Madrid  - Spanish authorities intercepted three boats carrying 108 African migrants on Sunday in separate incidents.

The largest of the boats was intercepted off the coast of Gran Canaria, the largest of the Canary Islands. One of the 69 passengers on the boat died, possibly due to dehydration, according to sources.

Two other boats were stopped near Tarifa and Malaga on Spain's southern coast. Those ships had four babies among their passengers.

Madrid - Barcelona went six points clear at the top of the Spanish Liga on Saturday by thrashing hapless Valencia 4-0.

Barca now have 35 points from 14 games, six points more than Villarreal, who did well to force a 3-3 draw against Getafe earlier on Saturday.

With Samuel Eto'o suspended, Thierry Henry took centre stage, banging in a handsome hat-trick and looking more comfortable than ever in a Barca shirt.

The French veteran made it 1-0 in the 20th minute by latching on to a classy through-ball from Yaya Toure and scoring with the outside of his right foot.

Eight minutes later, with the Valencia defence looking shaky, Henry made it 2-0 by turning in a short pass from Alexander Hleb.

Madrid - Prosecutors at Spain's National Court on Thursday asked judge Ismael Moreno to widen his investigation into alleged US flights transporting terrorism suspects via Spain to the prison camp in Guantanamo, Cuba.

The prosecutors urged Moreno to question the author of a top secret Foreign Ministry document which was published by the daily El Pais.

The 2002 document indicates that former prime minister Jose Maria Aznar's conservative government gave the United States permission to secretly transport Taliban and al-Qaeda prisoners from Afghanistan via Spain to Guantanamo.