News on Barcelona

Al-Qaeda releases Spanish hostage in Mali

2010-03-10T07:16:19Z

<div><p>A Spanish aid worker freed by Islamist militants in Mali was flying home Wednesday while an Italian woman was still in Al Qaeda's clutches after earlier reports of her release, sources said.</p><p>"It is only the Spanish hostage who was released. There was a small confusion, the Italian was not released," a diplomatic source said in Bamak...

Spaniard kidnapped in Mauritania 'being freed'

2010-03-10T01:15:58Z

<div><p>Spanish aid worker Alicia Gamez, 39, one of three kidnapped in Mauritania by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb in November, is "being freed" an anti-terrorist source in Madrid said Wednesday.</p><p>"She is being taken to a safe place," the ...

Snow snarls traffic, strands thousands in southern Europe

2010-03-09T12:18:56Z

<div><p>Heavy snow Tuesday stranded thousands of road travellers on the French-Spanish border, blanketed Italian cities and left 10,000 homes in Corsica without power.</p><p>A freak snowstorm dumped more than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow on the Pyrenees mountains, stranding more than 6,000 travellers Tuesday and blocking some 40 roads between France and France and Spain.</p><p>Barcelona on Monday saw its heaviest snowfall since 1962, triggering emergency measures. Disruption was felt across the region, as far away...

Spain Mediterranean Cruise Ship Accident

2010-03-04T13:47:28Z

Workers clean up broken windows on the Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty cruise ship at Barcelona's port, Spain, on Thursday, March 4, 2010. Waves of up to 26 feet (8 meters) high smashed into the Mediterranean cruise ship flooding people's cabins and breaking windows in an ordeal that claimed two lives. The ship was carrying 1,350 passengers and 580 cre...

Killer waves caused panic on cruise ship

2010-03-04T12:16:40Z

<div><p>Terrified passengers told Thursday how three giant rogue waves smashed through the front windows of a Mediterranean cruise ship killing two people and causing mass panic on the liner.</p><p>The eight-metre (26-foot) high waves injured another 14 people, including one woman in "very serious condition" in hospital. Most of the 1,300 tourists were being repatriated from the Mv Louis Majesty to their home countries on Thursday.</p><p>"It was a monster wave...

Killer waves caused panic on Med. cruise ship

2010-03-04T12:16:39Z

<div><p>Terrified passengers told Thursday how three giant rogue waves smashed through the front windows of a Mediterranean cruise ship killing two people and causing mass panic on the liner.</p><p>The eight metre (26 foot) high waves injured another 14 people, including one woman in "very serious condition" in hospital. Most of the 1,300 tourists were being repatriated from the Mv Louis Majesty to their home countries on Thursday.</p><p>"It was a monster wave...

Cruise travelers tell of deadly waves off Spain

2010-03-04T11:00:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Cruise turns to nightmare off Spain as killer waves hit ship</div><div><p>The Mediterranean was heaving as the 68-year-old Italian stood in the cruise ship lounge. A moment later a monstrous wave shattered the windows and sent shards into her head, leaving her bleeding on the floor and calling out for her husband.</p><p>Torrents of water gushed into the Barcelona in the wake of Wednesday's accident in which 14 people were hurt.</p><p>"We are not going to be launch...

Passenger on cruise ship: Wave ordeal terrifying

2010-03-04T03:30:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Passenger on Mediterranean cruise ship hit by huge wave describes ordeal as terrifying</div><div><p>Freak waves that smashed into a Mediterranean cruise ship flooded people's cabins, broke windows in a restaurant and terrified many travelers in an ordeal that claimed two lives, a passenger said Thursday.</p><p>Claude Cremex, 73, of Marseille, France said he was in his cabin ...

Two killed as cruise ship hit by freak waves off Spain

2010-03-03T14:16:46Z

<div><p>Two people were killed and 14 injured when massive waves slammed into a cruise ship carrying some 2,000 people in the western Mediterranean Wednesday, the ship's owners said.</p><p>The freak waves smashed windows in the Louis Majesty, the ship's Cypriot owners, Louis Cruises, said in a statement.</p><p>"Louis Cruises regrets to announce t...

Two killed as freak wave hits cruise ship: Spanish rescuers

2010-03-03T14:16:43Z

<div><p>A massive wave slammed into a cruise ship carrying almost 2,000 people in the Mediterranean Wednesday, leaving two people dead and six injured, Spain's maritime rescue service said.</p><p>The freak wave "smashed windows in the lounge area" of the Maltese-flagged Greek Cypriot-owned Louis Majesty, a spokesman for the service told AFP.</p><p>He said the ac...

Religion News in Brief

2010-03-03T09:32:50Z

<div id="subtitle">Religion News in Brief</div><div><p>Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day visit to Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to consecrate the famed Sagrada Familia church, his spokesman said.</p><p>The Pope Benedict XVI looks on during the weekly general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The Vatican spokesman said the pontiff will visit Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to inaugurate the famed cathedral Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful during the weekly general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Wednesday, March 3, 2010. The Vatican's spokesman says the pope will visit Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to inaugurate the famed cathedral

Pope to visit Spain in November

2010-03-03T06:16:43Z

<div id="subtitle">Pope to make 2-day trip to Spain in November, will inaugurate Sagrada Familia in Barcelona</div><div><p>Pope Benedict XVI will make a two-day visit to Spain in November, with a stop in Barcelona to consecrate the famed Sagrada Fami...

Pope to visit Spain in November: Vatican

2010-03-03T05:16:40Z

<div><p>Pope Benedict XVI will visit Spain on November 6 and 7, with stops in Santiago de Compostela and Barcelona, the Vatican said on Wednesday.</p><p>Santiago de Compostela -- a key destination...

Cologne frustrate record-breaking Leverkusen

2010-02-27T12:16:10Z

<div><p>Bayer Leverkusen set a new German record by stretching their unbeaten start to the season to 24 matches on Saturday but missed out on extending their lead at the top after a 0-0 draw with Cologne.</p><p>Leverkusen could have pulled three points clear of second-placed Werder Bremen capped a fine week by winning 2-1 at 10-man Mainz on Saturday to move to within a point of the European qualifying positions in the Bundesliga table.</p><p>Bremen booked their place in the last 16 of the Europa League with a 4-1...

F1 Testing

2010-02-27T07:45:14Z

BARCELONA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 27: Felipe Massa of Brazil and Ferrari drives during Formula One winter testing at the Circuit De Catalunya o...