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Britons kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad-News-World-Iraq-TimesOnline

Posted in Iraq, UK, terrorism on May 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

 
Five Britons were abducted from a government building in Baghdad today in a brazen kidnapping by gunmen dressed in police uniforms.
The victims were four bodyguards and a British technology adviser working at the Finance Ministry for BearingPoint, a US consultancy firm.
This evening the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in London confirmed that the five missing people [...]

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Spanish elections Watch 2007: Reflections on Spanish elections

Posted in PP, PSOE, Spain, Zapatero, antizp, reflections on May 29, 2007 | 2 Comments »

 
I honestly don’t know how I feel about the elections on Sunday…..
Spain has a  tradition: whoever wins the municipal elections, wins the generals. This would mean that by next year PSOE and Zapatero could be out. Nice.
On the other hand, there are three things that worry me, a lot:

The difference between PP and PSOE hasn’t [...]

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Bolivia: Evo Morales imitates Chávez

Posted in Uncategorized on May 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Evo Morales has said that his main enemies are the media who are opposing the process of change the country needs, except “my friend journalists who most of them belong to the MAS [Movement to Socialism, Morales' party]“. He also has told the intelectuals their mission is to create a popular conscience about the “importance of the [...]

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Venezuela: students protest because of RCTV closing

Posted in Human Rights, South America, Venezuela, freedom of expression on May 29, 2007 | 10 Comments »

Here is the video. It’s in Spanish but you can get an overview of what has been going on.
UPDATE: Italian blogger Paolo di Lautreamont has more videos for you to see.
Chávez closes RCTV: CNN – Reuters (Venezuela TV station says troops seized equipment) –

Workers of RCTV station cry while singing the national anthem after [...]

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