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		<title>Catalunya bans bullfighting</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Catalunya has taken a further step away from Spanish identity with todays decision in the local Parliament (Generalitat) to ban bullfighting. 68 regional MP&#8217;s voted YES to the motion, with 55 against and 9 abstentions. The law will come into force in 2012 and ban all organised bullfights. The law came into being after a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to my brother-in-law Antonio Cervantes, who last weekend sat his civil service exams to become  a seconday school / FP teacher, and passed out nº 1 in his form for Almería, and at nº 3 overall for Andalucía. According to Ideal, some 3,000 people in Almería province alone sat those exams. Here he is, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Don&#8217;t run on broken surfaces&#8221; says Judge</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 08:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A cautionary tale now from Huércal de Almería, where local lady María del Carmen G. has just received a court decision ruling on a compensation claim from a fall in (wait for it) 2005. It seems María was crossing on a zebra crossing one fateful day when a car screeched round the corner and raced [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almeria &#8211; as clear as its water&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Transparency International, the worldwide anti-corruption organisation, in conjunction with the Fundación Ortega y Gasset, has released it&#8217;s 2009 list of the most transparent townhalls across Spain. Almería is 3rd from the bottom, at 108 out of 109 (only Salamanca and Fuengirola are worse). El Ejido, for some reason, comes in at nº 57. The test [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not just Brits in Albox who were duped into buying</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a salutory lesson on investing in real estate from the Caribbean, courtesy of Michael Winner and Simon Cowell. Angry villa participants who’d put down massive cash to be embroiled in this mess wondered what fees Michael Pemberton and Robin Paterson had taken and if they were to be put back into the diminished pot. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>La Voz rallies against AUAN and scaremongoring expats</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:19:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Monday&#8217;s La Voz, which I have just got around to persuing over a freshly baked croissant and a coffee, page 3 is given over, not to lovely Sally (21) from Essex, but to a somber reflection on &#8220;Brits take to the internet their fear of demolitions of illegal homes&#8221;. In an politically charged piece, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albox school told that it can&#8217;t force kids to wear uniform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[IES García Ramos in Albox decided, after consultation with teachers and parents, to go &#8220;uniform only&#8221; next year. In general, after a quick swing through the local forums, parents seemed to be broadly in favour of the plan, which was nothing too fancy. Smart trousers or shorts, shoes, polo shirt and appropriate gym wear. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Almeriacard&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 08:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Almeria townhall has come up with an interesting tourist concept &#8211; it&#8217;s launched it&#8217;s much announced &#8220;Almeriacard&#8221;, which gives the holder discounts of between 5% and 20% in shops and establishments across Almeria town. The idea is that tourists pay either 5€ for a seven day card, or 10€ for a 15 day card, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mojacar recognised as a major tourism town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Junta de Andalucia has agreed with Mojácar&#8217;s townhall that as the population of the town doubles in summer it should be designated a major tourism town (zona de gran afluencia turística). This means that opening hours for shops are relaxed for the summer and easter periods. (Not, however, June and December, as the Junta [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic law now says women priests &#8220;as sinful as child abuse&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 11:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Church, in a clear example of why these people aren&#8217;t allowed to mix with &#8220;normal&#8221; people in our &#8220;normal&#8221; world, have just changed Canonic Law to confirm that ordaining a female priest is as sinful as child abuse. The Times said in a report that: The Roman Catholic Church elevated the ordination of [...]]]></description>
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