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It provides municipal services to more than 800 cities and towns in Spain and to the millions who use the Madrid metro system.
FORBES: Rafael Del Pino y Calvo-Sotelo
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The system developed in Madrid makes use of a unit comprised of three accelerometers and three gyroscopes, which keep track of the speed and direction of a vehicle at all times.
BBC: Spanish scientists develop more accurate sat-nav system
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Serious reform of the health-care system, where much of the money sent from Madrid to regional governments is spent, is barely even being talked about.
ECONOMIST: The euro crisis
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Moody's downgraded 28 Spanish banks, reflecting the agency's view that Madrid's ability to provide support to the local banking system has declined.
WSJ: U.S. Stocks Close Higher
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The Madrid bombings reveal just how vulnerable the transportation system of a major urban area can be, and whoever carried out this attack in London certainly learned that lesson well.
NPR: Investigators Cautious on Assessing Blame for Attacks
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In the short-term Mr Mas demands a radical, but initially financially neutral, change to the tax system allowing his government to collect taxes and send them to Madrid, rather than the other way around.
ECONOMIST: Catalonia: Europe��s next independent state? | The
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Like the pre-election bombings in Madrid's train system last year, those today were timed to capitalize upon and affect a major political event: the G-8 summit meeting being hosted by Britain at Gleneagles, Scotland.
CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: War footing
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After 25 years of a democratic system, including a strong dose of devolution for the Basque country, the government in Madrid thinks it is time to stop feeling guilty for Spain's past under Franco and to get tough on those who undermine freedom.
ECONOMIST: A ban on Batasuna will not be the end of the terror story