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By: CECÍLIA PIRES cecilia@the-resident.com RODEO ORGANISERS are asking Animal, an animal rights organisation, for compensation after it requested that a court ruling be passed to stop their Brazilian rodeo from

A RIOT broke out among African immigrants in the Spanish town of Roquetas de Mar in Andalusia after a 28-year-old Senegalese man was stabbed to death. Police said the rampage

THE US government’s announcement that it was going to take over two major mortgage lenders, Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, led to a rise in global market shares. US Treasury

NOTES IN Time, a concert of Irish music, is to be held at the Church of Nossa Senhora do Bom Sucesso on Saturday, September 20. Organised by the Irish Association

NEW CARBON emission limits coming into force within five years could add eight per cent onto the average household electricity bill in Portugal. The increased cost of emissions licenses in

EASYJET SCOOPED a top award at the World Airline Awards 2008 while Lufthansa and British Airways were also voted as top airlines by passengers in an annual airline survey. Last

A CAR boot sale has been organised by the Women’s Royal Voluntary Service (WRVS) in Lisbon for Wednesday, September 20. Pitches cost 12 euros, with all proceeds going to a

THE COLLAPSE of an old building at the historic centre of Braga, north of Portugal, on Monday morning, caused the death of three construction workers. The men were working on

A VIDEO was released by the Islamic militant network, al-Qaeda, on Monday, to mark the seventh year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in North America. In the 90-minute tape obtained

THE UN’s drugs and crimes office (UNODC) has revealed that the abuse of synthetic drugs such as ecstasy and amphetamines is on the increase in developing countries. A UNODC report