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Madrid  - Police in the northern Spanish cit

Madrid - For over a decade, Spanish judges have been stepping up their crusade for universal justice, opening investigations into human rights violations around the world.

Now, however, a new probe into a 2002 Gaza bombing by Israel is drawing the spotlight on the political problems created by such inquiries, and raising questions about the limits of universal justice.

The government is considering legal changes to prevent judges from pursuing human rights abuses unrelated to Spanish citizens, in what appears to be partly an attempt to limit the damage to relations with countries such as Israel.

Madrid - One of the winners of Spain's top cinema award had it stolen immediately after the award gala, only to get it back less than 24 hours later, the daily El Mundo reported Tuesday.

Director Albert Sole won the Goya Award for best documentary for his film Bucarest, La memoria perdida (Bucharest, the lost memory).

Sole then went to celebrate his triumph at a Madrid discotheque, leaving the Goya statuette at the wardrobe early Monday. When he came back, it was gone.

Madrid  - Spanish giants Real Madrid announced on Monday afternoon that their annual general assembly will be repeated on Sunday March 29.

The assembly was originally held on December 7 but it needs to be repeated because former club president Ramon Calderon smuggled unqualified delegates into it, in order to have his proposed budget and other measures approved.

Calderon was forced to resign two weeks ago because of this scandal, which was revealed by sports daily Marca.

Madrid  - Spanish former golfer Severiano Ballesteros will have fully recovered from recent health problems within six months, his brother Baldomero was quoted as saying in Spanish media reports from Monday.

Ballesteros, 51, has been fighting a brain tumour for four months and has already undergone several instances of surgery and chemotherapy in that effort. However, his condition has improved considerably.