Sunday, September 18, 2011
SPA - Sevilla dockyard prepares for closure
Sevilla dockyard prepares for closureDock workers in Sevilla are preparing for the dole as the city’s dockyard is preparing for closure. The unions warn of the ‘serious damage’ the closure would mean for the industry in Spain and workers have announced protests and demand solutions. Last month saw 400 redundancies.
The administrator says that the lack of financing and the size of the debt has now condemned the dock, while the President of the Junta, José Antonio Griñán, has promised an exit for the 108 workers who remain. 50 million are needed to complete two ships currently under construction, and debts have risen to 75 million, according to El Pais.
U.K- Conjoined twins separated by Great Ormond Street doctors
Conjoined twins separated by Great Ormond Street doctors
Twins who were born joined at the head have been successfully separated by a team of British doctors.
Baby girls Rital and Ritag Gaboura, who are 11 months old, were separated on 15 August after four operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.
They do not appear to have suffered neurological side effects. Only one in 10 million sufferers survive their rare condition.
The Sudanese infants were flown to the UK by the charity Facing the World.
Conjoined twins are very rare and only 5% of conjoined twins are craniopagus, which means they are fused at the head.
About 40% of twins fused at the head are stillborn or die during labour and a third die within 24 hours.
U.K-Fourth missing miner found dead, Wales police say
Fourth missing miner found dead, Wales police say
LONDON (CNN) -- The search for missing workers in a flooded Wales coal mine ended tragically Friday as rescuers discovered the fourth and final man's body, South Wales police said.
Searchers have recovered all of the bodies, police said.
Three other miners escaped Thursday after water rushed into the area where the men were working, apparently after they broke through to a neighboring abandoned mine, Rescue Officer Andrew Watson said. One of the surviving miners was hospitalized. His condition was not immediately known.
First Minister Carwyn Jones, who leads the Welsh government, paid tribute to the efforts of rescue workers and families of the miners before the discovery of the fourth was announced.
U.S- Police: Soldier escaped military custody, vanished after chase
Police: Soldier escaped military custody, vanished after chase
Pfc. Russell Marcum, 20, of Morgantown, West Virginia, is considered armed and dangerous, state police said.
Marcum, who was in "unit custody" on the base after being arrested earlier in the week on suspicion of burglary, eluded officials on base Thursday night, got into an altercation with a fellow soldier and stole his parents’ 2003 Chevrolet Avalanche, state Trooper Jack Keller said.
He drove away from the area and led police on a chase, Keller said. The car eventually went over stop sticks that police had deployed in rural Otsego County, and Marcum lost control of the vehicle, according to Keller.
Saturday, September 17, 2011
World- Will We Ever Learn to Live with Artificial Humans?
Will We Ever Learn to Live with Artificial Humans?
Her incandescent looks and sterling voice won Aimi instant attention and the center spot in a candy ad. Yet questions arose when she appeared in two video spots. Aimi seemed stiff and awkward – not uncomfortable, more like unnatural.
"There was a weird reaction to it," says Zac Bentz, a writer and reviewer for the online music store HearJapan.com. "Within a week or two, people were already saying, 'Well, this doesn't look right.' "
SPA- Bed-ridden Spanish bobbies
Bed-ridden Spanish bobbies
ALMOST the entire police force of an Andalucian town have gone on sick leave in a dispute over pay.
The bobbies denied they were on strike – which is illegal for police – instead producing sick notes from doctors claiming they were psychologically unfit for work.SPA- Smoking banned to prevent repeat of Costa del Sol fire
Smoking banned to prevent repeat of Costa del Sol fire
SMOKING, barbecues and bonfires will be banned in parts of the Costa del Sol following the recent fire which destroyed several homes and hundreds of hectares of land.
Mijas Town Hall announced it will also revise its emergency procedures and will carry out land clearances to reduce the risk of it happening again.
The ban will affect Sierra de Mijas – the area most heavily affected by the blaze – with barbecues on non-building private land requiring municipal permission.
EU- Finland holds terrorism suspects
Finland holds terrorism suspects
Two men suspected of financing and recruiting for terrorism have been arrested in Finland, police say.
The authorities said the suspects were taken into custody on 7 September. It is thought to be the first case of its kind in the country.
Officers had searched several homes and other locations in the Helsinki area before carrying out the arrests.
Police said it had been a "lengthy investigation", but did not immediately release any more details.
EU- Ban on clenbuterol doping drug may be relaxed
Ban on clenbuterol doping drug may be relaxed
The World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) will discuss controversial changes to drug rules at a meeting this weekend.
In Switzerland, Wada officials will consider relaxing the absolute ban on the drug clenbuterol, used illegally by athletes to build muscle.
Some athletes say their positive test results for the drug were caused by eating beef.
London's Olympic anti-doping chief says a minimum threshold would make testing more uniform.
Clenbuterol is a powerful drug used to treat asthma, but it can also help build up lean muscle mass and burn off fat.
The drug's growth-promoting ability has also found favour with beef farmers, particularly in China and Mexico.
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