Friday, July 20, 2007

UPDATE 3-Brazil Lula tries to blunt crash criticism

(Reuters) - BRASILIA, July 20 - President Luiz Inacio Lula da
Silva expressed solidarity on Friday with the families of some
200 people killed in Brazil's worst air crash and promised a
thorough investigation in an effort to blunt criticism of his
handling of the disaster.




His nationally televised address, the first since the crash
on Tuesday, followed a flurry of complaints Lula had been
absent since the disaster in an attempt to avoid jeopardizing
his lofty approval ratings.


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