Archive for September, 2008

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Woman and a young girl die in bus accident in Horta Barcelona

A young girl of 10 years of age and a woman have died in Horta, Barcelona as the result of being run down by a local bus. 9 other people have been hurt as a result of the crash with the bus ending up smashing into a building. It looks like the cause is mechanical [...]

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20Sep2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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Crisis blamed for alarming number of stray cats

A spokesman for Barcelona’s Animal Protection League suspects that the economic crisis may be partly to blame for a 20% increase in the number of abandoned cat numbers this summer – to 140. “Owners are starting to cut back on veterinary fees,” he explained. Anyone thinking of getting one should be aware that it costs, on average, [...]

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16Sep2008 | Catalonia | 1 comment | Continued
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September 11th The National Day of Catalonia

11S, The National Day of Catalonia Most of us, remember the 11th September as one of the most terrible days in world’s history because of the suicide attacks by al-Qaeda upon the United States. But this has been a celebration day in Catalonia for many years. On 11th September, centuries ago in 1714 to be [...]

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11Sep2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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Lewis Hamilton demoted to third place after brilliant win at Spa

Lewis Hamilton has defended his move at the Belgian Grand Prix which saw him demoted from first down to third place after controversially being retrospectively penalised. Hamilton was involved in a ding-dong battle with Kimi Raikkonen when he was forced to cut straight through the chicane at Spa-Francorchamps. The move saw Hamilton overtake the Ferrari [...]

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8Sep2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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Bellvitge murderer gets 83 years

Pedro Jiménez has been sentenced to serve 83 years in jail for raping and murdering two trainee female police officers at a flat in the Bellvitge district of L’Hospitalet in October 2004. Described by psychologists as a ‘psycopath’, Jiménez was also convicted of breaking and entering, robbery with violence, arson and profaning the corpses, and [...]

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5Sep2008 | Catalonia | 0 comments | Continued
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