Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Daily Headlines: April 8, 2008

* Dominican Republic: Congratulations to Junot Diaz; the Dominican-American author was awarded with the Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his debut novel, The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

* Chile: “Leave your suffering in the past” said a government official after the country received 39 Palestinian refugees.

* Brazil: Support for the death penalty has diminished but people are still divided on the subject based on a poll published on Sunday.

* Bolivia: The Interior Minister said that government will prosecute opposition leaders in Santa Cruz who are organizing a referendum on autonomy.

Image- newsweek.com

Sources- New York Daily News, International Herald Tribune, AFP, Xinhua

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