Portugal Bleak Christmas

2010-12-20T14:01:51Z

A volunteer mans a forklift in the warehouse of the Portuguese Food Bank Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, in Lisbon. This year's Christmas call for assistance from the food bank was a spectacular success with donations 30 percent up on the previous year's appeal. The food collected by the food bank is then passed on to charity institutions that distribut it among needy families. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Hugo Marcal, a lawyer, leaves a court in Lisbon, Friday, Sept. 3 2010 after being sentenced to six years and two months in a major child sex abuse trial that has lasted almost six years. Six men have been sentenced after they were found guilty of sexual abuse at a state-run children's home called Casa Pia. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

Spain WCup Soccer

2010-07-12T12:05:02Z

A security car escorts the plane carrying the Spanish team, top, with a logo that reads "champions" as it taxis in Madrid's Barajas airport on Monday, July 12, 2010. Spain won the World Cup after defeating South Africa flag is hoisted at the Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg Tuesday, June 8, 2010, during a soccer match between youth teams to test the TV and communications set up of the stadium. The Soccer City stadium will host eight games of the soccer World Cup. (AP Photo/Armando F...

Portugal Pope Visit

2010-05-14T06:46:08Z

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile as he arrives in Porto Friday, May 14 2010, to celebrate a mass closing his four-day visit to Portugal. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)

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