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Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero and Popular Party leader and election opponent Mariano Rajoy immediately suspended all campaign activities, and the Spanish parliament convened a special session late on Friday afternoon to express its unanimous condemnation of the assassination. Socialist spokesperson Diego Lopez Garrido confirmed that Sunday's election would be held as planned, assuring the press that "no matter how hard ETA tries," it will not impede "Spaniards' freedom of expression." Yet the question of whether - and how - the killing might affect the vote was on everyone's mind...
...Many attribute the OAS's newfound effectiveness to its current Secretary General, former Chilean Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza - a moderate socialist and veteran political operative nicknamed El Panzer for his tank-like drive. His 2005 election to a five-year term as OAS chief gained him Latin street cred, because he was the first candidate in the history of the organization elected without U.S. backing. (The U.S. eventually accepted him as Secretary General after dropping its bid to seat a more conservative Mexican nominee.) Insulza gained further credibility as an impartial broker last year when Chavez, widely regarded...
...Almost four years ago, right before the election, the 11-M terrorist attacks in Madrid turned millions to the streets to protest against former Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar and his foreign policy, giving Rodríguez Zapatero, then the underdog, a clear edge. Once again, good timing has saved the Socialists’ election fortunes, delaying the inevitable economic doubts that loom in the Spanish horizon...
...DOES IT: Bernadette Lui of San Jose, Calif., has $3,125 spread among 13 three-year loans. She earns 14.6% and is considering reinvesting her returns with new borrowers...
...lending their expertise to projects that can be translated into therapeutic intervention,” said Joan S. Brugge, a professor of cell biology who sits on the Accelerator Advisory Committee. The fund has already helped one breakthrough—which emerged from the work of Harvard scientists Jose Halperin and Gerhard Wagner—enter a licensing agreement with Egenix, Inc, a New York-based biotechnology company. Kohlberg said that such agreements will help make the fund self-perpetuating because 20 percent of proceeds from licensing deals inked with help from the accelerator to replenish the pool of funds...