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Shopping in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Shopping in Las Palmas is, nowadays, an activity that attracts locals as well as tourists. Las Palmas is the capital of the eastern Canary Islands, with about 400.000 inhabitants. This gives you enormous shopping possibilities. To tackle all the great shopping areas in Las Palmas, you will defi...


Las Palmas, Capital of Gran Canaria

Las Palmas is a very large city in a rather small Atlantic island, Gran Canaria. With almost 400.000 inhabitants, Las Palmas is the capital of Gran Canaria as well as the administrative center of the province of Las Palmas (covering the islands of Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura). Thi...


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14 illegal immigrants die trying to reach Gran Canaria island (People's Daily)
The Spanish Civil Guard intercepted on Wednesday a migrant boat with 14 dead illegal immigrants and several injured ones and towed it to Puerto Arguineguin, south of Gran Canaria, the Emergency and Security Coordinator Center (Cecoes) said. The Civil Guard intercepted the boat one nautical mile from Arguineguin in the morning, and it discovered 13 corpses on board, although it later recovered ...

Fourteen Africans die off Gran Canaria-govt (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters (Adds another body found, fresh comments) ARGUINEGUIN, Spain, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Thirteen African migrants were found dead on a fishing boat intercepted by police off Spain's Canary Islands and ...

Families sue Boeing over Madrid air crash - Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain - Three families which lost seven of their members in the August 20 crash that killed 154 people at Madrid airport are suing Boeing and McDonnell Douglas for damages, their legal representative said Thursday. Boeing ...