09/04/2013 00:00
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by MONITOR
AFTER one week the result of the presidential election in Zimbabwe was still not known; independent tallies suggested that the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai had defeated the incumbent Robert Mugabe.

Al Gore launched a three-year $300'000 campaign to persuade the American public that global warming emissions should be cut by 80 per cent by 2050. The number of apartments sold in Manhattan, New York, in the first quarter of 2008 fell by 34 per cent compared to 2007; the average price was still $1.7 million.

The Alitalia airline faced bankruptcy after its unions refused the accept the take-over terms offered by Air France/KLM.

Bulletin Headlines of the Week

SUNDAY/MONDAY: “Earn More Abroad” (On average British professionals working abroad earn 67'000 pounds a year -- almost half as much more than they would in the UK). TUESDAY: Weather Warning (Gale force winds were again forecast for the north of Majorca and Minorca). WEDNESDAY: Tobacco Plan Rejected (The Balearic Parliament threw out a proposal that tourist businesses should be able to sell tobacco products). THURSDAY: More Moorings Needed (Existing facilities in the Balearics meet only 50 per cent of the demand for moorings).
FRIDAY: Bottom Of The Class (Almost one third of secondary school pupils in the Balearics fail to finish their studies -- the national average is 27 per cent.)
SATURDAY: Shop Sales Fall (Trading figures for March showed a drop in shops in all parts of Majorca).