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This is a sample of the weekly e-mail; to register for your own free subscription, please follow this link; www.the-news.net/join The latest issue of The News, Portugal's National Newspaper in English is now available at www.the-news.net The top site World Wide for news about Portugal in English If you live in Portugal, the print edition of The News is out today. ======================== 16th February - Contents ======================== 1. LATEST NEWS FROM THIS WEEKS ISSUE 2. Reader Offers 3. Send The News to a friend 4. Search the database 5. This weeks recommended sites 6. How to subscribe to this newsletter 7. Links 8. No1 for news about Portugal 1 - HEADLINES (click link to see full story, and much more) FRONT PAGE - Portuguese accused of being white supremacists by South African government receive little support from Portugal According to the South African government, only Portuguese in Africa are racist. For the Portuguese government, branding Portuguese vital to a country's economy is being apologetic. This appears to be the bizarre conclusion of the diplomatic debacle involving Portugal and South Africa, sparked when South African Minister of Safety and Security, Steve Tshwete, termed Portuguese racists. The Portuguese government however issued a statement late this week, saying that it would not allow this community to be "touched". Click BLUE link to see full story - www.the-news.net Nuclear duck and cover up Britain has been accused of covering up an accident involving a Royal Navy nuclear submarine in Portugal two and a half years ago, writes Siobhan Mitchell. In response, the British Embassy in Lisbon and the Navy have both circulated "clarifications" discrediting these reports. Click BLUE link to see full story - www.the-news.net TAP restructuring plan ready within two months A plan to restructure the Portuguese airline TAP will be submitted to the European Commission within two months, Minister of Transport and Public Works Jorge Coelho said Monday in Brussels, after holding talks with European Transports Commissioner Loyola de Palacio. Click BLUE link to see full story - www.the-news.net Portuguese beef recuperates Contrary to trends in other European Union member-states since the eruption of the latest BSE-scare, Portugal and its consumers have shown considerable faith in national beef produce, with both prices and consumption increasing. Click BLUE link to see full story - www.the-news.net CJD-infected medication given to 100 recipients The one hundred recipients who received medication containing albumin donated by a British patient who later died of the human variant of mad cow disease, remain unknown. The only apparent certainty is that recipients are/were faced with "theoretical health risks". Click BLUE link to see full story - www.the-news.net =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= 2. SPECIAL READER OFFERS =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= GIBRALTAR An ever favourite with our readers living in the Algarve. Tax-free shopping and top British retail names all in one! The centrally located and excellent Eliott Hotel offers readers a special rate of £75 per night. The hotel is only a few steps from Main Street and all the shops! Call 00 350 70500 and ask for The News reader offer Are you a keen gardener? Follow this link for a special offer on The Garden Lover's Guide to Spain and Portugal by Barbara Segall www.the-news.net/Supplement/books.htm ====================================================================== 3. Send News from Portugal to a friend ====================================================================== Send News about Portugal to a friend To send The News by e-mail to a friend, click the link, and enter their e-mail address directly. They will get a confirmation and the opportunity to decline our offer before their name is placed on the list www.the-news.net/join ========================================================================= 4. Search the database ========================================================================= Thousands of articles from the last two years of The News are archived and available for you to search by keyword http://the-news.net/search.htm ========================================================================= 5. Recommended sites ========================================================================= BOOKS ABOUT PORTUGAL - Our special arrangement with Amazon means that you can see all the titles they stock on the subject of Portugal with just one click. Try it - www.the-news.net/Supplement/books.htm ===================================================================== 6. How to subscribe to this newsletter ===================================================================== If you have been sent this message, and would like to receive The News from Portugal in English regularly, please follow this link, and fill in your details for a FREE subscription. http://the-news.net/join/ ===================================================================== 7. Links ===================================================================== To advertise on The News site: http://www.the-news.net/advertising.htm For details about advertising here or in the printed edition: mailto:advertise@the-news.net ======================================================================= 8. The No1 Webb site for news about Portugal in English ======================================================================= According to www.directhit.com, (the only search engine that rates sites by the amount of visits received) The News is the most popular site on the World Wide Webb for news about Portugal in English. The News site averaged 523,739 hits per month between January and August 2000. Paul Luckman ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to LUSOnews-unsubscribe@listbot.comReceived on Friday, 16 February 2001 16:33:36 GMT
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