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British prime minister David Cameron to visit Ronda

British prime minister David Cameron to visit Ronda

David Cameron will visit Malaga from the 4th to the 9th of August as part of his summer holidays. Cameron, with friends, will stay at a mountain hotel in Ronda.
The prime minister has been coming to Ronda for several years, and the only difference this time around is where he allocates. For security reasons they [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in Costa del Sol, NEWS | Read More »

Memorial ceremony held for victims of Love Parade tragedy

Memorial ceremony held for victims of Love Parade tragedy

Hundreds of people gathered at a stadium in the western German city of Duisburg to watch a live transmission of a memorial service for the victims of the Love Parade festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured in a tunnel that was the only entrance to the event.
The memorial at Salvator [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in NEWS, WORLD NEWS | Read More »

Soham murderer Huntley to sue prison service

Soham murderer Huntley to sue prison service

Soham murderer Ian Huntley is suing the prison service after being attacked by another inmate.
Huntley, who is serving a life sentence for killing schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, had his throat slashed with a razor blade in March and now claims the prison service failed in their duty of care towards him.
A Ministry of [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in NEWS, UK NEWS | Read More »

UK visit cancelled by Pakistan intelligence agency

UK visit cancelled by Pakistan intelligence agency

Pakistan’s intelligence agency cancelled planned talks with security experts in the UK in protest at David Cameron’s claim that elements within the country were promoting the export of terror.
The cancelled trip is the most concrete indication so far of damage done to Anglo-Pakistani relations by Mr Cameron’s comments, which sparked outrage in Islamabad when he [...]

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North Korea´s World Cup players publicly humiliated for six hours

North Korea´s World Cup players publicly humiliated for six hours

North Korea´s World Cup players has been, according to Asian media, publicly humiliated for six hours after they came home from South Africa.
The verbal reprimand allegedly took place in front of 400 students and civil servants, as the players were all accused of “betraying the trust” of President Kim Jong-Il. The team’s two Japanese-born players, Jong [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in FOOTBALL, SPORT | Read More »

Search for missing 32-year-old in Mijas mountain range halted

Search for missing 32-year-old in Mijas mountain range halted

The official search for 32-year-old Juan Antonio Gómez Alarcón in the mountains above Mijas, was today stopped by the Guardia Civil after eleven days of resultless searching.
More than a 160 people from various law enforcement agencies and emergency units have participated in the search.
The family of the missing man say they have more than 500 volunteers [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in Costa del Sol, NEWS | Read More »

Software released for attacking Android phones

Software released for attacking Android phones

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – Two security experts said on Friday they released a tool for attacking smartphones that use Google Inc’s Android operating system to persuade manufacturers to fix a bug that lets hackers read a victim’s email and text messages.
“It wasn’t difficult to build,” said Nicholas Percoco, head of Spider Labs, who along with [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in NEWS, WORLD NEWS | Read More »

Obama calls on Iran to release three US hikers

Obama calls on Iran to release three US hikers

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.
Obama, in a statement marking the Americans’ 12 months in captivity, said Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal had committed [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in NEWS, WORLD NEWS | Read More »

Wildfires in Russia ruin crops and leave thousands homeless

Wildfires in Russia ruin crops and leave thousands homeless

Wildfires sweeping across European Russia have killed at least 25 people and left thousands homeless.
Fanned by strong winds, fires ripped through woods and fields that have been scorched for weeks by a heatwave, incinerating hundreds of wooden houses.
The hottest weather since records began 130 years ago has brought drought to some regions of Russia, one [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in NEWS, WORLD NEWS | Read More »

Food prices set to soar after ‘perfect storm’ set of figures released

Food prices set to soar after ‘perfect storm’ set of figures released

The British food industry is preparing for a massive jump in food inflation in the wake of soaring animal feed prices, a shortage of silage and poor harvests. These key points could present ‘perfect storm’ conditions for sky-high food prices according to a new report.
Experts predict food prices could be at least ten per cent [...]

July 31 2010 | Posted in NEWS, UK NEWS | Read More »