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Rafael Nadal wins his match against France to put Spain on course for a Davis Cup semi-final, while Argentina establish a lead over Serbia.

Italy and Spain pass new measures as they battle to control their debts while Greece steps up its austerity plans.

Several European countries that banned short-selling have extended the prohibition until the end of September. When concerns about European banks’ exposure to Greek debt sent their stocks plummeting two weeks ago, market regulators in Belgium, France, Greece, Italy and Spain stepped in to prohibit traders from betting on the decline in a share’s price.

An investigation in Spain into the disappearances of newborn children from 1950 to 1990 has involved allegations of abductions and the existence of criminal networks.

Spanish police arrested three suspected members of the so-called "Anonymous" group on Friday on charges of cyber-attacks against targets including Sony's PlayStation network, governments, businesses and banks.

Spain denies allegations its cucumbers caused the illness that has killed and sickened people in Germany and Sweden.

The Czech Republic and Austria take Spanish-grown cucumbers off the shelves after an E. coli contamination in Germany leaves 10 dead.

The demonstrations have overshadowed regional and municipal elections that were expected to result in a defeat for the governing Socialist Party.

Fueling the demonstrators’ anger is the perceived failure by politicians to alleviate the hardships imposed on a struggling population by a jobless rate of 21 percent.

Real Madrid waited 18 years to win back the Copa del Rey trophy, only to drop the cup and watch it get crushed under the wheels of a bus during celebrations early Thursday morning in the Spanish capital.