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8 - 14 November 2018
NEWS EXTRA Nose bite THE Almeria Public Prosecutor’s Office will push for a fouryear prison sentence for a man accused of biting off part of a man’s nose during a fight in a games hall in the city. The prosecutor also argues the defendant should remain at least 500 metres away from the victim for a minimum five-year period and pay €20,000 compensation.
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THE 24-year old captain of a small boat intercepted 56 nautical miles south of Almeria in October has been detained for bringing 36 Sub-Saharan immigrants illegally to Spain and for the negligent homicide of 20 people who fell overboard during the crossing from Morocco when the boat ran into problems and the motor broke down. Only three bodies were recovered.
Call outs THE provincial Emergency Coordination Centre dealt with 554 emergency call outs over the All Saints’ Day holiday period, running from 3pm on October 31 to midnight on November 4. Of these, 214 were medical emergencies, 144 incidents were related to public safety, 43 were traffic accidents, 40 were related to traffic circulation, and 21 were call outs to fires.
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THE number of people out of work in Almeria dropped by 2,616 in October according to figures from the Employment Ministry, bringing the total number of people out of work in the province down to 59,141, or 5.84 per cent down on a year ago. The service sector accounted for the lion’s share of the drop in the jobless total.
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THE UGT trade union welcomed the unemployment dip, but said the positive figures did not reveal that a significant number of jobs created in Almeria are seasonal. The union said the production system in the province had to improve, calling for investment in industrialisation, which it said would help lead to decent wages, payment for overtime and other worker benefits.
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CLASSIC FILM: The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie was one of five Buñuel films in the table. THIS film is one of five by the Spanish filmmaker Luis Buñuel that made it into a new ranking of the 100 greatest foreign language films. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie placed 84th on the BBC’s table, which was put together by several international film critics. Buñuel’s films The Young and the Damned, Belle de Jour, The Exterminating Angel and Viridiana ranked 80th, 75th, 67th and 48th respectively.
The BBC said Buñuel was matched only by Ingmar Bergman in the number of films by a single director that ranked on the table. The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie hit cinemas in 1972 and earned Buñuel his only Oscar. The French-language film follows a group of wealthy people trying to have dinner together before surreal events stop them whenever they try to eat. The film’s psychological themes
and commentary on and criticism of high society are typical of Buñuel’s work. Buñuel was born in Aragon to a well-off Catholic family in 1900. He lived in Paris in the 1920’s where he worked with surrealist painter Salvador Dali and made documentaries when he returned to Spain in the 1930’s. He was driven into exile in Mexico after the Spanish Civil War and died there in 1983.
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Aggressive mugger held GUARDIA CIVIL detained a 28-year old man for a number of muggings in Adra last month. He is suspected of snatching an elderly woman’s handbag while she was walking along a quiet street. She was pulled to the ground and suffered minor injuries, the shock of the incident causing her to suffer a panic attack. A few hours later the Guardia received reports of another mugging, again in a relatively deserted area of the town.
This time the victims were two youngsters, the attacker threatening to slash their necks with a knife. One of the youngsters managed to get away, but the thief grabbed the musical instrument the other one was carrying and their mobile phone. Guardia Civil investigations and public collaboration in identifying the man led to his identification and subsequent arrest. The man, who lives in Adra, has a record for minor crimes.
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Pot plantation rooted out COMPLANTS about power cuts due to excessive electricity consumption in a house in Retamar led to the discovery of an indoor marihuana plantation. It was inspectors from the electricity company who first realised that something illegal was going on in the property. When the police looked into the matter they discovered the basement and the garage were being used for the cultivation of marihuana plants. Air-conditioning units were be-
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ing left on 24 hours a day, and the smell of pot was coming out the extractor fans. During a search of the property police seized just under 300 marihuana plants, a bag with 500 grammes of cannabis shoots, 66 transformers, 66 lamps, 66 600w lightbulbs, 25 ventilators, nine extractors, 10 air filters, three sets of scales, 45 pieces of jewellery and a BMW with Romanian number plates. The investigations resulted in the arrest of two young men.
The total number of news and features which appeared in Issue 1739 of the Euro Weekly News Costa de Almería edition, including 82 local stories.