SPAIN ENDS 10-MONTH POLITICAL CRISIS

MADRID: Spain finally turned the page on a rollercoaster 10-month political crisis Saturday as lawmakers voted the conservatives back into power. Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy won a parliamentary confidence vote, pledging to plough on with his economic policies, despite the opposition blaming austerity in his first term for deepening inequalities. Rajoy only won the vote thanks to the abstention of most lawmakers from the Socialist party. – AFP