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Valencia, Spain  - The low-cost airline Ryanair on Friday announced the closure of its base in the eastern Spanish city of Valencia, citing the refusal of the regional authorities to discuss a proposal for a joint promotion project.

The Valencia authorities had refused to "engage in constructive discussions in relation to the promotion of the airport and its routes across Ryanair's network in Europe," the airline said in a statement.

 La Serna del Monte, Spain - In the night of August 14, 1936, Jose, Juan, Nicolas and Francisco Gutierrez were asleep in their parents' house in La Serna del Monte, a village north of Madrid.

Spain was through living turbulent times. A month earlier, a military uprising instigated by right-wing General Francisco Franco against the leftist republican government had unleashed a civil war.

Madrid - Spain stepped up diplomatic activity Thursday in a push to be invited to an economic summit set to take place in Washington in mid-November.

The government was making efforts "in all directions, with everyone, and at all levels," according to government sources.

The United States has invited only members of the G-20 group, of which Spain is not a part, to the meeting.

Madrid  - Former professional golfer Severiano Ballesteros will undergo a second operation on his brain, doctors at a Madrid hospital said Thursday.

The 51-year-old had developed an oedema as well as a haemorrhage on his brain, they said, describing his condition as serious but stable.

During the operation on Friday doctors will also be removing some more of the tumour which had already resulted in an operation last week, but which could not be removed as it was in parts of the brain which were not easily accessible.