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SARS-like virus kills two more in Saudi: ministry

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4Սաուդյան Արաբիայում SARS-ի նման վիրուսից մահացել են երկու մարդA new -like virus has killed two more people in Saudi Arabia, taking the number of deaths from the coronavirus that the kingdom has announced to seven in one week, the health ministry said.

“The health ministry has announced that three infections by the new coronavirus have been registered during the past days in Al-Ahsaa. Two of the victims have died while the third is in a stable condition,” state news agency SPA said late Sunday.

The outbreak has occurred in the oil-rich Red Sea region of Al-Ahsaa, which is near Bahrain and Qatar.

The latest deaths bring the number of people who have died after contracting the virus — first detected last year — to 18, of which 11 have been reported in Saudi Arabia. The SPA report on Sunday said the ministry “reassures everyone that the cases are still not widespread compared with other flu viruses,” adding there was “no reason to worry”.

Family in speedboat carnage: Bank Holiday crowds see father and daughter, 8, killed and four others injured as out-of-control craft hurls them into sea

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b3A father and daughter were killed and four other members of their family seriously injured when their speedboat ran out of control yesterday.

The group, including a four-year-old boy, were thrown from the boat when it flipped over.

Hundreds of holidaymakers who had been enjoying the Bank Holiday sunshine on the Camel Estuary near Padstow watched in horror as the boat raced round in circles, its propeller slashing the helpless victims and turning the water ‘red with blood’.

Last night Devon and Cornwall police confirmed that the two who died were a 51-year-old man and his daughter aged eight. Detective Sergeant James Colwell said: ‘The information is suggesting at the moment that they are not local to the area and are here on holiday, renting a holiday home. Unfortunately the family members that were taken to hospital do have life-changing injuries.’

The survivors were flown to Derriford hospital in Plymouth. They were a 39-year-old woman, a four-year-old boy and two girls aged 10 and 12.

Emergency services were scrambled after they received a large number of calls from members of the public who had been standing on the packed harbourside when they saw the 3.50pm yesterday afternoon.

Three RNLI lifeboats were sent to the scene as well as search and rescue helicopters from RNAS Culdrose and RMB Chievenor.

Holocaust hero Wallenberg first honorary Australian

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2Հոլոքոստի հերոս Վալենբերգին շնորհվում է Ավստրալիայի պատվավոր քաղաքÕAustralia officially made Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg its first honorary citizen on Monday in recognition of the thousands of Jews he saved from the Holocaust, many of whom came to live Down Under.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the citizenship was “an expression of deep gratitude for all that our nation gained when so many saved by Wallenberg came to these shores”.

“We are here today to celebrate something exceptional in the human spirit,” she told a ceremony in Canberra.

“As the last witnesses to the horrors of World War II leave us, it is vital, it is imperative to keep alive the memory and example of individuals like Raoul Wallenberg.”

Wallenberg, who was posted to Nazi-occupied Budapest in July 1944, is believed to have saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews in the final months of the Holocaust by providing them with protective passports.

Online masses flock to re:publica Internet conference

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1Բեռլինում կմեկնարկի համացանցի ակտիվիստների Republica համաժողովը Over the past few years, the re:publica conference developed into a meeting of bloggers, activists, researches and others interested in the potential of what the Internet has to offer.

Many attendees at re:publica, which runs this year from May 6-8, are not only connected by the Internet, but make their living and maintain friendships on it. For many bloggers and activists the Internet has become the chosen space to express their creativity and social engagement.

Founded by bloggers Markus Beckedahl and Johnny Haeusler, the conference kicked off in 2007 as a place for some 700 people to talk about politics, the media, culture and technology. Six years later, those issues still play a major part in the conference, as do privacy, copyright, censorship and a wide spectrum of other issues related to the Internet. The evolving focus has helped make the event an important spot for bloggers and online activists to discuss current events. Politicians and corporate brass have also taken an interest in the conference.

This year, some 5,000 visitors are expected to attend the 200 hours of re:publica events and listen to 350 speakers.