Three people convicted of Madrid bombings but alleged mastermind is acquitted

MADRID, Oct 31, 2007 (AFP) - A Spanish court Wednesday convicted 21 people of involvement in the 2004 Madrid train bombings, but acquitted a man accused of masterminding the attacks that killed nearly 200 people.
The early morning bombings on four packed commuter trains on March 11, 2004 were the deadliest terror attacks in the West [...]

Europeans held in Chad must be presumed innocent

MADRID, Oct 30, 2007 (AFP) - Spain insisted Monday that 17 Europeans detained in Chad over a charity’s bid to fly more than 100 children out of the country must be presumed innocent.
Nine French nationals - six members of the French charity Zoe’s Ark and three journalists - a Belgian pilot and seven Spanish crew [...]

Spain probes release of suspect in racist attack

MADRID, Oct 25, 2007 (AFP) - Spanish authorities are to probe a court
decision to release a man who allegedly kicked and punched an Ecuadorian girl
in a racist attack caught on security cameras and widely viewed on television
and the Internet, judical sources said Thursday.
Prosecutors Wednesday called for the re-arrest of the 21-year-old man whose
release on bail [...]

Mauritania intercepts nearly 200 would-be illegal migrants in a week

NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 23, 2007 (AFP) - Almost 200 would-be illegal African
migrants were intercepted in Mauritania in under a week, security officials said Tuesday.

A military source said 60 were intercepted Tuesday as they were about to board a boat from the northern and second largest city of Nouadhibou headed to the Spanish islands of the Canaries.
Other [...]

Madrid train bombings suspect killed in Iraq

MADRID, Oct 21, 2007 (AFP) - One of the alleged masterminds of the 2004 Madrid train bombings which killed 191 people, has died in Iraq while fighting US-led coalition forces, a Spanish daily said Sunday.
Spain was informed several months ago of Daoud Ouhnane’s death in Iraq in October or November 2006 by foreign intelligence agencies, [...]