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SNIPPETS FROM VALENCIA -
POPULATION
= 4.8 MILLION
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Monday 24th March
2008
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EL
SALVADOR CHURCH UNDERGOES
RESTORATION
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The Valencian
Government Light of Images Foundation is
restoring the Church of El Salvador in Burriana
at a cost of over three million euro.
The Church of
El Salvador is the first of three temples that
will house the "Light Spaces" exposition
starting at the end of the year. The other two
buildings are the Archiprestal Church of
Villarreal and the Pro-Cathedral of Santa Maria
of Castellon.
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"STOP
THE TRAFFIC OF CHILDREN" INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS
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Rafael
Blasco, Councillor of Immigration and
Citizenship in collaboration with the
Foundation for Justice and Earth of
Man, will host an International
Congress with the title "Stop the
Traffic of Children" that will take
place in Valencia the 7th and 8th May
and in Castellon the 9th
May.
Councillor
Blasco revealed that over one million
children each year are victims of
traffic, the third most lucrative trade
after the traffic of arms and
drugs.
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VALENCIAN
GYNAECOLOGISTS OPERATE IN ANANTAPUR, INDIA
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Doctors
Daniel Izquierdo and Gonzalo Lazaro,
gynaecologists from the Doctor Peset University
Hospital in Valencia, have spent one month in
the Kaliandurg Hospital in Anantapur, India,
where they operated on 45 Hindu women and
instructed Indian doctor Yadamala Balasubaiah in
the technology of laparoscopia surgery.
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ENVIRONMENT
PLANTS FERN SPECIES
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The Valencian
Government Council of the Environment, has
planted out a fern species Phyllitis
Scolopendrium (L.) Newman, in the Valencian
mountains of Aitana and Mariola.
This plant -
known as Deer's Tongue, mentioned by the
Valencian botanist Jose Cavanilles at the end of
the XVIII century, is in danger of
extinction.
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TRAIN
WORKSHOPS RENOVATED
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The
Council of Infrastructures and
Transport, through Valencian Government
Railways (FGV) has completed renovation
on the garage and workshop for
underground - Metro, trains 4, 5, and
6, at a cost of 3,770,276.62
euro.
This
repair centre has a capacity to service
44 trains - of which 19 were
incorporated from Bombardier last
year.
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FIAT
STILO ABARTH AUTOMATIC CARS - A WARNING TO
DRIVERS
We advise our
readers that a fault in the electronic system of
the gear shift of Fiat automatic drive cars,
causes sudden stoppages that can produce
whiplash to the driver. This has been the
experience of our editor while driving an
automatic Fiat Stilo Abarth. The stoppages are
also highly dangerous if they take place when
passing out another vehicle, or in heavy
traffic.
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