northeastern spain

Spaniards who banned bullfights OK flaming horns (AP)

September 22nd, 2010

AP - Run with the bulls, let them tumble into the sea during the chase, even stick fireworks or flaming wax to their horns — but don’t kill them. That’s…

A farewell to bullfights in northeastern Spain (AP)

July 28th, 2010

Pro-bullfighting supporters shout at anti-bullfighting supporters in front of the Catalan Parliament in Barcelona, Spain, Wednesday, July 28, 2010. The parliament voted to outlaw bullfighting, making Catalonia Spain's first major region to do so after an impassioned debate that pitted the rights of animals against preserving a pillar of traditional culture. Cheers broke out in the local 135-seat legislature after the speaker announced the ban had passed 68-to-55 with nine abstentions. The ban in the northeastern coastal region whose capital is Barcelona will take effect in 2012.(AP Photo/David Ramos)AP - Lawmakers in the region of Catalonia thrust a sword deep into Spain’s centuries-old tradition of bullfighting, banning the blood-soaked pageant that has fascinated artists and writers from Goya…

12 killed as train slams into beachgoers in Spain (AP)

June 24th, 2010

Police and rescue workers inspect the Castelldefels Playa station where a high-speed train passing through the station struck a group of people crossing the tracks, in Castelldefels, Spain, Thursday, June 24, 2010.  The long-distance train passing through the station in the seaside town of Castelldefels hit a group of people crossing the tracks who had just gotten off of a commuter train. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)AP - An express train barreling through a seaside station in northeastern Spain plowed into youths cutting across the tracks to get to a midnight beach party, killing at least…