Day: November 30, 2011

BBC News – Spain commission seeks removal of Gen Franco’s remains

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A commission set up by the Spanish government has recommended that the remains of General Francisco Franco should be exhumed. The dictator’s tomb is inside a Catholic basilica, at a politically divisive civil war memorial. The site, near Madrid, has been a rallying point for the far right. The commission said the remains of Gen Franco – who ruled between 1936 and his death in 1975 – should be handed over to his family for Continue reading BBC News – Spain commission seeks removal of Gen Franco’s remains→

Dutch transfer killer whale Morgan to Spain

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A plane carrying a young killer whale has departed the Netherlands Tuesday afternoon heading for a Spanish amusement park after conservationists lost a legal battle to have her released into the open sea. Around dawn Tuesday, the 1,400-kilogram (3,085-pound) female orca named Morgan was lifted from her tank by a crane, resting in a hammock that restrained her movement and protected her fins. Trainers kept her wet during the transfer into a blue-painted box on Continue reading Dutch transfer killer whale Morgan to Spain→