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Like their geological counterparts, the fault lines of history seem to converge on the countries of the Mediterranean basin. It was in the Spanish city of Granada that King Boabdil, the last Moorish monarch of Muslim al-Andalus, made his final stand against the Christian forces of the reconquista before fleeing to North Africa. Here, too, are buried Ferdinand of Aragon and his queen, Isabella of Castile, who ousted Boabdil in 1492 and later reneged on a promise to allow religious tolerance in their newly conquered kingdom. These days Ferdinand and Isabella must be spinning in their shared mausoleum...
...keep the volume down so as not to annoy the neighbors," Ruiz says. The neighbors have mixed feelings about the mosque. "We need to put the past behind us and think how we can work together in these difficult times," says Sister María, a nun visiting Granada from her home near Madrid. But her more cloistered sisters in the adjacent Convento de las Tomasas don't seem to be on the same wavelength. Ruiz points out that they have raised the height of the wall that divides the convent from the mosque and topped it in part with...
...million for a 40.3% share in Axel Springer, Europe's top publisher, once owned by fallen media baron Leo Kirch. The bank then sold 10.4% of the stake to Friede Springer, giving her control. Turning Each Other On The U.K.'s two largest commercial broadcasters, Carlton and Granada, agreed on merger plans to create a new company worth over $4 billion. The deal will face strict regulatory scrutiny. There's No Place Like Home Further undoing former CEO Jean-Marie Messier's strategy, Vivendi is moving control from New York back to Paris. Vivendi will also finalize...
...division for failing to arrange cover for its $22 million debt.) Last week Football League CEO David Burns and chairman Keith Harris were forced to resign after the English High Court threw out the League's attempt to recover $271 million from itv Digital's parent companies, Carlton and Granada. And although the Football League has signed a new four-year deal with BSkyB, its $145 million price tag falls far short of the original - as a result, some clubs have released players in order to cut wage bills. With a glut of talent on the market and clubs facing...
...reading The Very Hungry Caterpillar for the 2,000th time. A former saleswoman in the distribution department at the movie studio DreamWorks, Gioconda Mitas, 31, was the first of her work friends to have a baby, three years ago. Once a week, she dresses up and drives from suburban Granada Hills, Calif., to have lunch with three former co-workers and pump them for office dirt. "What I miss most about working is the feeling that I have something that is mine--a desk, an area that belongs only to me... I know I'm important...