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...Upon arriving, the visitor is greeted by a lobby whose walls have been fashioned from giant old-fashioned olive vats, and which leads into open courtyards, scented gardens and a swimming pool overlooking the dramatic hills of southern Spain. The rooms have a rustic feel?if you're there in the summer, they are light and airy; in the winter they are warm with blazing fireplaces...
...center Yao Ming had vowed not to shave for six months if the Chinese didn't make it to the Athens round of eight?an empty threat from a guy who looks like he can hardly grow a single whisker. But in their debut game against Spain, Yao bucketed only 12 points, and the Chinese suffered a 83-58 drubbing. After the game, Yao, China's flag bearer at the Olympic opening ceremony, was uncharacteristically despondent about the national squad: "I feel so disappointed. I lost all my hopes for this team." He even publicly considered withdrawing from the national...
...Donana National Park in Southern Spain, scientists are attempting one of conservation's most difficult feats: breeding predators in captivity to reintroduce them to the wild. Reintroduction is generally regarded as a last resort by biologists, but in the case of the Iberian lynx, there's no choice. Severely overhunted for decades, the species has been declining rapidly since the 1950s, when the rabbit population it dines on was decimated by disease. Today the lynx is the world's most endangered cat, down to fewer than 200 in Spain and probably extinct in Portugal. "There are only two reproducing populations...
...world's challenges are not black and white. Despite what the Bush Administration maintains, the war in Iraq has nothing to do with freedom. The U.S. invasion was based on lies. There were real geopolitical and business motives for overthrowing Saddam Hussein. H. CHRISTIAN EGGENBERGER Platja d'Aro, Spain...
Emilio Botin, chairman of Banco Santander Central Hispano, Spain's largest bank, is a lover of big-game hunting. Indeed, hunting trophies line his office wall. But his latest prize won't quite fit on the wall--the $14 billion acquisition of British mortgage lender Abbey National. The deal is the largest cross-border bank deal ever in Europe and creates the Continent's fourth largest bank. "This is a unique opportunity to enter a very interesting market," Botin said after unveiling the Abbey deal. Botin, 69, is an experienced hand at buying banks. He merged family-run Santander with...