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10^th May 2008
Edition: 958

Winning Fair Garden

Faro
Lisbon
Oporto

Fri, 9^th: Lisbon wants Quebec to accept more Portuguese immigrants
Portugals ambassador to Canada will use his meeting Friday with the premier of Quebec province to propose more Portuguese immigrants are allowed to live and work in the predominantly Francophone province.

Algarve cruise tourism boost
Portimão is in the process of placing itself firmly on the world ocean travel map with news of 40 cruise ships to dock at its port until the end of the year plus a regualr ferry to Funchal, Madeira.

Neglect couple cleared
Drunk, unconcious parents cleared of child negelct.

Girl dies in bus crash
A schoolgirl died after a lorry crashed into the bus carrying travelling twenty other children.

Breast cancer diagnosis on up
In the last ten years there has been a 20 percent rise in Breast Cancer diagnostics. Specialists blame sedentary lifestlyes.

Half a million empty homes in PT
According to a study carried out by a Habitation Strategic Planning team, vacant houses in Portugal have more than doubled between 1981 and 2001.