Portugal PM in 'censorship' row

Portugal's Prime Minister Jose Socrates is embroiled in a row after a national TV channel shelved a programme dealing with alleged government corruption.
Chief editors of the privately run TVI channel resigned after the broadcast - due on Friday - was dropped.
Its owners said the cancellation was due to scheduling priorities.
Opposition politicians have accused the ruling Socialists of censorship. But Mr Socrates, who is running for re-election, denies influencing TVI.
The shelved programme dealt with the so-called Freeport case, involving claims that government officials took bribes during the construction of a shopping mall south of Lisbon in 2002.
Mr Socrates, who was environment minister at the time, has denied any wrongdoing.
Mr Socrates is now campaigning in the run-up to a general election on 27 September, with his Socialist Party's absolute majority in parliament at stake. BBC NEWS Europe Portugal

Country profile: Portugal

President: Anibal Cavaco Silva
Anibal Cavaco Silva won the January 2006 presidential poll, becoming the first centre-right president since the coup of 1974. He defeated two Socialist candidates to win a first round election victory.
The president's role is mainly ceremonial, but incumbents can appoint prime ministers, dissolve parliament and call elections.

Prime minister: Jose Socrates
Victory in February 2005 elections went to the Socialist Party led by Jose Socrates. The Socialists gained their first absolute majority in parliament since democracy returned to Portugal in 1974.
On taking office, Mr Socrates said his priority would be to revive the economy - which has been near the bottom of the European league tables for years - and to stem rising unemployment.
His government has since sharply cut spending, by reducing pensions, raising the retirement age and withdrawing civil service benefits in an attempt to reduce one of Europe's biggest budget deficits.
The reforms - which some claim are destroying social rights - have prompted repeated protests mostly among public sector workers.
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