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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - streets]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[Men, saints, and north winds: the most common street names in Catalonia.]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/men-saints-and-north-winds-the-most-common-street-names-in-catalonia_1_5464479.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/00d5262d-83b0-44dd-9504-bbf958ff22e1_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>106,942 different streets, squares, alleys, avenues, and boulevards are spread across the different municipalities of Catalonia. The origin of their names is "natural and spontaneous," explains Miquel Parella, head of the Toponymy Unit of the Cartographic and Geological Institute of Catalonia (ICGC) at the ACN (National Geographic Association of Catalonia), and is found in the descriptions that, centuries ago, the citizens of each place made out of the "need to identify themselves." Although there is a tendency to think that most streets are named after people, the reality is that most names respond to descriptions of the surrounding environment. "It wasn't until major urban developments that the need to name streets arose, since names no longer emerged spontaneously from the people. That's when city councils began to name them," explains the expert.</p>]]></description>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 05 Aug 2025 17:59:17 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Street sign for the Levante Gallery of the Almond of Merola, in BerguedàStreet sign for the Levante Gallery of the Almond of Merola, in Berguedà, original from before the Civil War.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA["Mayor" is the most repeated, with 1,364 registered routes]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Why are there few trash cans in Japan?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/international/why-are-there-few-trash-cans-in-japan_1_5385056.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/3a93039c-485c-488b-9bc7-0ba512f9f397_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Walking through the streets of Japan, one can notice that there are generally few trash cans. This fact is surprising to tourists given the cleanliness of most streets. He replied, "It doesn't just bother tourists, it bothers the Japanese themselves." The question we should ask, then, is another: why are there so few trash cans in Japan? Japanese means "supreme truth." Five members of the sect spread across three different lines of the Tokyo subway during rush hour in the morning. They inhaled the gas, as it is toxic. The criminals punctured the bags so the gas would spread into the atmosphere. Some of the plastic bags were strategically placed in trash cans. The Japanese government's security policies. And one of the measures they decreed was the elimination of trash cans, urging the population to try to throw away all the garbage in their private homes or other buildings, even if that meant taking it along the street</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Paula Lobato]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 20 May 2025 05:01:54 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Japan, rain on a shopping street in Tokyo]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[A bombing on the Tokyo subway in the 1990s forced the removal of trash cans from the country, but they are now returning due to tourist pressure.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Complaints about dirt force Collboni to intensify surveillance and sanctions in Ciutat Vella]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/society/complaints-about-dirt-force-collboni-to-intensify-surveillance-and-sanctions-in-ciutat-vella_1_5288849.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/550d2b1f-6785-4102-a182-de33d2c0e25c_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0_x2064y1564.jpg" /></p><p>It was a request from the residents of the Gothic Quarter, the Old Town and the Raval for years, and finally the Barcelona City Council has taken action. The municipal government has announced that it is launching a pilot test to reduce <a href="https://es.ara.cat/sociedad/barcelona/acumulacion-basura-calle-indigna-vecinos-raval_1_5218295.html" >Dirt on the streets of Barcelona</a>, especially in these neighbourhoods of the Ciutat Vella district. And they will do so based on information and awareness, but also with greater sanctions. This was announced on Tuesday by the third deputy mayor and councillor of Ciutat Vella, Albert Batlle, who insisted that the problem does not focus on the work of the cleaning services –whom he has thanked for their work– but on the incivility of the "neighbours, merchants and visitors".</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natàlia Vila]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 18 Feb 2025 13:23:10 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Waste abandoned in front of shops and flats in Casc Antic, this morning]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Barcelona City Council presents an information campaign and within 15 days will begin to fine the Gothic Quarter, the Raval and the Old Town]]></subtitle>
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