Barcelona is failing to reduce its superpopulation of 256,000 pigeons in the city. Hordes of elderly protectors feeding them bread have ensured that despite large figuers being spent on their erradiction, the number of pigeons has increased from 180,000 in 1991. There is currently no city bylaw against feeding them.
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Barcelona is to have 500 free WiFi points in municipal facilities (museums, civic centres, sports centres, etc) by 2010. There are currently only 50 free points.
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