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Food / Travel

Spain, From One Fiesta To Another — And The Party Lasts All Year Long

​La Tomatina festival that has been going on for more than 50 years and commemorates a disagreement between farmers that ended with a tomato battle and gave rise to the traditional festival.
La Tomatina festival that has been going on for more than 50 years and commemorates a disagreement between farmers that ended with a tomato battle and gave rise to the traditional festival. David Canales/SOPA/ZUMA

“To Pamplona we will go” people sing during the festival of San Fermín, which is just one of the many popular fiestas celebrated in Spain throughout the year. Let’s take a trip through the country following the most highlighted dates of the festive calendar.

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Geopolitics

Eight Dead, 2,000 Homeless After Philippines Shantytown Fire And Riot

MANILA STANDARD TODAY (Philippines), THE INDEPENDENT (UK), AP Worldcrunch MANILA – Angry residents beat a man to death and threw rocks at firefighters after a shantytown fire killed seven people on Christmas day, reports the Associated Press. The man was reportedly beaten to death by his neighbors after shouting that he started Tuesday’s fire in […]

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