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Shark 'swallowed' diver
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Jan 23, 2007 4:56 am
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An Australian diver made an incredible escape after being partially swallowed - headfirst - by a great white shark.
Eric Nerhus, 41, suffered just a broken nose, cuts and bruising after fighting his way out of the man-eater's jaws, reports Sky News.
A spokeswoman for Snowy Hydro SouthCare rescue service said: "When he came to us he was conscious and alert but had a broken nose and lacerations to both sides of his torso and chest - bite marks all the way around."
The diver was with friends off Cape Howe, near Eden on Australia's southeast coast, when the shark attacked.
"It was black. He didn't see it coming, but he felt the bite and then started getting shaken, and that's when he knew he was in the mouth of the shark," said local diver Michael Mashado.
Mr Nerhus fought frantically to free himself from the shark's jaws and was eventually pulled back aboard his boat by his 25-year-old son.
"The shark swallowed his head," said fellow diver Dennis Luobikis.
"The brunt of the bite was taken by his lead-weight vest. It's all over your torso. Eric said to me at the wharf that his weight vest saved him.
"Eric is a tough boy, he's super fit. But I would say that would test anyone's resolve, being a fish lunch."
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Patient fixes hospital machine
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Jan 23, 2007 1:05 am
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A Bosnian hospital patient spent seven hours repairing hospital machinery so his operation could go ahead.
Doctors had told car mechanic Slobodan Mocevic, 56, his operation to remove a kidney stone was cancelled because of faulty equipment.
Mocevic asked to borrow a set of tools and then stripped down and repaired the Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy machine at the hospital in Kasindol.
He said: "I was in agony, and there was no way I could have waited any longer."
The device removes kidney stones by sending a sonic wave through a patient's body to break up the stone.
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An alien limb on the Arab body
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Jan 22, 2007 11:31 pm
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By Dr Sami Alrabaa
Israel is the 'arch enemy' number one of Arabs and Muslims. Israel was founded by Zionists, acquired independence in 1948, and became a full-fledged member of the UN. After Arabs, backed by the Soviet Union, lost two major wars against Israel in 1967 and 1973, they tried to defeat Israel, at least politically. They submitted to the UN General Assembly a resolution in which Zionism was declared a 'racist movement.' The General Assembly of the UN adopted resolution 3379 on Nov 10, 1975 by a vote of 72 to 35, with 32 abstentions. This resolution determined that 'Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.' The resolution was revoked by resolution 4686 on Dec 16, 1991, and since then 'Zionism and racism' is referred to in debates about Zionism and Israel.
Resolution 3379 was adopted by a majority of two major blocs of totalitarian regimes; by Soviet-led and non-aligned states that depended on Arab oil and aid. Major world democracies voted against the resolution. By the way, the majority of the UN state members are ruled by repressive regimes, and condone discrimination against ethnic and religious minorities. The irony of it all is that some of these states are members of the UN Human Rights Council.
Arabs and Muslims still insist that Israel is a racist, decadent, expansionist, and illegal ensemble. They often refer to it as the 'Zionist entity.' established by racist Zionists.
Since the establishment of Israel over half a century ago, Arabs have been delaying, not to say paralysing, development and cracking down on any opposition; all in the name of Arab Karama 'dignity' and 'struggling' to gain back Arab 'stolen land' from Israel. As a matter of fact, they have been merely giving lip service to the Arab-Israeli conflict. They never actually mean what they say. Arabs are renowned for being masters of rhetoric. While Arab and Muslim countries have remained poor and underdeveloped, Israel enjoys democracy, a vibrant cultural life, and a technologically and industrially advanced economy. In 2006, Israel was ranked 23rd out of 177 countries in the UN Human Development Index, the highest ranking in the Middle East and third highest in all of Asia.
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No rain
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Jan 22, 2007 11:17 pm
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Kuwait's weather to be warm and fine for the next few days but to turn cold again near the end of the week. so no more rain this week. wearing warm winter clothes until March 8,
while old people have not to take off winter
clothes until April because weather will not be stable before then.
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Workers die in Dubai tower fire
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Jan 22, 2007 8:39 am
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The high-rise complex is still under construction
At least two workers have died and dozens were injured when fire broke out in a high-rise building under construction in Dubai.
Workers were seen on upper floors waving towels and hanging on to scaffolding as black smoke billowed.
About 40 people were taken to hospital, officials said, some seriously injured. The flames have been put out.
Officials are to launch an enquiry into the cause of the fire at the building in a development at the Dubai marina.
About 300 workers were on the site when the fire broke out in the 35-storey Jumeirah Lake Towers at around 1230 (0730 GMT).
The children were saying look at the people on the roof. It was horrible to see these people just stuck as the helicopters circled around them.
Nicole Shipley
Eyewitness
In pictures: Tower fire
Dubai residents' comments
Emergency services rushed to the scene as workers began to climb down to escape the fire and at least one fell - apparently one of those who died.
"One guy in red was trying to climb down and then he just fell. It was horrible," Louise Olson, who lives opposite the tower, told the Associated Press news agency.
"It was kind of like 9/11," AP quoted another witness, Steven Wullinger, as saying after seeing the falling man.
Four of the injured are in a serious condition, Dubai deputy police chief Jamal al-Merri said.
One of the investors at the project said it would be some time before the cause of the fire was found, but initial indications pointed to faulty machinery.
Many construction workers in the United Arab Emirates are Asians, mainly from the Indian subcontinent.
But officials have not announced the nationality of the casualties
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Skateboard wizard of Oz
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Jan 22, 2007 7:13 am
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A British adventurer is on the verge of becoming the first person to skateboard across Australia.
David Cornthwaite will complete his 3,600-mile journey in Brisbane on Monday, having started his journey in Perth, in August.
The 27-year-old graphic designer, who started skateboarding less than two years ago, decided on his epic journey after waking up one morning and realising he hated his job.
Mr Cornthwaite, from Oxfordshire, told the Daily Telegraph: "I thought, the only thing keeping me going is the skate to and from work.
"I saw a Lonely Planet guide to Australia. There was a map on the back. Perth was on one side and Brisbane on the other and I thought, 'that'll do'."
He prepared by skateboarding from John O'Groats to Lands End. That 896-mile trek, which he finished in June, took just over a month.
But Australia brought unique challenges. He has been blown off his board by the backdraft from huge road trains, had to swerve around huge snakes and had a race with an emu.
Multiple blisters and aching ankles, toes and feet, have kept him in almost constant pain for the last six weeks. Temperatures of 40C and above mean that he has gone through more than a dozen tubes of factor 30 sunscreen.
He has worn through 13 pair of shoes and has an over-developed right calf muscle which he likens to "a giant chicken breast fillet".
The charity trek will raise £50,000 and smash the previous record for a long-distance skateboard, set by American Jack Smith who covered 3,000 miles across the US in 2003.
After finishing the journey Mr Cornthwaite plans to give motivational speeches and write a book: "I'm certainly not going back to the day job," he said.
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Dubai tower fire ...Pic.2
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Jan 22, 2007 6:36 am
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A fire engulfed a high-rise building under construction in Dubai, trapping dozens of workers.
The building was one of a cluster being constructed near the Dubai marina.
Witnesses said the fire broke out about 1230 (0730 GMT) and it was some time before the emergency services arrived.
Trapped workers were seen on upper floors waving towels and hanging on to scaffolding as black smoke billowed.
Some began climbing down well before the emergency services arrived.
Picture: Chad Ferrigno
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Dubai Tower fire..........
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Jan 22, 2007 6:29 am
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<-- Dubai tower fire
Fire engulfed a high-rise building under construction in Dubai, trapping dozens of workers.
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Filipinos face Nigeria work ban
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Jan 22, 2007 1:48 am
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Attacks by militants on Nigeria's oil industry have escalated Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has barred Philippine workers from going to Nigeria until six seamen who were abducted at the weekend are released.
The sailors were snatched from a merchant ship heading to the southern city of Warri.
Nigerian authorities say they have been told the men are in good health.
Nearly 100 foreign hostages, mostly oil workers, have been kidnapped in recent months in the restive oil-producing Niger Delta region.
There are almost 4,000 Filipinos in Nigeria, most of them working in the oil industry.
"The president has ordered a temporary halt to deployments to Nigeria until the security of our nationals is guaranteed," presidential spokesman Ignacio Bunye said in Manila.
In recent months attacks by the militants have escalated, causing oil multinationals to evacuate thousands of workers from the western side of the region.
Five Chinese telecommunications engineers were released last Thursday after being kidnapped from the Niger Delta region on 5 January.
The instability in the region has cut Nigeria's oil production by at least 20%, costing the country some $4.4bn (£2.2bn) last year, according to the government.
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Assad pledges to wipe out 'terrorism' in Iraq
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Jan 22, 2007 12:00 am
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Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad pledged yesterday to work with the Iraqi authorities to wipe out "terrorism," on the final day of a landmark visit by Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani. The two heads of state, whose countries only restored relations in November after a 26-year rupture, held "frank, sincere and positive" discussions on the situation both in Iraq and the region.In a joint statement issued as Talabani wrapped up the first visit to Syria by an Iraqi head of state in three decades, the two leaders condemned "all forms of terrorism plaguing the Iraqi people and their institutions, infrastructure and security service." Assad, whose regime US commanders accuse of turning a blind eye to the smuggling of men and weapons to insurgents in Iraq, joined Talabani in expressing "readiness to work together and do everything possible to eradicate terrorism." He expressed his "support for the political process under way in Iraq and the efforts being made by the Iraqi government to achieve national reconciliation and stability." The two leaders described Talabani's visit as "historic" and said it would "usher in a new phase in fraternal relations." The Iraqi president hailed the "end of the political rupture between the two countries." Talabani, a former Kurdish rebel leader whose assumption of Iraq's presidency angered many Arabs, recalled that his country had been a founding member of the Arab League and pledged to "reactivate its Arab role."
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