Since Fuerteventura has now installed an early-warning system, the new targets are Tenerife and Gran Canaria.

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Sarah Shields was on holiday in Gran Canaria but was reported missing when she failed to return to Ipswich.

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Suffolk Police said that a woman found dead in Gran Canaria on 7th July had been confirmed as being the missing woman.

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Singlehandedly introducing Basque cuisine to Gran Canaria, Restaurante Amaiur is next door to a 19th-century palace in the Vegueta neighbourhood of Las Palmas.

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The Slovakian raced to a 6-2 6-1 win in front of a vociferous Spanish crowd in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, to level the tie at 1-1.

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The ship docked at the island's port of Santa Cruz in the morning, after arriving there from the neighboring island of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.

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An unlikely victory in Gran Canaria, combined with Latvia beating Sweden, would have seen the Province secure a place in Euro 2008 and end their long absence from a major finals.

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"The accused himself admits he got angry with Sarah, although this was supposedly because she was going to leave him to stay and live in Gran Canaria with another person who she had met on the complex a couple of days before, " he added.

BBC: Christopher Chittock