On Monday, Spain's University of the Balearic Islands awarded him an honorary doctorate for his literary work.

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Judge Castro is leading the investigation at a local court in Palma de Mallorca, in Spain's Balearic Islands.

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Navarra too had historical claims, and the Canary and Balearic Islands geographical ones.

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On Friday, prosecutor Pedro Horrach filed his appeal to Castro's local court in Palma de Mallorca, in Spain's Balearic Islands.

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That explains some of the Balearic lure to us as we began planning our August honeymoon a few months ago.

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Spain consists of most of the Iberian peninsula, plus the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and two North African exclaves.

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The woman appealed to the next highest court, the Balearic Island Provisional Court, which ruled the lower court in Ibiza should reopen the investigation.

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