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| Subject: Town declares Spain's hunting king 'persona non grata' - YaY! Mon May 07, 2012 5:01 am | |
| A north-eastern town has declared the king of Spain an unwelcome person, dealing another blow to the 74-year-old monarch who has faced scalding criticism for going on an elephant hunting trip during a severe financial crisis.
The town council of Berga, population 17,160, in Catalonia, approved a symbolic motion proposed by the pro-Catalan independence Popular Unity Candidature party declaring King Juan Carlos ''persona non grata''.
The king has faced condemnation after breaking a hip while on a lavish safari in southern Africa at a time when nearly one in four Spaniards are unemployed and the economy enters its second recession in three years.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/town-declares-hunting-king-persona-non-grata-20120506-1y73n.html#ixzz1uAly6Chk
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