Spain's Catalonia Region Bans Bullfighting

Catalonia's parliament on Wednesday voted to ban bullfighting from January 1, 2012, becoming the first region in mainland Spain to outlaw the centuries-old tradition.

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Dozens of prostitutes for less than a hundred euros a trick, and apparently within the law: that's what many brothels here have on offer, just six kilometres over the border from France, in the Pyrenees. The place is making a name for itself among the French a popularity that local authorities could have done without.

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Nine thrill-seeking runners were injured, three by goring, in a dangerous last running of the bulls at Spain's San Fermin festival, officials said Wednesday. It was the bloodiest run of this years festival.

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At least three people ended up in the hospital with minor injuries after Tuesday's running of the bulls, the second-to-last running in this year's San Fermin festival in Pamplona.

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Football fans in the nationalist-minded Catalonia region have been celebrating Spain's World Cup win with similar verve to the rest of the country. But the historic victory has done little to dampen their regional sense of identity.

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More than a million people gathered on Saturday in northeastern Barcelona to demand greater regional autonomy for Catalonia and protest against a recent court ruling forbidding this prosperous region from calling itself a nation.

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Spanish officials say two people were gored Thursday during a tense and dangerous second running of the bulls at Spain's famed San Fermin fiesta. At least five other people were hospitalized after falling or being trampled by the hulking beasts.

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Thousands of daredevils have dashed through the narrow streets of Pamplona for this year's first running of the bulls of the famed the San Fermin fiesta.

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A 19-year-old man was fatally wounded during a predawn running of the bulls at a small-town festival, authorities said.
Ivan Tejero Morales died instantly Saturday after being gored in the chest during Fuentesauco's (Zamora) annual event. Doctors rushed to treat him, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The annual San Fermin festival in Pamplona begins today.

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A new law allowing abortion without restrictions in Spain in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy has come into effect despite an opposition party court challenge claiming it is unconstitutional.

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