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Spanish shoeshiner fails in Rome Twitter quest

An entrepreneurial Spaniard has seen his plans to sell off the Twitter account handle @Roma thwarted: nobody in the eternal city of Rome appears to want it.

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'Funny' tweet backfires on Spanish MP

Spanish politician Toni Cantó, famous for his many gaffes has failed to win friends by mocking the diction of Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy in a tweet.

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Spanish cops chase FBI in Twitter crime fight

Spain's national police has built up an army of over half a million followers on Twitter, using them to help swoop on fugitives and get tip-offs on drug dealers in an open dialogue that has helped bring the force closer to the people.

Twitter

Rafa Nadal 'sorry' for Mandela death tweet

Tennis star Rafa Nadal accidentally tweeted the death of former South African president on Monday after reading a fake message from someone claiming to be the CNN journalist Piers Morgan.

Twitter

Ex-MP stirs up storm with 'hippy' tweets

An ex-deputy for Spain's ruling Popular Party has kicked up a storm on Twitter by saying he would rip off the head of any hippy that attacked one of his daughters during an anti-eviction protest.

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'Prophetic' tweet about pope goes viral

Twitter is abuzz over a February 11th tweet in which the boyfriend of Spanish woman Yolanda De Mena allegedly predicted the world's new pope would be called Francis I.