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The French press reports on the euphoria in Egypt following the revolution there. And also raises the prospect tens of thousands of Tunisians may be preparing to leave their homeland to go to France via Italy. Some illegal immigrants have already crossed the Mediterranean to land at Lampedusa, a small island off Sicily.
INTERNATIONAL PAPERS, Tues., 15/2/2011: As unrest spreads outward from Egypt and Tunisia to Algeria, Iran and beyond, we look at the role the internet has had in ‘sparking revolution’. The Wall Street Journal looks at the role of the internet in giving a voice to seemingly insignificant people. Have we moved into a “mall-person era of history”? Also, new details indicate that the Khodorkovsky trial in Moscow was fixed and we look at “animal attraction” post-Valentine’s Day!
San Salvador, Feb 14 (EFE).- More than 40 couples got married Sunday in El Salvador in a collective wedding organized by the Mayor's Office of San Salvador on the occasion of the Valentine's Day, which is also known in several countries in Latin America as Day of Love and Friendship. (Camera: VLADIMIR CHICAS). SHOT LIST: SALVADORAN COUPLES GET MARRIED IN A COLLECTIVE WEDDING ON VALENTINE'S DAY IN SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR.SOUND BITE: THE MAYOR OF SAN SALVADOR, ERNESTO MUYSHONDT (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION: THIS OCCASION IS ALWAYS SPECIAL FOR US. IT'S PART OF MY JOB THAT I LIKE THE MOST. IT'S SUCH A PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS VERY SPECIAL DAY OF THESE PEOPLE.
Mexico City, Feb 14 (EFE).- With face masks and reduced dining hours, Mexican couples celebrated a different Valentine's day on Sunday. “It has been quite a complicated and different February 14. We are used to a different reality. A year ago we were walking downtown, having a good time, everything was open,” Javier, a lawyer who celebrated Valentine's Day with his girlfriend, Marisol.Despite the pandemic, Javier considered that what is truly “important” is being able to be “with the person you love." (Camera: ULISES ANDRADE VELA). SHOT LIST: COUPLES DINE AT RESTAURANTS ON VALENTINE'S DAY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
Managua, Feb 14 (EFE).- Some 400 Nicaraguan couples marked Valentine's Day on Sunday by taking the solemn oath of matrimony in a mass ceremony held in the capital, Managua. (Camera: RENEE LUCIA RAMOS). SHOT LIST: MASS VWEDDING CEREMONY TO MARK VALENTINE'S DAY IN MANAGUA, NICARAGUA.