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...series of debates with the country's central administration in Madrid over governance of the region's infrastructure. For many, bullfighting - especially given its association with the Franco regime, which promoted it as a unifying national spectacle in the 20th century - fits squarely into an "us vs. them" mentality. (Read "Barcelona vs. Real Madrid: More Than a Game...
...children under age 14 from attending a corrida by placing the equivalent of an R movie rating on the event. The following year, Barcelona's municipal government declared the Catalan capital an "anti-bullfighting city" in a nonbinding resolution; 70 other Catalan towns and cities have since followed suit. (Read "Spanish TV Says No to Bullfighting...
...just be enough to pass the ban. "There are some within the party who see bullfighting as a tradition worth protecting," says Rull. "But there's a larger group - I count myself among them - that believes we shouldn't treat the torture of animals as a public spectacle anymore." (Read "In Spain, No Olé for Bullfights...
...Read "A Brief History of the Running of the Bulls...
...consequences" if Klaus does not sign. But this could make a martyr of Klaus and stiffen his resolve. Others say the Lisbon Treaty is too important to be jeopardized, and the protocols should be agreed on quickly and quietly as long as Klaus promises he will sign immediately. (Read: "Opposition Grows to Tony Blair's Bid for E.U. President...