Anne Sewell
Digital Journalist based in Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain.
Joined on Jun 13, 2010
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Not everyone is perfect in this world. Pro Infirmis, an organization for the disabled, did something amazing earlier this month, which astonished passersby on Zurich's popular shopping street, Bahnhofstrasse.
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Miami -
Singer and bassist Fernando Madina of the Spanish punk-rock band Reincidentes was detained on Friday at Miami airport en route to a concert in Quito, Ecuador. It took 48 hours for his family to finally learn where he was and why he had been detained.
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Denver -
Six bottles of a very rare French wine have been stolen from the wine cellar at The Brown Palace Hotel in Denver. It is unclear when the wine was stolen and it is not marked with any kind of identification.
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One morning last summer, photographer Torgeir Berge was walking in the woods with his dog Tinni. Suddenly they came across a young fox, and what happened next is amazing.
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Madrid -
Halfway through a circus act in Madrid on Sunday, an animal trainer was viciously attacked by the performing tiger he was working with. He was then rushed to hospital with serious injuries.
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Cambridge -
Spaniard Iñaki Buenaposada studied English in Cambridge in the UK some 25 years ago, when he was just 16. He took some books from what he thought was garbage and kept them, but now wishes to return them.
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A 10-year-old German boy has been in a coma since birth and for years has had a trusty and loyal American Staffordshire terrier by his side, guarding over him and giving him love. Now authorities want to take her away from him.
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Spanish police arrested three people, including two French crew members from a yacht approximately 550 nautical miles from Spain's Canary Islands and one Spaniard on land. In the process they also seized 550 kilos (1,200 pounds) of cocaine.
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Sesto Fiorentino -
The luxurious villa near Florence that inspired Carlo Collodi to write "The Adventures of Pinocchio" is up for sale. Anyone with a cool €10.5m can own a little piece of fictional history.
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Just when you thought the whole Harlem Shake craze was over, videos have appeared on YouTube. One of them shows French prison inmates enthusiastically doing the dance. Authorities are investigating how this could have possibly happened.
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Linz -
A Spanish artist and designer has come up with what is probably the best interactive façade ever created. Now passersby can have a go at solving a larger-than-life Rubik's Cube in Linz, Austria.
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Johannesburg -
Former president Nelson Mandela, a man who has inspired so many and has lived a good and long life, has finally left these shores. South Africa, and indeed the world, will mourn his passing.
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The astronauts and cosmonauts up on the International Space Station are in for a treat on birthdays and other special dates during their stay on the ISS in the future. NASA is ordering in French cuisine.
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Torrevieja -
A record 25 kilogram (55 pound) tumor was recently removed from a 47-year-old woman in Torrevieja, Spain. This is one of only five similar cases recorded in the world, although the next biggest was a mere 11.3 kilograms (25 pounds).
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Alfafar -
The popular Swedish retail company Ikea is about to open yet another store, this time in Alfafar in the Valencian community of Spain. They have 400 jobs on offer, but received applications from 20,000 people, crashing their server capacity.
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Ending in the capture of probably one of the most original "selfies" yet, a sea eagle stole a camera and went on a 100 kilometer (70 mile) aerial tour of Western Australia in May this year. Now the video has been released on YouTube for our edification.
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Borja -
You may remember the controversial "restoration" performed on the "Ecce Homo" fresco at a church in Borja, Spain. Well, to add to the controversy, the priest at that church is now being charged with fraud and alleged sexual abuse.
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Omsk -
When a bus caught fire Omsk, Siberia, the driver and his passengers barely made it out alive, but the bus then kept on rolling down the road, completely ablaze, until it hit a fence.
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New York -
A Metro-North passenger train derailed just north of Manhattan on Sunday morning and reportedly several carriages plunged into the Hudson River. Four people have been killed and 67 have been injured, according to the most recent update.
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According to Sweden's National Education Agency, there is no general rule prohibiting Swedish school children from using their cellphones during lessons. That is, as long as it doesn't actually disturb the lesson.
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