Atocha Train Station
Atocha Train Station Memorial is a memorial monument located at the Atocha Train Station in Madrid, Spain, that commemorates the 191 victims of the 11 March 2004 Madrid train bombings and the special forces agent who died when seven suicide bombers blew themselves up on 3 April 2004.
The 11m-tall (36ft) cylinder stands outside Atocha station, the destination of the four trains that were attacked. Thousands of messages of condolence made in the days after the attacks are inscribed on the inside of the tower. The messages of grief can be seen from a chamber beneath the hollow monument.
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Georgia
Georgian president Mikheil Saakkashvili resigned to launch his campain snap elections, as ten of thousands of oponents gathered outside parliament for the first demonstration since emergency rule was lifted earlier in November
Demonstrations and independent television news broadcasts were banned during the period of emergency rule.
Althought those measures are now lifted, the pró-opposition television channel IMEDI, which is part-owned by news corporation magnate Ruper Murdoch, has been suspended indefinitely.
But this episode should also make the west more circumspect in the Caucasus.
At the very least, the coming election of January 5th should be closely observed.