After five days of military action in Gaza to stop rocket firing on Israeli towns, the Israel Army had killed more than 100 people, two-thirds of whom were civilians including women and children. In Jerusalem a Palestinian resident in Israel killed eight students at a Jewish seminary.
In the week Forbes magazine named him the richest man in the world, Warren Buffett said that by any common sense definition America was already in a recession.
Bulletin headlines of the week
SUNDAY/MONDAY: Election Boycott (The Basque separatist group ETA called for a boycott of the general election because of repression by the Spanish government).
TUESDAY: Bad Economic News Mounts For Spain (A series of gloomy economic indicators were due before the election on March 9).
WEDNESDAY: Bitter, Sweet For Spain PM (Zapatero had little time to enjoy his victory of a final televised debate, as rising unemployment data was released).
THURSDAY: Freezing ( After a warm start to the month temperatures dropped and gales caused high seas).
FRIDAY: Election Showdown (The last permitted polls pointed to a victory for the incumbent PSOE socialists).
SATURDAY: Outrage (The final stages of the election campaign were cancelled after a former socialist councillor was shot dead in the Basque country).
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