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IN a burst of do-it-myself enthusiasm I marched into the Madrid paper store De Papel(Calle Justiniano 7; 34-91-308-0152) recently and bought some beautiful hand-painted paper with which I planned to decoupage a rather lackluster lamp. But later that same day, with scissors in hand, I couldn't make the cut. The paper, an orderly arrangement of concentric turquoise and cobalt circles limned in gold and white, suddenly seemed like a brilliant modern redux of the bold blue-and-white Iznik pottery prized by the Ottoman sultans for centuries. It was too perfect to consider sacrificing even a strip of its loopy forms and is currently at the framer being put under glass. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

MADRID -- Spain's Supreme Court announced Thursday that an investigating magistrate could proceed with a case against a crusading judge known internationally for indicting Osama bin Laden and the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, according to court papers. The judge, Baltasar Garzon, is facing possible charges of abuse of power over his decision to investigate crimes committed during the dictatorship of Franco. If Judge Garzon is indicted he will be automatically suspended. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports a daily newspaper called "Público" has been launched to allure young readers and to defy the ravages of new technology and free papers in Madrid, Spain. According to Ignacio Escolar, editor of the newspaper, the newspaper has no editorials, no news of bullfights and no advertisements for prostitutes. Newspaper sales in Spain is falling slowly than elsewhere in Europe.