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Saturday 4 June 2011

Laboratory tests confirmed that vegetables are the source of the epidemic in Europe

      Laboratory tests do not allow to say that vegetables are the source of infection with enterohaemorrhagic E. coli bacteria, announced Friday a European reference laboratory, whose headquarters are in Rome, the higher the Institute for Health (ISS).
     "Analyses of samples of cucumber suspects were finally clarified that they were not contaminated with E.coli bacteria, according to the same sources. "Normal hygiene rules for food safety are sufficient to prevent infection, " adds the laboratory. 
      EHEC bacteria has already caused the deaths of 19 people in Europe and trade tensions inside and outside the EU, but seemed steady propagation Friday, according to German doctors.
source:mediafax.ro

Tuesday 31 May 2011

Ash eruption of a volcano in the Russian Far East. Code Red alert on flights in the area

         Şiveluci Volcano Kamchatka Peninsula (Russia) had an eruption of ash reached an altitude of up to nine kilometers into the atmosphere, according to the spokesman of the regional branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, quoted by Itar-Tass page online.
         The ash emissions were accompanied by a series of small earthquakes and avalanches of volcanic rocks. The ash cloud extending up to 186 kilometers southwest of the volcano.Aviation authorities have issued a code red alert on flights around the volcano.Şiveluci is located in northern Kamchatka Peninsula, with a height of 3283 meters. The highest point of the active part of the volcano is situated at an altitude of 2008 meters.
 source:mediafax.ro

Accusations between European countries regarding the source of E. coli bacteria

      Authorities in European countries accuse each other in terms of spreading E. coli bacteria that has already claimed at least 14 deaths in Germany, informs the electronic publication EUobserver.
      
      Hundreds of people are probably infected with the bacterium E. coli, but still do not know the source of the outbreak, suspected cases were reported in Germany, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Austria, France and Switzerland.Agriculture ministers from EU Member States discussed the situation at an informal meeting in Hungary, while the European Commission announced that the possible source of contamination are cucumbers in Almeria and Malaga Spanish cities.Also, review and cucumbers are coming from a exported from the Netherlands and Denmark to Germany. 
     The Spanish authorities refused to confirm that the bacteria originated in Spain as cucumbers.
                                                                                                                                 source:mediafax.ro

Sunday 29 May 2011

Seven dead in a suicide attack in Afghanistan, including three German soldiers

       Seven people were killed Saturday in a suicide bombing in northern Afghanistan, including the police commander for the north, General Mohammad Daud Daud, another senior police official and three German soldiers, according to official sources.
     
       The attack was committed in the complex where is the governor's office, following a working meeting attended by many Afghan officials and NATO forces commander for the North, who survived.NATO forces commander for Northern Region, German General Markus Kneip, was "in the building" when the attack and "survived, "said a spokesman for NATO Force (ISAF), refusing to say whether he was injured.
        A suicide bomber detonated the explosive charge has a hallway of the building when they exited the meeting participants on safety, administrative services officer said governorate Qutbudin Kamal, a witness to the explosion.

      Taliban insurgents, fighting against the Afghan government and international forces that support it since they were removed from power in late 2001 by an international coalition, claimed the attack.
 source:mediafax.ro

FC Barcelona beat Manchester United and won the Champions League trophy



 FC Barcelona won the Champions League trophy, the fourth in club history after beating Saturday at Wembley, 3-1 (1-1) Manchester United squad in the final competition.

Champions League Final was led by a brigade of referees in Hungary, taking it to the center Viktor Kassai. He was aided by assistants and Gyorgy Gabor Eros Ring and additional nurses and Tamas Mihaly Fabian Bognar. Referee reservation was Istvan Vad.

Argentine Lionel Messi scored the 12th goal in the Champions League and 53 th in all competitions this season.FC Barcelona and Manchester United met for a second time in a Champions League final, after the one in 2009, FC Barcelona also won 2-0, Eto'o and Messi in his success.To win the trophy, FC Barcelona will receive a record prize worth 126 million euros, while Manchester United will receive 73 million euros.

The match played at Wembley Arena in London attended by some 70,000 spectators. Among the personalities present were the Prince Felipe de Bourbon, British Deputy Nick Clegg, Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, the former UN secretary general, Kofi Annan, and singer Eric Clapton.

source:mediafax.ro