Chilean miners free
Their ordeal is over. The
33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for over two months were all
freed by early Thursday morning.
Foreman Luis Urzua was the
last to be winched from the dark cave where he spent the past seventy days
buried underground.
Urzua, 54, is the one who
kept order and imposed control when tempers frayed.
He took charge of rationing food and drew maps of the area for his fellow miners to use.
He took charge of rationing food and drew maps of the area for his fellow miners to use.
Urzua later met Chilean
President Sebastian Pinera, who described ‘Los 33’ as an “inspiration.”
As the pair embraced,
Chile rejoiced at their against-all-odds escape.
Towns and cities across
the country held street parties, singing the national anthem and waving Chilean
flags.
While Chile erupted in
joy, the miners were whisked away to hospital to be visited by their families –
the loved ones they last saw over two months ago
Ahmadinejad extends
Lebanon visit
The first official state
visit by an Iranian president to Lebanon has been a triumphal parade for
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Thousands lined the route
from the airport to the Hezbollah stronghold of southern Beirut.
He pledged Iran would
support Lebanon against Israel at a Hezbollah-organised rally.
Ahmadinejad also signed a
400-million-euro loan deal to fund water and power projects.
On Thursday, he will visit
villages on the southern border, many of which have been rebuilt with Iranian
money after the 2006 war with Israel.
Hungarian toxic plant
to reopen
The alumina plant at the
heart of Hungary’s worst ecological disaster is to restart production tomorrow,
but it will remain under state control for two years.
The news came as photos
showed the faulty reservoir, which flooded and polluted the surrounding area,
was apparently leaking four months before one of its walls broke last week.
The images are part of a
growing body of evidence that inspectors, who gave the pit a clean bill of
health, may have missed warning signs.
Nine people died when a
torrent of toxic sludge engulfed the nearest town of Kolontar and inundated
other nearby villages.
Work is continuing on an
emergency dam to prevent potential further spills – that’s due to be completed
on Friday too.
And the clean up operation
goes on although environmental group Greenpeace says air pollutants raised by
the leak could pose further health risks.
Estonia's euro entry
This is the Estonian
crown. Take a close look… because very soon the Estonian national currency will
be shredded into confetti… by the start of next year, Estonia will become the
17th member of the euro zone. Preparations for the switchover are gaining pace.
From:
http://www.euronews.net/
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