THE WEEK THAT WAS
· by MONITOR LESS then 24 hours after learning that their city would host the 2012 Olympic Games, Londoners came under attack from Islamic terrorists in four separate but coordinated bombings, three on the Underground system and one on the surface near Russell Square. Mr Tony Blair left the G8 meeting of industrialised nations at Gleneagles, Scotland, to return to London but later resumed chairmanship of the summit at which increased aid for Africa and action against global warming/climate change were the main items on the agenda. The Gleneagles meeting had been preceded by Mr Bob Geldof's Live 8 concert in Hyde Park at which many top pop artists appeared to support the Make Poverty History campaign; Mr Geldof also organised a mass march in Edinburgh in support of the campaign. The British government released figures showing that about half-a-million illegal immigrants lived in Britain, apart from the hundreds of thousands of asylum-seekers whose applications had been refused but had not been expelled.
Also in Holiday
- UK entry visa comes into force on Wednesday
- Curtain comes down on Son Amar, the popular Mallorca nightspot
- New train service will have 10 kilometre underground section, linked with Palma airport
- Mallorca beaches at Soller and Andratx covered by thousands of 'little sails'
- The Mallorca weather forecast (April 1). Enjoy the good weather while it lasts!
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