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(15 Mar 2004) SHOTLIST
Madrid, Spain - 15 March 2004
1. Various of candles lit for bomb victims outside Madrid regional government office in Puerta del Sol , central Madrid, with people looking at them
2. Sign reading "Your wars, Our dead"
3. Various of candles
4. News stand
5. Various of newspaper front pages about elections
6. Picture of incoming Prime Minister, Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on front of paper
7. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Voxpop:
"This is a positive thing, this is a punishment for the government. We''ve heard many lies before and this is why we changed."
8. Various of candles outside Atocha train station
9. Various of people looking at candles
10. Commuters being handed free paper, with front page about elections
11. SOUNDBITE: (English) Voxpop:
"I am very happy. This has exploded all the anger of the last years. We have followed ... we have to change, let''s change. This (pointing to station) this is the last thing they (the Popular party) have done (i.e. Aznar''s government is responsible for the bombs)."
12. Candles outside station
13. Jose Ignacio Casses, Vice Dean of Political Sciences at Carlos Third University, walks into room
14. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Ignacio Casses, Vice Dean of Political Sciences at Carlos Third University:
"The bomb attack was a decisive factor (in the election). All the polls predicted a different result, the voters have reflected on the fact that the attack was Islamic in origin and this completely turned around the result, to one that was unimaginable both for the winners and losers."
15. Casses looking at book
16. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Ignacio Casses, Vice Dean of Political Sciences at Carlos Third University:
"His (Zapatero''s) mandate is going to be completely different to that of Aznar. He campaigned along the lines of being a quiet man and a man of honour. However the result means he is going to have to draw up strange pacts and coalitions (ie with hard-left or nationalist parties) to be able to govern comfortably."
17. Casses looking at book
18. SOUNDBITE: (Spanish) Jose Ignacio Casses, Vice Dean of Political Sciences at Carlos Third University:
"He was a strong campaigner against the Iraq war and campaigned for the withdrawal of the Spanish troops. However, he is already watching his words and will wait for a decision by the UN on the need for the troops. However if by July no decision has been made he will be forced to bring the troops home."
19. Casses looking at book
Diwanyiah, Iraq - 12 March 2004
20. Various of Spanish soldiers getting ready to leave their base for patrol
21 Various of Spanish troops checking vehicles on the road close to Diwanyiah
STORYLINE:
Spain, still reeling from last week''s train blasts, awoke to the prospect of a new government on Monday.
The death toll from bombings rose by one to 201, the Interior Ministry said Monday.
Several dozen people remain hospitalized including 19 in critical condition, Spanish news media reported on Monday.
Ce;ebrations by supporters of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, whose Socialist party won Spain''s general elections, following the bomb attacks in Madrid, which have been held as being responsible for Zapatero''s surprise victory.
His Socialist Party had trailed the ruling conservatives throughout the campaign. But everything changed after bombs tore through rush-hour trains on Thursday.
Protesters who thronged to the conservative Popular Party''s offices just hours before voting opened on Sunday said Spain had been targeted by terrorists because of Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar''s support for the U.S.-led war in Iraq.

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