The protest marches in Burma ended as thousands of monks were arrested. The UN special envoy Ibrahim Gambari held talks with the ruling junta and visited the democratic leader Aung San Suu Kyi who is still under house arrest. At the UN the Chinese ambassador said that external intervention would achieve nothing. Ehud Olmert and Mahmoud Abbas, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders, met to discuss the agenda for the US-sponsored peace conference in November. However, they failed to reach agreement on any substantive issue.
Bulletin Headlines of the Week
l SUNDAY/MONDAY: Crackdown On Crime (Local police chiefs announced the creation oif a special unit to fight organised crime).
l TUESDAY: Row Over Funding
(The Rector of the University of the Balearics complained that its central government funding wass below the national average).
l WEDNESDAY: Palma's Clean Air
(A national survey showed Palma to be among Spanish cities with commendably clean air).
l THURSDAY: UK Buyers Hit By Spanish Housing Woes
(A slump in British holiday home purchases in Spain was adding to the problems of the already troubled UK mortgage market).
l FRIDAY: What A Storm
(Hurricane force winds and torrential winds hit Majorca causing extensive damage, flooding and injuries).
l SATURDAY: Disaster Zone
(The central government declared parts of Majorca a disaster zone eligible for special assistance following Thursday's storm in which the Can Valero industrial estate was seriously damaged).
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