/24/plane.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/24/plane.spain/index.html#cnnSTCTextA Spanair MD-82 jet made an unscheduled landing at an airport in southern Spain Sunday, just five days after another MD-82 operated by the airline crashed at Madrid's airport killing 154 people, Spain's airport authority said.Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:27:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834865,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834865,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA gauge indicating that overheated air was entering a Spanair jetliner forced pilots to abandon a takeoff about an hour before the plane crashed in flames, but airline officials refused to speculate on the cause of the accident that killed 153 peopleThu, 21 Aug 2008 23:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834469,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834469,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsAn investigation is underway into what caused the plane to crash upon takeoffThu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834447,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834447,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsSpain began three days of mourning for the 153 people who died when a jetliner crashed shortly after takeoff in the nation's worst air disaster in nearly 25 yearsThu, 21 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834319,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1834319,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsA Spanish airliner bound for the Canary Islands at the height of the vacation season crashed, burned and broke into pieces Wednesday while trying to take off from Madrid, killing 153 people on board, officials saidWed, 20 Aug 2008 20:00:00 EDThttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832418,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicshttp://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1832418,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topicsThey fight, they have sex, and -- increasingly -- they land in jail. A new report on holidaying Brits blames alcoholThu, 14 Aug 2008 16:50:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/12/migrants.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/12/migrants.dead/index.html#cnnSTCTextThe Spanish Interior Ministry says the death toll among migrants found packed aboard a boat trying to reach one of Spain's Canary Islands has risen to at least six.Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:05:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/07/spain.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/07/spain.qa/index.html#cnnSTCTextAs Spain votes in a general election, CNN's Madrid Bureau Chief Al Goodman gives his analysis.Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:14:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/06/spain.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/06/spain.immigration/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpain is still the preferred route to Europe for many Africans seeking a better life through illegal immigration, but the number of those making the dangerous ocean crossing in flimsy boats has been sharply reduced this year.Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:44:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/24/spain.russia/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/24/spain.russia/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpain's spy agency chief said Tuesday a suspected double agent had been arrested who revealed the names of Spanish spies and other state secrets to a foreign nation.Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:55:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/19/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTexthttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/07/19/spain.immigrants/index.html#cnnSTCTextSpanish air and sea rescue teams searched Thursday for dozens of illegal immigrants feared missing after a small boat sank off Spain's Canary Islands in the Atlantic, a Spanish official with the maritime rescue service told CNN.Thu, 19 Jul 2007 09:46:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/15/hijack.plane/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/02/15/hijack.plane/index.htmlA man armed with two pistols hijacked an Air Mauritania flight Thursday but was subdued by two passengers, a Spanish official said.Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:54:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/03/sail.youth/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/01/03/sail.youth/index.htmlA British teenager on Wednesday entered the record books after reaching Antigua to become the youngest person ever to sail single-handed across the Atlantic Ocean.Wed, 03 Jan 2007 09:44:00 ESThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/10/01/8387541/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/10/01/8387541/index.htmEVERY FALL, cruise lines move their ships to warmer waters for the winter--and you can go along for the ride. These one-way repositioning, or "repo," cruises have unusual itineraries and more time ... Sun, 01 Oct 2006 04:01:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/18/spain.arrests/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/01/18/spain.arrests/index.htmlSpanish authorities said Wednesday they have arrested 33 people -- including teachers, business executives a doctor and a priest -- for allegedly acquiring and distributing child pornography on the Internet.Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/30/tenerife.flight/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/30/tenerife.flight/index.htmlA rowdy air passenger was cast away on a remote Atlantic island after abusing crew and other travelers aboard a holiday flight from the UK to the Spanish Canary Islands.Fri, 30 Dec 2005 10:47:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/10/croatia.suspect/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/10/croatia.suspect/index.htmlFormer Croatian general Ante Gotovina has been transferred to the Hague, where he will stand trial for war crimes in charges stemming from the Balkans conflict last decade.Sat, 10 Dec 2005 14:28:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/08/war.crimes.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/12/08/war.crimes.arrest/index.htmlA longtime Croatian war crimes fugitive wanted for crimes during the Balkan wars has been arrested in Spain, according to the office of the prosecutor in the Hague.Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:35:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/09/vince/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2005/WEATHER/10/09/vince/index.htmlTropical Storm Vince became a rare eastern Atlantic hurricane Sunday evening, but the Category 1 storm was not expected to threaten land, the National Hurricane Center reported.Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:18:00 EDThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/18/spain.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/18/spain.arrest/index.htmlSpanish police have arrested four suspected Islamic militants, one of whom was believed involved in the March 11 train bombings that killed 191 people, the Interior Ministry said.Sat, 18 Dec 2004 12:05:00 ESThttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/24/spain.arrest/index.htmlhttp://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/24/spain.arrest/index.htmlCivil Guards have arrested a Spanish man in Spain's Canary Islands on suspicion of a link to the Madrid train bombings, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN.Thu, 24 Jun 2004 14:30:00 EDThttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/07/21/346103/index.htmhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2003/07/21/346103/index.htmSay what you will about American food, at least we Yanks haven't afflicted the world with calamities like haggis, the Scottish staple made of boiled sheep's stomach, or hakarl, an Icelandic offerin...Mon, 21 Jul 2003 04:01:00 EDT