Socialist mayors from Barcelona to Lleida want to ban the burqa, even though the courts say they cannot.

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And their chief, Josep Duran i Lleida, would like Mr Pujol's job.

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Bryan Davis, a Lleida, Spain distiller who makes the Obsello brand of absinthe, says he's found half a dozen bottles at antique fairs.

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Vilanova went on to play for some of Spanish football's lesser known clubs -- Figueras, Celta, Badajoz, Mallorca, Lleida, Elche and Gramenet -- before retiring as a player in 2002 and turning to coaching.

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