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December 31st, 2009
2009 is the sixth consecutive year there has been a decrease in the number of deaths by road traffic accidents, and the first to drop below 3,000 deaths, according to the Association for the Study of Spinal Cord Injuries (AESLEME), published in ' Balance of Road Safety 2009 '. 1969 was ...
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January 7th, 2010
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) has announced that fifty-five people were killed on Spanish roads since the start of a special operation launched to help save lives over the Christmas period. The operation was considered to be encouraging since, although
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January 13th, 2010
More than 3 percent of sudden deaths in the southwest of Spain are associated with cocaine use, according to a study by the Institute of Legal Medicine of Seville which it has published in the European Heart Journal. The authors believe their findings would be similar in the rest of Europe, ...
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January 15th, 2010
The first two confirmed Spanish deaths in the wake of the Haiti earthquake are composed of a married couple, María Jesús Plaza and Ives Baltroni, reported the Deputy Prime Minister, Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, today. She added that both have been identified by their two daughters. These are the ...
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January 27th, 2010
According to the Ministry of Labour, a total of 765 workers died in workplace accidents last year (from January to November 2009), which is 219 less than the same period in 2008 (-22.2%). Of this amount, 586 workers died while on their jobs, 21.2% lower than the same period in
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February 2nd, 2010
A total of twelve people died in twelve separate fatal accidents on Spanish roads over the weekend, according to the General Traffic Directorate (DGT). The accumulated total up to January 31st 2010 is now 141 deaths, fourteen fewer than the same period last year and
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February 9th, 2010
A total of six people died yesterday evening in a fire that occurred in the residential care home 'Aurora', situated in Calle Marques de Nervión, Seville. Seven other elderly people still remain in hospital according to a press release by
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April 5th, 2010
Since the start of a special traffic operation aimed at reducing the number of deaths on the road during Holy Week, a total of 43 people have been killed in fatal road accidents in Spain, the lowest figure on record. According to the official figures released by the General Directorate of ...
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April 30th, 2010
Research at the University of Valencia has revealed that, while in America 25% of all murders of women occur in the family home, this percentage rises to 44% in Europe, and up to 67% in Spain. The professor and director of the Reina Sofía Central University, who presented the study, ...
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May 4th, 2010
The 'Global Status Report for Mothers 2010' has been published by 'Save the Children', the report ranks the best and worst places in the world to be a mother on the basis of ten factors related to education, health, economic and political development, as well as the basic welfare of ...
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