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Spain

Spain ( ; , ), officially the Kingdom of Spain (), is a sovereign state and a member of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.

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Area

  • 504030.0 km2

Population

  • 46030109

Currency

  • Euro

Form of Government

  • Constitutional monarchy
  • Parliamentary system
  • Unitary state
Spain bulls gore 2 in scary Pamplona run, 5 more injured on fiesta's 2nd day

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — Two people were gored Thursday during a tense and dangerous second running of the bulls at Spain's famed San Fermin fiesta, and at least five other people were hospitalized after falling or being trampled by the hulking beasts.

Thousands took part in the dash to keep ahead of six fighting bulls and six bell-tinkling steers who try to keep the bulls together in a tight pack along the 930-yard (850-meter) course from a holding pen to the northern town's bullring.The run lasted just under four minutes and produced panic when some bulls separated from the pack. One stopped just before entering the bullring and paced in circles threateningly while staring at the runners.Television images showed the first runner being gored in the chest and hurled to the cobblestones of a narrow street in Pamplona's historic old quarter. He remained on the ground dazed until he was taken away by rescue workers.One man sustained serious injuries after being gored in the thorax, while a s...

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