The next article is from the Malaga area and concerns a 31-year-old, Paraguayan woman who has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for the 2nd-degree murder of her baby that she gave birth to on a toilet.
Daily Archives: June 14, 2011
Born to Die II
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This related story occurred in Jaén and involves a 38-year-old Spanish mother, whose dead baby was found in a wardrobe. She is now recovering in hospital from the rigors of having given birth.
Body Found
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The body of the man from Zafarraya that was killed in an avalanche in the Sierra Nevada on the 20th of February (our March Front-Page Article) was finally located on the 18th of May, thanks to the Spring thaw.
The Mayor & The Dustbin Man
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A judge has just decided that the Mayor of Otura (just south of the provincial capital) is not guilty of making death threats against a refuge collector, during a rubbish-collection strike in October of last year.
Mooning the Green Meanies
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A court in Jaén has sentenced a man to a 6-month, suspended sentence for mooning two Guardia Civil policemen and then resisting arrest. Mooning, for those of you whose first language is not English, means to take your trousers down and display your buttocks in the direction of somebody. A classic example is that scene in the Braveheart film.
Kindergarten Hiccup
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It was half nine in the morning and the kindergarten had just closed its doors and there was a girl of about one, sitting in a pushchair in a corridor, unattended. The teacher wondered whose child it could be and supposed that the mother had left her there a moment to speak with another teacher.
Ikea Granada 2012
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Great news! Ikea should be opening its doors in Granada (Puliana) at the beginning of next year, just in time for the end of the world, according to the Mayan calendar!
July 4th in Spain!
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The American International Club of Nerja (AICN) has rapidly grown from 38 members to 100+ in just a few years. The Club’s democratic procedures and motto may account for much of that: “If it isn’t fun, we don’t do it!” Again this year, the American Club of Nerja will celebrate the unique American holiday of…