In Eau Claire, Tom Giffey, the editorial-page editor at the Leader-Telegram, described the profusion of cut-and-paste e-mails that his page has received during the campaign.

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One such martyr is Lasantha Wickrematunge, editor of the Sunday Leader in Colombo until his still unsolved murder on Jan. 8.

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That party's leader, Paulo Portas, a former newspaper editor, is a good, populist speaker who likes nothing better than a spot of impromptu campaigning, turning up at some market to shake voters' hands.

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