Topic - Spain

• 'Mona Lisa' copy draws crowds at Spain's Prado

  Crowds gathered Tuesday at Madrid's Prado Museum to view a copy of the "Mona Lisa" for the first time since restoration revealed it was almost certainly painted by one of Leonardo da Vinci's apprentices as he worked on the original.

• Schumacher 6th in F1 testing in 2012 car

  Michael Schumacher tried out his 2012 Mercedes for the first time Tuesday, setting the sixth fastest time in a Formula One testing session, well behind leader Sebastian Vettel's Red Bull.

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  Spain sending military planes to retrieve treasure

  Spain said Monday it will soon send hulking military transport planes to Florida to retrieve 17 tons of treasure that U.S. undersea explorers found but ultimately lost in American courts, a find experts have speculated could be the richest shipwreck treasure in history.

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  Iran says it may cut oil to more European countries

  Tehran is considering extending an oil embargo on France and Britain to other European countries, a semiofficial Iranian news agency reported Monday.

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  The old man and the Miro

  For Ernest Hemingway it wasn't a question of to have or have not.

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  Greek bailout tensions hit other euro countries

  Mounting political tensions and frustration at a lack of resolution over whether Greece will get a vital bailout rekindled fears Thursday that Europe's debt crisis could spread to other countries.

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  Spanish artist Miro's farm needs tender, loving care

  Catalonian artist Joan Miro had a farm. And on this farm he had an easel on which he created large, wonderful paintings of it that are among his most famous works. Now, with Spain in economic crisis, Miro's farm is a neglected relic with an uncertain future.

• American Scene

  A faulty battery caused an electronic cigarette to explode in a Florida's man's mouth, taking out some of his front teeth, a chunk of his tongue and severely burning his face, fire officials said.

• Sports minister: Spain has doping problem

  Spain's sports minister acknowledged Tuesday the country has a doping problem that needs fixing after its record in the fight against drugs came under scrutiny with Alberto Contador's ban from cycling.

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  GHEI: Downgrading Europe

  As the smoke cleared from another weekend of riots in Athens, more gloom descended on Europe. On Tuesday, Moody's Investors Service dished out downgrades for Italy, Spain and Portugal, among others. Though Austria, France and the United Kingdom hang on to their valued AAA ratings, Moody's slapped them with a negative outlook.

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  Parliament OKs a new round of budget cuts in austerity move

  Greece faces further hurdles and delays before it can receive a second $171 billion bailout in spite of its lawmakers voting through more austerity measures in the face of violent protests.

• Briefly: Europe

  Thousands of people took to the Spanish capital's streets in support of a judge who won global fame for taking on international human rights cases but now has been barred from the bench for ordering jailhouse wiretaps.

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  U.S. sweeps Roger Federer's Swiss team out of Davis Cup

  Given a supremely tough draw in the 2012 Davis Cup, the United States is off to an exhilarating start.

• Nadal gets surprise drug test; follows TV skit

  Rafael Nadal says he underwent a surprise drug test toward the end of a week in which the Spaniard was the butt of jokes by a French TV program about his country's alleged ties to doping.

• List of World Press Photo winners

  A list of winners of the 2010 World Press Photo contest:

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