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Portugal’s spelling reform greeted by mixed reaction

Portugal is finally applying a long-delayed accord to standardize spelling in Portuguese-speaking countries, but in random fashion that has left most residents baffled about how to use their alphabet.…   read more»

New mudslide alert in Madeira

FUNCHAL (Portugal) - RESIDENTS fled their homes for fear of new mudslides on the tourist island of Madeira on Monday as Portugal decreed three days of mourning for the 42 people killed in weekend flash floods.…   read more»

Mud torrent kills 42 on Portuguese tourist island

FUNCHAL, Portugal (AFP) - Troops and rescuers dug through mud-filled houses and streets on Portugal's tourist island of Madeira Sunday after flash floods unleashed brown torrents that killed at least 42 people.…   read more»

Portugal police find ‘Eta bomb-making cache’

Portuguese police have seized half a tonne of explosives at a house that they say was being used as a base by Basque separatist group Eta.…   read more»

Portuguese cork gets wings

Lisbon - Making cork fly is easy, just pop a bottle of bubbly. But imagine a plane with wings largely made of pressed cork soaring through the skies.…   read more»