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By Al Jazeera Staff in Middle East on February 16th, 2011
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By Barbara Serra in Europe on November 6th, 2010
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Remember that feeling you had at school when, having had a whole year to prepare, you sat down surrounded by papers and books the night before an exam, trying to cram everything in at the last minute? Well, replace the exam with building a cathedral, and if the school year had started in 1882, you’d get some idea of how the team behind Barcelona’s main attraction is feeling right now.

Pope Benedict 16th is in town to consecrate the Sagrada Familia, a church which, even after 128 years of construction, is still very far from finished. A look at its intricate towers gives an indication as to why it’s taking so long. The architect who designed it all those years ago is Antoni Gaudi. His style is elaborate and unique.

By Rhodri Davies in Europe on July 12th, 2010
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The great thing about Spain winning the football World Cup is that the country has a lot of plazas.

This means that, for instance, here in Madrid, or equally in Barcelona, Seville or Granada, the city becomes a amusement park of football fans, in which you try one plaza out, see if it entertains you and then go to another.

Although unlike Disneyland there are no queues, the rides are free and you can scream, shout or even sing whenever you want.
 
Obviously tonight the capital has been fully awake all night.

By Barnaby Phillips in Middle East on March 29th, 2010
Why are the people of Gaza apparently nuts about Barcelona Football Club?
 
The question arose when I asked where I might be able to watch the big champions league match between Barcelona and Arsenal.
 
First, dear reader, a confession. I am an Arsenal fan, and this is an important game. When I explained this to a colleague in the Al Jazeera Gaza office, he looked concerned. “You must be very careful, it could be dangerous to watch that game," he said.  
 
It’s true, I had heard that Gaza could be dangerous, in various ways, but had not anticipated that watching a football match on TV, or my allegiance for Arsenal, would be a flash-point. “Everyone in Gaza is crazy about Barcelona, so you might want to keep a low profile," he warned.
 
By Paul Rhys in Africa on January 11th, 2010

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Football became the primary concern in Angola for 90 minutes on Sunday night and there could hardly have been a more electrifying opening to this 27th Africa Cup of Nations, as the hosts blitzed four goals past Mali before the visitors fought back for a draw in an unfeasible close to the game.

With Togo now out of the tournament following the killing of three people on their team bus three days ago, Sunday's match allowed sporting hyperbole to take centre stage here in Luanda following the grim realities of violence in the northern enclave of Cabinda.

The Angolan support have been as much apprehensive as excited about their team's prospects in this tournament, especially against a Mali team boasting stars from top sides like European Champions Barcelona and their Galactico rivals Real Madrid.

By Alan Fisher in Europe on November 5th, 2009
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And so the climate change summit in Barcelona will draw to an end here on Friday with a draft agreement, a form of words that will make no one happy.

Remember this was meant to be the conference which paved the way for the big extravaganza in Copenhagen next month, where world leaders came together to sign up to legally binding commitments which would turn back climate change and save the world. Only it hasn’t. And they won’t.

The UN’s climate treaty man says it’s physically impossible to complete every detail of a treaty in Copenhagen. Given it’s been a two year process, that’s a bit hard to understand.

There are enough people here to get it done. There are enough climate change experts in Barcelona to fill a room. I know, because they have. What is missing is the political will to get things done.

By Alan Fisher in Europe on November 5th, 2009

Figures dominate the discussions here in Barcelona. In every corridor, every meeting hall, it’s all about the numbers.

So here are a few important ones:

Africa wants advanced economies to cut carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2020. The European Union says it’ll cut by 20 percent but will go up to 30 percent if other countries pile on. Japan says it’ll cut 25 percent but hasn’t given any details of the conditions involved.

By Alan Fisher in Europe on November 4th, 2009
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They told us the summit in Copenhagen would be a defining moment. They told us it was an important milestone in fighting global warming. And now they tell us there will be no deal.

This week's gathering in Barcelona was meant to be the final step in coming up with the fully fledged agreement, which would be passed on to world leaders to sign next month in Denmark. Everyone is now spinning how much progress has been made, but it's still well short of what was needed and what was expected.

There will be a "framework pact". This will carry clear commitments from developed and developing countries. The rich countries will outline firm timetables for lower emissions. Developing countries will give details about the action they will take.

Rich and poor nations can't agree how to share the burden of curbing  carbon emissions and how it'll all be funded.

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