Government officials want to know if the increase in arrivals from Morocco is part of a larger trend.
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Blowing Your Top in the Canary Islands
By William J. Furney Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez decided to postpone his trip to the UN General Assembly in New York and head to the Canary Islands, the seven-isle
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African Migrants in the Canaries: Not a Drop of Water to Drink
By William J. Furney PLAYA DEL INGLES — On a run early this morning on the subtropical island of Gran Canaria, just across a short stretch of sea from the
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Unwelcome Strangers in a Very Strange Land
By William J. Furney MASPALOMAS — They move like spooked yet expectant ghosts in this fat land. Their exotic, ebony skin is an anomaly on an homogenous island renowned for
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A Rude Sahara Sandstorm Diversion That Went Viral
By William J. Furney I am wondering if it’s possible that I’m sitting across the narrow aisle from the most annoying person in the world. In a blaring brash voice,
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On Top of the World, and Star-Gazing, in Tenerife
By William J. Furney Why are observatories painted white? Wouldn’t a natural shade of green be better, so they’d blend in with the environment and not stick out like an
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