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Corruption Trial Begins on Spain's Classy Costa del Sol
By Dana Kennedy - AOL News
(Sept. 30) -- Until this week, when 300 journalists arrived to cover Spain's biggest-ever municipal corruption trial, the coastal resort of Marbella was known mostly as a glamorous getaway for wealthy celebrities and a second home for thousands of British citizens. Now it's main claim to fame is what prosecutors say was a complex, multimillion-dollar property scam that began around 1991 and flourished during the now-dead Costa del Sol real estate boom. They allege that top city officials took bribes in exchange for granting often illegal building permits, netting the purported mastermind ...
Why Michelle Obama Vacationed in Spain: To Be With Grieving Friend
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyMichelle Obama returned to Washington on Sunday from five days on Spain's Mediterranean coast, taking a mother-daughter trip with Sasha, 9, that stirred controversy. A White House source told me, however, that Mrs. Obama traveled to Spain to help a grieving friend deal with the death of her father. Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine defended Mrs. Obama on NBC's "Today" show Monday morning. Host Matt Lauer asked Kaine, "If you had a do-over here and you could have planned the first lady's vacation with Sasha, would you have planned the trip that we've just seen her take, given ...
Michelle Obama, Sasha on Lavish Vacation While President Turns 49
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyMichelle Obama and her daughter Sasha, 9, left President Barack Obama to celebrate his 49th birthday Wednesday without them -- they are vacationing at a lavish resort in Spain. The first lady and her entourage landed at Malaga, on Spain's Mediterranean coast, at 10:30 a.m. local time Wednesday. There is enormous interest in the trip -- her arrival was well covered and news outlets set up camp in Marbella, where she is staying on her latest summer vacation. While the White House is not disclosing details on the "private" trip, it's impossible for the first lady to travel and not be noticed. ...
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