Tuesday, November 22, 2005

Nice revolutions

The Guardian's List of the day (print edition only, it seems) has 9 "Nice revolutions":
1. Carnation revolution: Portugal, 1974;
2. Singing revolution: Estonia, 1988;
3. Velvet revolution: Czechoslovakia, 1989;
4. Orange revolution: Ukraine, 2004 (also known as the Chestnut revolution);
5. Rose revolution: Georgia, 2004;
6. Cedar revolution: Lebanon, 2005;
7. Tulip revolution: Kyrgystan, 2005;
8. Purple revolution: Iraq, 2005 (disputed usage);
9. Blue revolution: Kuwait, 2005. [Missed that one: must have been watching the football on the other channel].

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