Spain Papers Review - Monday January 5 2009
The unfolding tragedy in the Gaza strip dominates the Spanish papers this morning.





Spain Business Brief - Monday January 5 2009
Inflation falls in Spain to 1.5 percent.



Fernando Alonso suffers small plane crash in Kenya
The wing of the light aircraft hit a warehouse when preparing for take-off.



Immigrant asks local police to send him home to Brazil
The 36 year old phoned the police to say he did not want to commit a crime to be arrested.

Twenty percent fall in fatalities on Spanish roads in 2008

The reduction represents the saving of 560 lives.

The number of people to die on the roads of Spain in 2008 was 2,181. The number represents an average of six deaths a day, but is 20% down on 2007 – with 560 fewer lives lost. The number is the lowest seen in Spain since 1964 when there were far fewer cars on the roads.

However the official figures are misleading as they do not include the fatalities of people who have died more than a month after an accident, and nor do they count those who died in Urban areas.

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Spanish Prime Minister criticises the 'disproportionate reaction' of Israel

José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero warned Israel that it was not on the road to peace.

Spanish Prime Minister, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, has given a warning to Israel that they are not on the road to peace in the Middle East.

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The Three Kings bring cooler temperatures to Spain again

The snowline will be down to just 500 metres in the north of the country tomorrow.

A lower snow line and colder daytime temperatures are on the way for the Three Kings Day in Spain.

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Immigrant asks local police to send him home to Brazil The 36 year old phoned the police to say he did not want to commit a crime to be arrested. Elche man sentenced to prison for trying to pull out his wife's eye The 36 year old Colombian also cut her face with a box cutter. Group of 22 hikers rescued in Almería sierra One of the group, a 74 year old man suffered a heart attack and died while the rest survived temperatures as low as minus 13. Five arrested following Málaga disco stabbing Meanwhile, the 23 year old Moroccan stabbed on Christmas Eve in Ronda has died in hospital. Body of baby girl found on Málaga city beach The child was about a month old and National Police have opened a full investigation.

Woody Allen gets his Golden Ear The United States film-maker and musician has been honoured in Valladolid. Spanish lucky grapes turn 100 years old, according to some The Spanish custom of eating 12 grapes at midnight New Year’s Eve, in time with the clock strikes, has only been followed for the past 100 years. Mahonesa The story of Mayonnaise started in Menorca.

Spanish town celebrates the New Year twice The town of Lepe in Huelva, celebrated the New Year at 8pm on December 30. Spaniards see in the New Year running the streets in their underwear The underwear must be red in La Font de la Figuera. Cold front brings fall in temperatures across Spain before New Year The Eastern half of the country will be the wetter between now and New Year. British woman the latest domestic violence victim in Spain The 28 year old victim lived in Playa de Las Americas and had been beaten to death with a baseball bat.