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The Olive Press does COVER PICTURE: without the express permission of the Olive Press not accept responsibility for the contents of the 1920's christmas drawing Catalunya. Adverts and logos remain the property of articles supplied by contributors nor for the claims by chiostri. back cover the magazine . To use any artwork please contact us. made by advertisers 5 traditional4 catalan caganer www.theolivepress.eu news in spain THE LIVE PRESS ing Juan Carlos opens the painted dome at the went to the doctor four years ago with a persistent cough British Consul in the city. His arrest takes the number United Nations headquarters in Geneva.The dome which was eventually diagnosed as serious tuberculosis. of detentions in the Captura 2 campaign to four of the Kwas painted by the Mallorca artist Miquel Barceló When her condition got worse the specialists at the Clinic ten being searched for. Another man, Alan Gordon, at the controversial cost of 20 million Euro, of which Spain Hospital in the city had two options, removing a lung, or has been identified as being already in custody in jail Cash waiting for will pay 40 percent. King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofía have try to repair her windpipe which was seriously obstructed on Mallorca for other crimes committed here in Spain. Tractors been in Geneva to officially open the new painted ceiling and infected. Italian doctor, Paolo Macchiarini, based in Six of the ten therefore remain at large. Details at the Cars in the offices of the Barcelona, came up with the suggestion of the operation webpage www.crimestoppers.es Generators United Nations. which has been described as a ‘medical breakthrough The 1,400 square without precedent’. Using stem cell tissue engineering, ric Idle looks all types of Machinery metre space has and with help from specialists at Bristol University in the on the bright been generously U.K. and others in Padua and Milan, a new windpipe has Eside of life Working or Non Working covered with been created and now put in place. The great advantage in Barcelona. Idle 35,000 kilos of of the procedure is that there is no need for anti rejection went to meet the Most things considered coloured paint.