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Patricia Ortega has been appointed the first woman general at a ceremony in Madrid. The 56-year-old was among the first intake of women into the army in 1988 after graduating as an agronomist. She is now director of the national institute of
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A 45-year-old woman has been arrested in Malaga, accused of beating her father to death and stabbing her mother, who required hospital treatment. The alarm was raised at 6am on Tuesday morning by the victims' grandchildren (the children of the ... alleged attacker) who were woken by the strong smell of gas coming from the gas tap in the kitchen that had been left open by the alleged assailant. They then discovered the scene and alerted the emergency services. Upon arrival, they treated the woman ... psychiatric ward of the Hospital Clínico for an examination. The police believe that by leaving the gas tap open, the woman was also trying to end the life of her children.
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A man was arrested and a women treated at hospital for broken teeth following an argument on the seafront in Fuengirola last week. According to witnesses, the man, who was riding a moped, got off to berate a woman for a manoeuvre she performed in
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Álvaro Frías
Two men and a woman, aged between 29 and 42, have been arrested over their links to a weapons factory in Campanillas. The group built weapons using components from various sources and sold the new products on the black market. After receiving a
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More than a month after Romanian woman, Dana Leonte, 31, disappeared from her home in Arenas, police say that the investigation is "open to all leads". Last week it was revealed that Dana and her partner, Sergio Ruiz, had reported a break-in to
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...police custody. On Thursday, police were searching for a woman who worked as a housekeeper in the man's home and is thought to have witnessed the attack.
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Álvaro FRÍAS / Juan CANO
...occurred on 8 February 2015 when, at around 7.45am, he witnessed a woman being beaten as she had her handbag stolen while on her way to work at the Hotel Las Palmeras in Fuengirola. Borja intervened in the mugging and a struggle ensued, during which he
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A Local Police officer in Marbella saved a women who almost choked to death at the town's market on Tuesday. Having received a radio call, he rode his motorcycle to where the woman was being treated for what was thought to be a collapse. "But
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Fast-acting Guardia Civil officers arrested a man at Malaga Airport in the early hours of last Thursday as he prepared to flee the country with his four children. This followed a report filed to the Guardia in Nerja just hours earlier by a woman
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An autopsy has confirmed that the 26-year-old woman and 36-year-old man, both of Finnish origin, whose bodies were found in a flat in the Mijas area last Thursday afternoon, did not die as a result of violence. It is thought that the bodies could ... Police initially considered the possibility that the woman had been murdered because of the stains of blood found in the flat. However, following the autopsy, investigators believe that the deaths are most likely drug-related - either that both had ... woman lived in the property, not with the man, but with her boyfriend, who is of a similar age to the woman. According to one neighbour, the younger man was seen entering the property on Wednesday. However given the stage of decomposition, the victims
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A 21-year-old Brazilian woman was detained on arrival at Malaga Airport after police inspected her luggage and found four anoraks with around a kilo of a white powdery substance in the lining of each. Later tests showed positive for cocaine. The ... woman, who arrived from her home country, had taken a flight via Zurich supposedly in order to avoid detection.
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Eugenio Cabezas
A 20-year-old woman was rescued from a fire in her home in the village of Canillas de Albaida last Sunday. Neighbours noticed flames coming from the first floor of the building where the woman was asleep. The other three homes in the building ... were empty at the time. Rescuers, who included the village's mayor, Jorge Martín, managed to wake the woman and bring her to safety.
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The two British men on trial in Malaga in March in connection with the disappearance of Latvian woman Agnese Klavina have been found guilty of coercion and not of kidnapping as the Prosecution Department had called for. The court has sentenced ... one day) sentence for his role as Capper's accomplice. Agnese Klavina.SUR The young Latvian woman has not been seen since, however the court did not find that the evidence, in the form of CCTV footage, proved that the British pair had kidnapped
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Tony Bryant
...he feels that he made the correct decision to let Charlee die. “She was an incredibly brave woman and I am responsible for her death, but I know I have given her the ultimate gift. I killed the one I loved out of love. I gave her what she wanted.
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The Guardia Civil are investigating the deaths of two people, a 26 year-old woman and a 36 year-old man, both of Finnish origin, whose bodies were found in a flat in the Mijas area on Thursday afternoon. It is thought that the bodies could have ... initially considered the possibility that the woman had been murdered because of the stains of blood found in the flat. However, after removing the bodies, investigators believe that the deaths could be drug-related. Interviews with neighbours have ... provided more information about the pair. Primarily, it was thought that the two individuals were a couple, but neighbours' testimonies state that the woman lived in the property, not with the man, but with her boyfriend, who is of a similar age to the
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CHARO MÁRQUEZ
...women achieve these same goals. The responsibility of every woman climbing the career ladder is to let others climb it too. Sometimes we are worried that, after all the hard work it took, another woman may take our place. That can sometimes be the reason ... respected. Work environments are more positive when we value empathy and collaboration. Do you consider yourself an inspiration for other women? Any woman who has climbed the ladder is an inspiration for other women. Many women have inspired me and if ... I can do that for others, that's great. That's why I think I have a certain degree of responsibility to help others. Your father told you that there will be two problems in your career: "being a woman and being black". Has that been the case? I
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Álvaro Frías
A woman of Moroccan origin was detained last week after her daughter, 11, presented a diary to a teacher at her school in Marbella which contained a series of drawings which show her alleged mistreatment. For her part, the mother denied that a
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RODRIGO ERRASTI
For the first time in ten years, a woman has been awarded the Princess of Asturias Award for Sports. Lindsey Vonn is the skier with the highest number of victories (82) in the history of the Alpine Ski World Cup, four wins off the absolute record of ... tibia. Theresa Zabell from Malaga, president of the Ecomar Foundation, proposed her candidacy. The skier will be only the sixth woman to win in the category in 33 editions. The last one was ten years ago, the Russian athlete Yelena Isinbáyeva, while the ... before her came Steffi Graff in 1999, just one year after Arantxa Sánchez Vicario had won it. The first woman to open the list of winners was Martina Navratilova in 1994, 365 days before the Algerian athlete Hassiba Boulmerka.
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Eugenio Cabezas
Last Sunday's rescue of a 34-year-old woman, along with her three daughters and two nieces, from the Río Chíllar in Nerja has once again brought to the fore the lack of control or safety measures at the popular beauty spot. Swedish tourist, ... the river by the woman's brother. At around 9pm the group decided to head back as it was getting dark. However, they were unable to find the path they had taken and, wearing flip-flops, it became too difficult for them to walk. Despite poor
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The death of 58-year-old Gloria on Saturday night left her local community in shock. She was an independent and sociable woman who was very active in her local community. Her friends described her as a "determined and enterprising" woman who was