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...Last month, young Catalan nationalists publicly set fire to photos of the visiting monarchs in Girona. The perpetrators were arrested, but they inspired a string of royal photo burnings in other parts of the region. In otherwise democratic Spain, an "attack on the dignity of the monarchy" is still a crime and the burnings, along with a few other anti-monarchical incidents, have sparked something of a crisis. Is this the beginning of the end for Spanish royal reverence...
...removed from newsstands, and shut down the magazine's website. The two cartoonists responsible for the drawing are currently standing trial, and will face fines of nearly $5,000 each if found guilty. Jaume Roura and Enric Stern, the two young Catalans suspected of leading the photo burnings in Girona, face worse punishment. Arrested and charged with "grave injuries to the monarchy," the two may receive 15-year prison sentences if found guilty...
Right now, though, the Tour is everything, and Armstrong the training fanatic is pedaling away furiously in the hills near his home in Girona, Spain. Given his age, the odds of winning another three-week, 2,100-mile Tour seem long. But anyone who wants to beat Armstrong should be prepared for pain. As he told the Times of London, "When I was sick, I didn't want to die. When I race, I don't want to lose. Dying and losing, it's the same thing." --By Bill Saporito
Neighbors were jolted from their beds before dawn last Friday when Spanish police burst into flats in an apartment block in the small country town of Banyoles, north of Girona. Simultaneous raids were taking place in a dozen other apartments across northeastern Spain. By the end of the day, investigators held 16 suspects - 14 believed to be Algerian and two believed to be Moroccan - of the 20 originally detained. They discovered large quantities of bomb-making material, manuals on chemical warfare, and equipment to manufacture false credit cards and identity documents, as well as a cache of timers, fuses...
...didn't even know there was a choice to beadmitted for the spring semester," said formerUniversity of Michigan student Catalina Girona'90, who applied last February for Septemberadmission...