Anne Sewell
Digital Journalist based in Fuengirola, Malaga, Spain.
Joined on Jun 13, 2010
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Spain almost had its very own bondage-themed hotel, complete with a huge dungeon and all the latest toys, but the opening has been stopped by local village authorities.
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Researchers are excited after a find of stone tools dating back 1 million years in the Cuenca province of Spain. They say this find dates back to the first humans living on the peninsula and will shed new light on the origins of humankind.
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Barcelona -
A 20-year-old man posted a YouTube of himself, driving from the passenger seat of his car on a highway near Barcelona in Spain. He has now received a six-month suspended sentence for his stupidity.
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For those who think the Catholic church is, well, a bit stuffy, news comes from the southern Spanish city of Málaga of a flamenco dancing priest, attracting new followers to his church in an unusual way.
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Guangzhou -
It has taken 18 months for the Nortons to adopt their new children, but now, thanks to a State Department computer glitch, the U.S. family is stuck in Guangzhou, China, as their newly adopted babies have no visa to leave the country.
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Wanda Stead and her husband were enjoying a day out in the Bay of Exploits Tuesday when she unexpectedly caught on video the collapse of an iceberg. While at first fascinating, they pretty soon had to move, and move fast, to escape the icy tidal wave.
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Oslo -
The possible terror attack, warned of by Norway's government and security police during the week, could quite likely happen on Monday, according to several independent sources. Security is being tightened and the public told to remain vigilant.
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Seville -
It seems players of dominoes and dice games on café and bar terraces in the southern Spanish city of Seville have been making just too much noise. Now authorities are cracking down, banning the games from outdoor areas.
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Mexico -
For a really different, rather macabre and unusual venue while traveling in Mexico, the Island of Dolls or “La Isla de las Muñecas” just cannot be beat and there is quite a tale behind the island's history too.
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San Clemente -
Porcelain dolls, vaguely resembling young girls in the homes, suddenly appeared on families' doorsteps in the Talega community of San Clemente, California. People were concerned about the eeriness of their arrival, but it seems they were a generous gift.
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Denver -
Duff Watson won't be flying Southwest Airlines again in the future, after he and his family were asked to leave the plane because he tweeted about the bad service he received at the gate.
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Mosul -
The UN has reported that militant Islamist group ISIS has ordered all girls and women, aged 11 to 46 and living in and around the city of Mosul, to undergo female genital mutilation. The potential number of victims was quoted as approximately 4 million.
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Plainfield -
Babar and Haris Suleman took off from Indiana last month, attempting to fly around the world in 30 days in a single-engine plane, all in aid of charity. Tragedy has struck close to the end, as they crashed near an airport in American Samoa.
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Oslo -
Norwegians were warned Thursday of the concrete possibility of a terror attack occurring in that country at the hands of people with connections to an extremist group in Syria.
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Madrid -
Spain's Iberia has joined other airlines worldwide, suspending flights into Tel Aviv, Israel as the security situation worsens in the region. Vueling, another Spanish airline is also not flying to Tel Aviv.
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Fuengirola -
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 saw a demonstration on the beachfront in Fuengirola, Spain, with protesters publicly denouncing the genocide currently happening in both Palestine and Ukraine.
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Gaza -
A letter has been published, written by Doctor Mads Gilbert, a Norwegian doctor working in a Gaza hospital. In the letter, he gives an on-the-ground, eyewitness account of what is happening on a day-to-day basis in the hospital, and it is heartbreaking.
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For your Sunday edification, here is a video showing a crab, stealing a bottle of beer and dragging it away through the house.
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Barranquilla -
The only Facebook page with more likes than Shakira is Facebook's own Facebook page, as the popular Colombian singer hits an all time high of over 100 million likes.
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Honeybees are an essential part of the world's ecosystem and are constantly being threatened. A videographer decided to capture honeybees in what seems to us to be slow-motion but is actually high-speed photography, to show how important they are to us.
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