Spain’s unemployment figure passed the five million mark in the last quarter of 2011, official figures show.

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Spain jobless passes five million

The principal of a school attended by two of the five children killed in a house blaze says teachers and pupils are “absolutely devastated”.

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Blaze deaths ‘devastate’ pupils

Three of the five men charged with murder and other crimes related to a series of July 2008 drive-by shootings in the District’s Trinidad neighborhood were acquitted by a D.C. Superior Court jury Tuesday.

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3 men not guilty in ’08 drive-by shootings in D.C.’s Trinidad neighborhood

One of the five charges against Barry Bonds in his perjury trial was dropped on Wednesday, and closing arguments are set to begin Thursday morning.

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Bonds’s Defense Rests Without Calling a Witness

The mother of one of the five victims of serial killer Steve Wright says she is angry about a new play focusing on the Suffolk murders of 2006.

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Anger at new Suffolk murders play

The mother of one of the five victims of serial killer Steve Wright says she is angry about a new play focusing on the Suffolk murders of 2006.

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Audiences will surely find something wonderful in each of the five performances at the center of Jon Robin Baitz’s new play, “Other Desert Cities,” at Lincoln Center.

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Theater Review | ‘Other Desert Cities’: Drowning in Domestic Denial in the Sands of Palm Springs

Even before the high winds and snow ended Monday morning, cries of neglect regarding snow removal efforts could be heard across the five boroughs.

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Choreographing a Snowplow Ballet, to Mixed Reviews (Again)

Little Fockers, the third installment in the Meet the Parent franchise, topped the holiday box office this weekend, pulling in $48.6 million in the five days since its debut. The Coen Brothers’ critically acclaimed True Grit earned $36.8 million, which…

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‘Little Fockers’ Tops Box Office

Despite previous retreats in the face of community opposition, Wal-Mart is seeking sites in the five boroughs.

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Wal-Mart Tries Again for New York City Store

Human Rights Watch says two of the five Islamic laws used in the Indonesian province of Aceh violate rights and are implemented abusively.

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Indonesia Islamic laws ‘abusive’

Murders, rapes and robberies are among the categories showing increases for the five boroughs over 2009.

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Violent Crime Rises in New York as Overall Crime Falls

The Dutch Caribbean dependency the Netherlands Antilles ceases to exist with a change of the five islands’ constitutional status.

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Dutch Antilles no longer exists

In 2001, Portugal legalized all criminal penalties for personal possession of drugs-including cocaine, heroin, and meth-and replaced drug sentences with offers of therapy. If that sounds a bit bleeding heart, well, it worked: In the five years…

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Portugal’s Drug Legalization Works