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AP - Portugal is bracing for a broad shutdown of public services Thursday as trade unions stage a general strike against austerity measures adopted in return for a euro78 billion ($104 billion) international bailout. More...

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/world/2011/01/12/qmb.portugal.fm.cnn -- The intensifying European debt crisis appeared to take a step back from the brink on Wednesday when besieged Portugal was able to sell more than €1.2bn in long-term debt at much lower than expected interest rates. European...

Spain's President Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, at the North Atlantic Council meeting on November 19. Spanish and Portuguese leaders, with reinforcements from Brussels, are fighting a rearguard action to convince investors that there is no need for further eurozone bail-outs after the...

Portugal mourns Nobel author Saramago LISBON, Portugal, (UPI) -- Portugal announced two days of mourning this week for controversial novelist Jose Saramago, winner of the Nobel Prize, who died at the age of 87. Saramago's body was brought to Lisbon from his home in the Canary Islands Saturday...

Bjorn charges into Portugal lead ESTORIL, Portugal, (UPI) -- Denmark's Thomas Bjorn stayed hot Saturday, carding his second straight 7-under 65 to seize sole possession of the Portugal Open lead after three rounds. Bjorn ended 19-under 197 at the Penha Longa course as he sought his first...