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Messi for $330 million: the world's most expensive player?

Messi for $330 million: the world's most expensive player?Madrid/Barcelona  - Some 254 million euros, close to 330 million dollars: that is what it would cost to get the talented forward Lionel Messi away from Barcelona in accordance with Spanish law.

Barcelona have set 150 million euros (195 million dollars) as the fee - required by Spanish legislation - for the young Argentine to unilaterally break his contract with his current employer.

Suspected Islamist radicals detained in Spain

Suspected Islamist radicals detained in Spain

Moratinos urges Obama to take immediate action on Gaza

Moratinos urges Obama to take immediate action on Gaza Barcelona  - Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos on Monday urged US president elect Barack Obama to "immediately get involved" in efforts to end the Gaza conflict after being sworn in.

The situation in Gaza should be Obama's first foreign policy priority, advised Moratinos, who helped to negotiate the ceasefire in Gaza.

The former European Union Middle East envoy expressed trust that the new US administration would take "urgent" action on the Gaza Strip.

Italian mafia expands in Spain

Spain MapBarcelona - The Neapolitan crime organization Camorra is extending its activities in Spain, which has become one of its main bases abroad, police sources said Monday after one of the Camorra's top drug lords was detained in Barcelona.

Salvatore Zazo, 52, who is regarded as the leader of the Camorra clan Mazzarella, had purchased businesses in Spain in order to settle there, Spanish police said.

Zazo was detained at a Barcelona call centre in the company of a bodyguard on Saturday. He carried 4,000 euros (5,400 dollars) in cash and four mobile phones.

Spanish fashion designer Armand Basi dies

Spanish fashion designer Armand Basi diesBarcelona  - Spanis

Flights resumed at Madrid airport after snow chaos

Flights resumed at Madrid airport after snow chaosBarcelona/Madrid  - Outgoing flights were resumed at Madrid's Barajas airport Friday afternoon after more than five hours of suspending operations owing to snowfall, the airport operator AENA said.

The airport was also about to resume landings after more than 50 flights were diverted to other airports.

Only 268 of the 1,205 scheduled flights had taken place before operations were suspended.

Long queues of passengers formed at the airport, which has also been affected by an alleged unofficial work to rule stoppage by pilots of the Spanish airline Iberia.

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