A Spanish court Wednesday convicted five men accused of Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings of 2004 and planning other attacks.
The week after Wimbledon, Stacey Allaster was officially named the new CEO of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Since then, a former No. 1 player returned and won the U.S. Open. The Tour's most marketable star blew a gasket in the U.S. Open semifinals, a meltdown that became an international cause célèbre. One Belgian was suspended for an anti-violating simply because she failed to keeps administrator advised of her whereabouts. Another Belgian, a seven-time Grand Slam champ, is returning. And the WTA's title sponsor is, by most accounts, a longshot to renew. Otherwise, it's been an uneventful 150 days.
A Spanish judge indicted seven suspected Islamic militants Monday for allegedly helping some perpetrators of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 to flee Spain after the attacks, according to a copy of the order.
Spanish police have arrested a priest and 33 others in an alleged "marriage of convenience" scam in which mostly Colombians immigrants, linked to drug trafficking, wed Spaniards to get residency papers.
A 92-year-old woman with cocaine strapped to her body flew all the way from Brazil to Spain before police arrested her, in a wheelchair, at Madrid's airport.
Two Somalis suspected of piracy will appear Tuesday before a Spanish judge, hours after they were transported by the military to Madrid, a court spokesman said.
From hot dogs in the American heartland to the sexy samba on South American beaches, from traditional Kabuki theater amid high-tech modernity to European culture and sophistication, four international cities hope to showcase what they have to offer the world on the Olympic stage.
On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will choose the city that will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, the four finalists, will each make a 45-minute presentation before the IOC members Friday afternoon in Copenhagen. They are likely to highlight their bid's assets and address some of the questions raised in the IOC's site evaluation report released earlier this month. The winning city should be announced between noon and 1 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S.
Just 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.
A Moroccan man wanted for links to the Madrid train bombings in 2004 was brought to Spain from France on Wednesday, a Spanish police statement said.
A Spanish court Wednesday convicted five men accused of Islamic terrorist activities that included aiding fugitives from the Madrid train bombings of 2004 and planning other attacks.
The week after Wimbledon, Stacey Allaster was officially named the new CEO of the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. Since then, a former No. 1 player returned and won the U.S. Open. The Tour's most marketable star blew a gasket in the U.S. Open semifinals, a meltdown that became an international cause célèbre. One Belgian was suspended for an anti-violating simply because she failed to keeps administrator advised of her whereabouts. Another Belgian, a seven-time Grand Slam champ, is returning. And the WTA's title sponsor is, by most accounts, a longshot to renew. Otherwise, it's been an uneventful 150 days.
A Spanish judge indicted seven suspected Islamic militants Monday for allegedly helping some perpetrators of the Madrid train bombings in 2004 to flee Spain after the attacks, according to a copy of the order.
Spanish police have arrested a priest and 33 others in an alleged "marriage of convenience" scam in which mostly Colombians immigrants, linked to drug trafficking, wed Spaniards to get residency papers.
A 92-year-old woman with cocaine strapped to her body flew all the way from Brazil to Spain before police arrested her, in a wheelchair, at Madrid's airport.
Two Somalis suspected of piracy will appear Tuesday before a Spanish judge, hours after they were transported by the military to Madrid, a court spokesman said.
From hot dogs in the American heartland to the sexy samba on South American beaches, from traditional Kabuki theater amid high-tech modernity to European culture and sophistication, four international cities hope to showcase what they have to offer the world on the Olympic stage.
On Friday, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will choose the city that will host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, the four finalists, will each make a 45-minute presentation before the IOC members Friday afternoon in Copenhagen. They are likely to highlight their bid's assets and address some of the questions raised in the IOC's site evaluation report released earlier this month. The winning city should be announced between noon and 1 p.m. Eastern Time in the U.S.
Just 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.
A Moroccan man wanted for links to the Madrid train bombings in 2004 was brought to Spain from France on Wednesday, a Spanish police statement said.
A Spanish court convicted four men Tuesday but acquitted 10 others of charges that they helped four suspects from the Madrid train bombings to flee.
A Spanish pathologist who specialized in a human strain of mad cow disease died Saturday, and officials suspect the disease played a role in his death, officials said.
If a week is a long time in politics, it can be forever in soccer. Seven days was all it took to completely change attitudes on both sides of Spain's great divide and reopen a title race that appeared all over.
For five years, the horrible memory has lingered in the minds of Madrid's commuters, quietly riding their trains into the heart of the city. The pain is easing, but it's a nagging ache just the same.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was set to address an international meeting on combating hunger in Madrid on Tuesday, the first such event since the global financial crisis hit hard.
Thousands of demonstrators in Madrid Sunday called for a halt to Israel's attacks on Gaza, in a protest whose sponsors included Spain's ruling Socialist Party.
A heavy snowstorm caused chaos Friday at Madrid's Barajas Airport, where flights were suspended for hours before Europe's fourth-busiest airport reopened in the late afternoon.
A suspected Colombian drug boss was shot dead Thursday in a hospital in Madrid, CNN sister station CNN+ reported, citing police sources.
A Moroccan court sentenced a Moroccan man to 20 years in prison for his role in the Madrid train bombings of 2004, in a case built on evidence from Spanish police, a Spanish court spokeswoman said Friday.
These are difficult days for the Calderóns -- Ramón, the Real Madrid president, and Vicente, the Atlético Madrid stadium -- as both are forced to defend their honor in the face of what they deem to be "conspiracies" against them.
A judge in Spain has freed most of 12 suspected Islamic terrorists he ordered to be arrested a week earlier, saying there was not enough evidence to hold them, an official said Tuesday.
The 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.
A Madrid court says the judge probing the Spanair plane crash that killed 154 people in August has called in three mechanics for questioning on suspicion of manslaughter
A Spanish court on Tuesday agreed to temporarily extradite a man convicted in the 2004 Madrid train bombings to Morocco, where he faces charges in connection with the Casablanca bombings in 2003, a court spokeswoman told CNN.
Relatives 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.
A woman who survived last week's Spanair airline crash in Madrid left the hospital Tuesday, saying she was "born again" by the disaster.
A woman who survived this week's devastating plane crash in Madrid said Saturday the aircraft struggled to gain altitude
A Spanair MD-82 airliner was not on fire as it took off from Madrid's airport but lifted off slightly into the air, fell back to the ground and caught fire only after skidding off the side of the runway, a source familiar said Friday.
DNA tests will be needed to identify many of the 153 people killed in a Spanish plane crash, officials said Thursday.
A 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 people
An investigation is underway into what caused the plane to crash upon takeoff
The MD-82 model plane which crashed in Madrid Wednesday killing 'most' of the 172 people onboard has been the workhorse of many U.S. carriers for years, CNN Aviation Correspondent Richard Quest says.
Spain expelled a Syrian Tuesday who was convicted last year but later acquitted on appeal of a role in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, a Spanish Interior Ministry spokeswoman said.
Gas stations in Madrid and the northeastern Catalonia region began running out of fuel Monday as an indefinite strike by truckers began to bite
Marc Michel, director of digital marketing firm Greater Than One, based in New York, needed a local office to run European ad campaigns for U.S. medical firms. So he spent July 2007 scouting London, Hamburg, Zurich, and other cities. But Michel, 33, soon settled on Madrid.
Real Madrid's antiquated private jet, La Saeta, will remain grounded at Barajas airport. Not, as the Catalan media gleefully pointed out, because it breaks noise pollution laws and is prohibited from flying over Germany to get to Moscow, but because Real Madrid won't be traveling to the Russian capital at all.
Mad cow disease has killed two people since December in the Castilla Leon region north of Madrid, a regional health authority spokeswoman told CNN Monday.
It's a rematch in Spain in Sunday's elections, as the Socialist prime minister, who won an upset victory four years ago in the wake of the Madrid train bombings, faces the conservative challenger.
A Spanish court Wednesday convicted 20 men, mainly Algerians and Moroccans, of Islamic terrorist activity, but none was found guilty of the more serious charge of an alleged plot to destroy Madrid's anti-terrorism courthouse with a truck bomb, according to a copy of the sentence viewed by CNN.
Moroccan police have arrested a prime suspect in the Madrid train bombings of 2004 but he is unlikely to be extradited to Spain, a Spanish judicial source told CNN Monday.
What is "Super CDW" -- and why is it on Rick Murai's credit card bill after he rents a car from Alamo in Madrid? The car rental company's Web site is less than clear about the fee, and Murai's credit card company refuses to get involved. Is he stuck with the bill?
Let me pack you along for a day on the road to help demystify what goes into the making of a guidebook.
The culmination of the 2007 season begins on Tuesday, when the top eight singles players and top four doubles teams in the world compete for the WTA Championships in Madrid. All year, players have battled for enough quality points to earn a place among the elite in the year's final event.
A Spanish court Wednesday delivered an unexpectedly mixed verdict in the trial of 28 defendants charged in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, convicting three of mass murder but delivering lesser convictions against the others.
Spain's National Court convicted most of the 28 suspects from the 2004 bombings, while others went unpunished
A Spanish court on Wednesday delivered a mixed verdict in the trial of 28 defendants charged in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, convicting three of mass murder but delivering lesser convictions against the others.
An Egyptian who allegedly bragged that he masterminded the 2004 Madrid terror bombings that killed 191 people was acquitted of all charges Wednesday by a Spanish court
The accused in the Madrid train bombing are scheduled to hear the verdicts and sentencing on Wednesday morning. All of the 28 defendants are men except for one Spanish woman. All the defendants have pleaded not guilty during the trial.
Six suspected Islamic militants were Wednesday arrested in northern Spain on suspicion of using the Internet to recruit for and plot a 'world jihad,' a Ministry of Interior statement said.
Thirty suspected Islamic terrorists went on trial Monday in a courthouse they are charged with plotting to destroy with a truck bomb.
Two men who had been relatively minor defendants have been upgraded to prime suspects in the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others in 2004.
At least four key defendants in the Madrid train bombings trial are on a hunger strike it emerged Wednesday as the judge sent one for medical treatment after he lay down in the courtroom.
A Spanish judge has charged a Moroccan man as an additional prime suspect in the Madrid train bombings, and ordered that he be brought to Spain from Morocco, where he is currently in jail on other charges.
An accused mastermind of the Madrid train bombings took the stand again Monday and strengthened his denial of any involvement in the attacks in March 2004 that killed 191 people, at one point seeming to compare himself with Pope Benedict XVI.
The Madrid train bombings trial entered its second day Friday with three more defendants denying involvement in the 2004 attacks that killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800.
The Madrid train bombings trial is under way, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded more than 1,800 on morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
The trial in the Madrid train bombing is under way, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 on morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
The trial of suspects in the Madrid train bombing case will start February 15, the National Court said Tuesday, nearly three years after terrorists killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others in coordinated bombings of morning rush-hour commuter trains in the Spanish capital.
Spanish police arrested five alleged Islamic radicals for their suspected roles in helping two Madrid train bombing fugitives to flee after the 2004 attacks, an Interior Ministry statement said Wednesday.
Prosecutors in the Madrid train bombing case will seek prison terms of about 38,000 years for each of the seven prime defendants in the trial due to start next February, according to a prosecution order released Monday and viewed by CNN.
A Spanish court has ruled the investigative phase of the Madrid train bombings of 2004 has concluded, and the case is ready for trial against 29 defendants, although the court did not immediately set a trial date.
Madrid is the ultimate makeover city -- a once-grand imperial capital that has thrown off its conservative instincts and reinvented itself as a laidback party town. If Madrid was once widely perceived as a stuffy ornamental backwater compared with Spain's vibrant regional capitals, it's no longer the case. Communities from North Africa, Latin America and Asia have added cosmopolitan flavor to the city's Castilian heritage. Globally recognized for its nightlife, Madrid exists on a time zone all of its own: dinner at 10, a bar at midnight, clubbing at two and a hangover-busting breakfast of churros con chocolate as the sun comes up. Madrid reputedly has more bars per square kilometer than any other city in Europe -- which means you're spoilt for choice any day of the week, any hour of the day. Not that you necessarily need to stay out until 4 am to enjoy yourself. Spend a sunny afternoon people-watching from one of Madrid's pavement cafés with a carafe of vino tinto and a few raciones and you'll soon find y
The world's first ban on overly thin models at a top-level fashion show in Madrid has caused outrage among modeling agencies and raised the prospect of restrictions at other venues.
A Moroccan man under indictment in the Madrid train bombing case has been released from prison because of an error in legal proceedings, a court official has told CNN.
A Spanish judge has indicted 29 people in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings, including five who are charged directly with the deaths of the 191 victims.
A Spanish judge has indicted 33 suspected Islamic extremists in a failed plot to attack the National Court in Madrid, which tries terrorism cases, with a truck bomb, according to a copy of the court order viewed by CNN.
Two schoolchildren laid a wreath Saturday in a Madrid park while victims of the Madrid train bombings looked on in a silent ceremony as the nation marked the second anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed 191 people and wounded 1,741 others.
Nine suspects in the Madrid train bombing case will remain in custody beyond the nearly two years they have already served in pre-trial prison, the judge in charge of the investigation has ruled.
With the second anniversary of the deadly Madrid train bombings nearing, the judge investigating the case is close to issuing indictments against possibly as many as 40 suspects, court sources and several lawyers told CNN.
The Scene spent the day in Madrid with flamenco superstar Joaquin Cortes. Do you have a favorite hangout in the Spanish capital? What's so special about Madrid's nightlife? Send us your suggestions and ideas and read your comments below.
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The Scene talks to flamenco superstar Joaquin Cortes about Madrid's cultural resurgence.
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Good food is not something generally associated with the beautiful game, but if gastronomy and football are two of your passions, and you are looking for the pinnacle of each, then few cities fare better than the Spanish capital, Madrid.
Five small bombs have exploded near Madrid, causing little damage and no casualties, after a warning from the Basque separatist group ETA, an interior ministry spokesman told CNN.
Physical exercise could help keep the brain alert and fully functioning as the body ages, new research has suggested, while a newly developed training program has shown regular mental exertion is just as important.
Serbia on Sunday extradited to Spain a Moroccan man who is prime suspect in the Madrid train bombings last year that killed 191 people, the Spanish Interior Ministry said in a statement.
The Spanish government has agreed to seek the extradition from Serbia of a Moroccan man wanted as a prime suspect in the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.
A Madrid train bombing suspect wanted on an international warrant since last year has been arrested in Serbia where he was carrying forged Iraqi documents, Spain's Interior Ministry said Wednesday.
Two small bombs exploded on major Spanish highways west and south of Madrid Friday afternoon after a warning call was made in the name of the Basque separatist group ETA.
Spanish officials have downplayed British press reports that a Syrian-born Spaniard -- Mustafa Setmarian Nasar -- who is linked to al Qaeda activities and the Madrid train bombings, was also behind the London bombings last week.
A Spanish judge has charged five more suspects in the Madrid train bombings case and ordered them to remain in jail following their arrest last week, according to court documents seen by CNN.
A key suspect in the Madrid train bombings has appeared as a witness at the trial of 24 al Qaeda suspects in Madrid, as authorities seek to clarify how well he knew several of the suspects -- including the alleged ringleader.
Explosives packed in a small truck detonated Wednesday morning in Madrid after a warning call in the name of the Basque separatist group ETA.
Spanish police have arrested three more suspects in last year's Madrid train bombings, linking the trio to drug trafficking and arms dealing that allegedly supported the attacks, a police spokesman told CNN.
Thirteen men arrested in and around the Spanish capital last Friday on suspicion of collaborating with a terrorist group connected to the Madrid train bombings were freed from jail, a court spokeswoman told CNN.
A Spanish judge has charged a Syrian-born man with belonging to a terrorist group and remanded him to jail for links to the Madrid train bombings last year, a National Court spokeswoman has told CNN.
A London court has ordered a Spanish national, arrested in Britain on Saturday in connection with the Madrid train bombings last year, to remain in custody.
A Spanish national was arrested near London Saturday in connection with the Madrid train bombings last year, Scotland Yard said in a statement.
Muslim clerics in Spain have issued what they called the world's first fatwa, or Islamic edict, against Osama bin Laden as the country marked the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people.
It has been a year since the devastating terror attacks in Madrid, in which a string of powerful bombs were detonated on the city's packed commuter trains.
As a summit on global terrorism began in Madrid, the mayor of the city that still recovering from train bombings last year called on experts to "help us defeat the terrorists."
U.S. officials are playing down a Spanish newspaper report that Spanish authorities had uncovered a terrorist plot to attack New York's Grand Central Station.
The area surrounding a burned-out Madrid skyscraper remained cordoned off Monday amid concern the blackened hulk of wreckage could collapse.
A fire said to be the worst in Madrid's history destroyed a skyscraper in the Spanish capital's financial district on Sunday.
A landmark office building in downtown Madrid was engulfed in flames early Sunday, and flaming chunks of debris fell to the street as harried firefighters tried to keep the structure from collapsing.
Basque separatists claimed responsibility for a powerful car bomb attack near Madrid's convention center hours before Spain's king and queen and the visiting Mexican president were to inaugurate an international art fair.
A Spanish investigating magistrate has charged a Moroccan family of four with collaborating with a terrorist group in connection with the Madrid train bombings last March that killed 191 people, a National Court spokeswoman told CNN on Saturday.
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