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Booze, buffoonery and bullrunning ... Pamplona's San Fermin fiesta begins

SPAIN: Goring optional as straight-laced northern Spanish town braces for annual week of madness From Elizabeth Nash in Pamplona

TOMORROW at noon, a rocket launched from the balcony of Pamplona town hall will signal the start of a round-the-clock fiesta of drink and danger, the highlight of which is the daily running of bulls through the town's narrow streets.