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Angela Merkel said that it is important that the neighbouring countries participate in the fighting against terrorism.

The German Premier, Angela Merkel, visited Bogotá last Saturday coming from Lima where she participated in the 5th Latin American, Caribbean and European Union Summit. She said also that in her meeting with President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, she expressed that it is important that the Colombian neighboring countries participate in its fighting against terrorism. The German Premier recognized the Colombian progress in its social problems and asked justice for the victims of the Colombian violence. (more…)

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Australasia News, a digital agency of information of the Salesian Congregation of Don Bosco in English, underlined an interview made by the Colombian Radio Caracol to a Spaniard Salesian priest in Pakistan, Father Miguel Ruiz, who made a complete report of the situation after the assassination of Benazir Buttho. The interview was one of the first and complete notes about Pakistan at the moment. Here it is:

Building bridges in turbulent parts of the world

Lahore/Jerusalem: 29th December 2007 –Australasia News. Two of the world’s ‘hot spots’ are the Middle East and Pakistan. It is interesting to note two efforts by Salesians in those regions, best described as ‘building bridges’.

Chancing upon a radio interview between Radio Caracol (Bogotà, Colombia) and Fr Miguel (Lahore, Pakistan) in the wake of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto – one realises how a Salesian amidst the current turbulent and distressing situation in Pakistan was able to offer a finely balanced viewpoint between the facts he had at hand about the event (fewer than what the rest of the world knew through the media), his observations on what was happening around him, and a sense of what Don Bosco’s work is contributing and can contribute to building up Pakistan, even while other unknowns are attempting to destroy it.    (more…)

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