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Madrid, Jan 25 – Cristiano Ronaldo again went from hero to villain for Real Madrid. The Portuguese winger scored both goals in the 2-0 home defeat of lowly Malaga, but was sent off 20 minutes from time for elbowing defender Patrick Mtiliga.

Madrid, Jan 23 – Foreign tourists arriving in Spain numbered 52.2 million in 2009, a decrease of 8.7 percent from the year before, authorities said.

Madrid, Jan 19 – Spain’s national court has ruled in favour of extraditing an Argentine pilot accused of taking part in the “death flights” the South American country’s 1976-1983 military regime used to dispose of more than 1,000 political prisoners who were dumped in the Atlantic Ocean.

Madrid, Jan 15 – Atletico Madrid and Mallorca dramatically edged their way into the quarter-finals of the Spanish King’s Cup, pushing aside second-division opponents Recreativo Huelva and Rayo Vallecano.

Madrid, Jan 13 – Associations of web users and hundreds of Spanish bloggers have said that they were ready to fight measures planned by the government to prevent illegal downloads of movies and music from the Internet, which would include the blocking and closure of offending websites.

Madrid, Jan 8 – Spain has said it won’t pay any ransom for three of its aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania by the Al Qaeda group in Islamic Maghreb.

Madrid, Jan 5 – Police are trying to trace the origin of some 100 kg of cocaine hidden in boxes of bananas that were about to go on sale at several supermarkets in Madrid and two other cities in Spain.

Madrid, Jan 4 – Real Madrid missed a good chance to go top of the Spanish Liga Sunday, being held to a 0-0 draw away to dogged Osasuna.

Madrid, Jan 2 – At midnight Spain greeted its half-year rotating presidency of the European Union (EU), lighting up a dozen public buildings with the blue of the EU flag.

Madrid, Dec 30 – The Spanish government is planning to extend its smoking ban at workplaces to bars, cafes, restaurants and other enclosed public spaces by amending the anti-tobacco law next year, officials said.