Madrid- The "human ads" that have become one of the colourful features of Madrid will continue strolling in the Spanish capital, press reports said Thursday.

Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon cancelled a planned ban on the ads after it sparked widespread protests.

An estimated 30 people walk around, mainly near the central Puerta del Sol square, wearing placards on their chests and backs.

The placards advertise pawn shops, with the text "I buy gold," tattoo shops, and the like.

London, Dec 18 : Former Prime Minister of Spain Jose Maria Aznar may have fathered the child of the French Justice Minister, Rachida Dati, who is eight months pregnant, according to rumours.

Although Dati, daughter of a Moroccan immigrant, has not revealed who the father is, but El Pais, the most widely-circulated daily newspaper in Spain, said that Moroccan spies had investigated and were pointing to Aznar.

Aznar has strongly denied the allegation, reports the Independent.

Recently, a Madrid judge ordered the TV station Telecinco to pay Aznar 240,000 euros in damages for reporting in 2007 that Aznar and his wife, Ana Botella, were to separate because of a supposed infidelity by the famously uncharismatic Aznar.

Madrid  - Troubled Spanish giants Real Madrid announced on Wednesday evening the return of Dani Parejo.

Parejo, 19, had been on loan at English club Queens Park Rangers since July.

However, he has failed to settle down in London and started only 10 matches for the West London club.

New Real coach Juande Ramos is keen to strengthen his squad, which has been ravaged by injuries in recent weeks, particularly in midfield.

Madrid - A former Spanish senior official Wednesday admitted that the former conservative government allowed US flights transporting terrorist suspects to make stopovers in Spain, but denied that stopovers actually took place, judicial sources said.

National Court judge Ismael Moreno questioned Miguel Aguirre de Carcer in the framework of his investigation into alleged flights of the US Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA) via Spain between 2002 and 2005.

Madrid- The US embassy in Madrid was cordoned off temporarily Wednesday after

Madrid - Spain's National Court on Wednesday acquitted two journalists and a caricaturist of insulting King Juan Carlos by alleging that he had chased a drunken bear in Russia.

Two of the accused created a photomontage published in 2006 by the Basque newspaper Deia, which showed a drunken-looking Juan Carlos with an equally drunken bear leaning on a wine barrel.

The tame bear had been given vodka to make it easier for the king to shoot it, the caricature claimed in a reference to unconfirmed press reports quoting Russian sources.

The third accused called the king "irresponsible" in an article on the bear chase.