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12 July 2010
SPAIN: World Cup Victory Is Relief For Beleagured Nation.
AP/GOOGLE/ ALAN CLENDENNING and FRANK GRIFFITHS/ After months of economic gloom with persistent 20% unemployment, political squabbling and two nationalist regions fighting for greater autonomy, Spain is finally in a jubilant mood after its much-touted soccer team won the World Cup. "It has been very strange, but now it is being tolerated," said Saray Lozano, a taxi driver from Barcelona who was happy for Spain's win. "If it weren't for football, you might get rocks thrown at you" for publicly displaying Spain's national symbol."
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