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__El mundo es un panuelo__ You can connect with anyone in any part of the world through technology. You can send photos, videos, music, and more information. Today everyone can be connected to the internet. You can even read the newspaper on the computer. __Un Problema de todos__ There are big problems with littering and pollution. Smoke from industries and cars are destroying the forest. It is also destroying the ozone layer. There are not enough natural resources which causes problems with the economy. Groups of people are trying to clean up the country before it gets to bad. There is also problems with people throwing trash in the streets. More people should ride bikes then drive cars. Web pages have also said how bad pollution is. __Los Cibercafes__ Cibercafes are a great place where you can chat with kids all over the world. You can even get a drink while you chat. Cibercafes are popular in hispanic countries. They can also surf the web at cibercafes. Today there are over 500 cibercafes in Mexico. Cibercafes are becoming more popular in America. __Novios y Novias__ Boys and girls will go in groups with many friends to dance, eat pizza, or go to a movie. When the girl accepts to go on a solo date with the boy, the girl should first get to know him through spending time together on the groups dates, through friends in the neighborhood, in college or with the family. The traditional culture has change for hispanics. Influences from other countries have open the door to the tv with cable and the internet. In big cities, many guys take out girls without following the traditional culture.


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 * EU Parliament warns on soil degradation **

Unchecked urbanisation in Spain has had devastating consequences according to a statement released by the European Greens on March 26. Aided by inactive or complicit local authorities, unscrupulous developers have stripped people of legitimate property rights to their own homes the party said a day before its Europe wide Congress in Brussels. Excessive and unsustainable construction has blighted the Spanish coastline and systematically breached EU Directives to protect the environment and scarce water resources. This unsustainable urbanisation binge has left a legacy of over one million empty homes. The European Parliament approved a strongly critical petitions committee report on the issue on march 26, drafted by Danish Green MEP Margrete Auken. She released a statement following this which said: I am delighted that the European Parliament has supported my report today. Todays vote pays tribute to years of work by the petitions committee and sets a fine example of how the European Parliament can be of direct service to European citizens. But above all, todays vote is a victory for the tens of thousands of petitioners to the European Parliament, who turned to us as a last resort after a series of dead-ends in the Spanish administrative and judicial systems. These petitioners deserved a Parliament response that neither pulled punches in its criticism nor held back in proposing firm solutions. I am therefore satisfied that watered-down alternative resolutions from other political groups were rejected. In my report, Parliament reminds Spain that it retains the right to freeze EU funding on account of the breach of EU directives and citizen rights. While I certainly hope this will not be necessary, especially given the current economic crisis, I am pleased we have made clear we will do everything in our power to hasten a resolution to the chronic urbanisation problems, said Auken.
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