web oficial first 'cifras' around 20.00, right after the closing of the polling stations.

so far the participation has been higher than last time. i don't consider 63% as high, but if you compare it with 2000 (55%) more went a las urnas.

elpais

first projection tele5 pp wins the eleccion, but no absoluto (40,6%) ~ -4 psoe no ganas, but gets more votes (38,3%) ~ +4

hm, everything seems to be open elpais:" Sondeos: TVE da la victoria al PSOE, Tele5 al PP"

in case of tve, they estimate that pp lost much more and went down to 36%, psoe up to 41% ...

actually the coverage of tve (state tv) is hectic like hell. they are always cutting interviews and switch over to the next one. imposible to watch.

in the early morning the police started to block the street of the headquarter of the pp. they removed all cars and seem to control who gets access.

Mentrestant a Barcelona la policia ha aprofitat les primeres hores del matí per desplegar un gran operatiu al davant de la seu del PP, on fins ben entrada la matinada van haver milers de persones protestant i manifestant-se. La policia ha retirat tots els cotxes que hi ha al carrer amb diverses grues i ha instal·lat tanques, sembla que amb la intenció de controlar l'accés al carrer.(vilaweb)

yesterday: La Junta Electoral Central, reunida por la reclamación del PP (lavanguardia)

right now everything seems to be 'normal' and the poll seems to be higher as last time.

Los españoles votan hoy con la verdad secuestrada.(oficina de objetos perdidos)

the game is going into its next round:

The unusual appeal by the cabinet-level officers, coupled with Intel's announcement that it will not meet China's deadline, signals that the United States government sees the WAPI as just a part of a broad range of trade issues Furthermore, the Chinese wireless standard, if China prevails with it, could start a precedent of China setting exclusive standards in DVD and cellphone technology. (nyt/winer)

In recognition that WAPI is not ready for prime time, the SAC also announced a grace period for implementation lasting until June 1, 2004. During the grace period, non-compliant products imported or manufactured under “valid” contracts signed before December 1, 2003, may be sold in China. In addition, SAC announced that relevant local authorities “will arrange random inspections” only after June 1 of next this year. (pulseonline)

there is a nice quote from bruce schneier on the topic

If the Chinese government wanted crappy security, they would use what's there now. (eetimes)

i really like the chinese version of the standardization administration and i can understand by the url where the links lead to, but it's a pitty, nada más. the english version doesn't tell a lot

General Administration of Quality Supervision , Inspection and Quarantine approved the following 0 national standards and publicize now. 2004-2-13

y yo no veo nada.

anyhow, looking through older standardization prozesses is interesting. whatever it means: log inspection goes back to 1958. "Industrial screens Designation and nominal sizes of apertures", 1989. what's the use of "Electric power cable paper"??