Palma de Majorca, Spain - Spanish police have detained three people in connection with the partial collapse of a hotel on the holiday island of Majorca, where four construction workers were killed in the accident, police said Wednesday.

The detainees included an architect, an overseer and a project chief. Police said they could be charged with homicide and with violating workers' rights.

Officials earlier said the company carrying out the repairs did not have a licence and had been ordered to stop the work on the hotel Son Moll in Cala Ratjada in the north-east of the island.

Madrid  - Spanish giants Sevilla announced on Tuesday evening the extension of the contract of Adriano until 2014.

The original contract of the Brazilian wing-back was due to expire in 2012.

Adriano (full name: Adriano Correia Claro) has become one of Sevilla's most important players in the past four seasons - he joined the Seville club from Coritiba in 2004 - with his powerful surges down the left.

He is still only 24, and Sevilla are convinced that he has a bright future.

Madrid  - Spain on Tuesday lent cautious support to Morocco's proposal of an autonomy to Western Sahara in the search of a solution to the three-decade conflict pitting Morocco and the Saharawi independence movement Polisario Front.

The proposal to grant the region autonomy instead of independence was a "positive contribution" to negotiations towards a "fair, lasting and mutually acceptable peaceful solution that respects the principle of self-determination," Spain and Morocco said in a joint declaration issued after a summit in Madrid.

Madrid - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at outgoing US President George W Bush at a recent press conference expressed the "rage" of the Muslim world towards the US administration, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said Tuesday.

The behaviour of the journalist was not "dignified," but the support he received reflected the feelings of Arabs and Muslims, Moratinos, a former European Union special envoy to the Middle East, told the television station Telecinco.

Madrid - Spanish league leaders Barcelona are poised to extend and improve the contract of goalkeeper Victor Valdes, the Catalan daily Sport reported on Tuesday.

In the past fortnight, Barca have improved the contracts of Euro 2008 top player Xaxi and of youngster Sergio Busquets.

Now comes the turn of Valdes, who is in excellent form at the moment, as Real Madrid discovered in Saturday's 2-0 defeat.

Valdes, 26, has conceded only nine goals in 15 Liga games this season, one of the best goalkeeping record in Europe's major leagues.

Palma de Majorca, Spain  - A hote