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Champions League, Crème de la crème

Following the winter break, Europe’s top teams were back in action in the First Leg encounters of the last 16 knockout round. Glamour ties abounded and predicting the results with

March 3, 2005by shareit

Championship finalists announced

AFTER some exciting semifinals, we can now announce the finalists for the Algarve Championship. The triples were played in Tavira and, after two very close and absorbing games, John Gilbert

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Clouds sprayed with chemicals to cause rain

PORTUGAL’S drought has become so serious that the authorities have been spraying clouds with chemicals in a bid to bring rain. Two Hercules C-130 planes belonging to the Portuguese Air

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Corks vs screw tops

RECENTLY, the Daily Telegraph featured an article entitled “How to open a screw-top wine bottle, with panache”. At first I thought it was a joke, but, after reading it a

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Câmara to reduce city’s poster sites

A CAMPAIGN was launched recently by Lisbon Câmara to reduce the number of advertising hoardings throughout the city. This will include the removal of 130 of the council’s own “outdoors”

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Designer clothes at

THE RECENTLY announced Grand Fashion Sale, to benefit children in Phuket affected by the tsunami, has already drawn a huge response. Hundreds of women across the Algarve have taken the

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Endurance rides

The first of a series of competitive endurance rides was organised by QPA riding centre at Bensafrim recently. Endurance riding is a fast growing sport and is a great way

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film review

Being Julia is about a 45-year-old stage actress who is tired of the role she’s playing, herself. Because, for Julia Lambert (Annette Bening), being herself is inextricably interwoven with being

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Greener Tavira

Tavira Câmara is going to create a new municipal company, called Tavira Verde (Green Tavira), which will ensure the maintenance and renovation of domestic drainage systems, and guarantee the cleanliness

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