Daily Archives: April 25, 2014

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Σήμερα στα 70 του χρόνια ο Σίλβιο Μπερλουσκόνι δεν λέει να το βάλει κάτω και από ότι γράφεται στον ιταλικό τύπο περιμένει τον καρπό του έρωτά του με την κατά πολλά χρόνια νεότερή του Φραντσέσκα Πασκάλε. 

Το περιοδικό  «Oggi» συγκεκριμένα αποκάλυψε πως η νεαρή πήγε σε μαγαζί ενδυμάτων για νεογέννητα και μάλιστα φορούσε ένα λευκό φαρδύ μπλουζάκι και έκρυβε την κοιλιά της. Σύμφωνα δε με το περιοδικό, η ίδια ρώτησε και την υπάλληλο του καταστήματος αν φαίνεται πως είναι έγκυος.

Πηγή:govastileto.gr

Κλήσεις να απολογηθούν στις 5 Μαΐου για ένταξη και διεύθυνση εγκληματικής οργάνωσης, έλαβαν οι βουλευτές της Χρυσής Αυγής, Ελένη Ζαρούλια, Μιχάλης Αρβανίτης, Δημήτρης Κουκούτσης και Νίκος Κούζηλος από τις Εφέτες Ανακρίτριες Ιωάννα Κλάπα και Μαρία Δημητροπούλου, που χειρίζονται την υπόθεση.

Εκκρεμεί κλήση προς τον βουλευτή του κόμματος, Ηλία Κασιδιάρη, για τον οποίο, όπως και για τους παραπάνω, η Βουλή είχε αποφασίσει την άρση ασυλίας για την ίδια υπόθεση.

Πηγή:enikos.gr

Ένα παγόβουνο, μεγαλύτερο σε μέγεθος από το Σικάγο βρίσκεται υπό παρακολούθηση από τη Nasa, αφού αποκολλήθηκε από την Ανταρκτική. Το Β31 είναι ένα από τα μεγαλύτερα παγόβουνα στον κόσμο με έκταση 660 τετραγωνικά χιλιόμετρα.

Όπως αναφέρει το Sky News, η Nasa το παρακολουθεί από τη «γέννησή» του, όταν δηλαδή εμφανίστηκε μια ρωγμή στον παγετώνα Pine Island, το 2011, με τον φόβο ότι η δημιουργία ενός παγόβουνου θα ανέβαζε τη στάθμη του νερού.

Σύμφωνα με το ρεπορτάζ, το παγόβουνο δεν βρίσκεται στην πορεία των μεγάλων εμπορικών καραβιών, ωστόσο καθώς ο χειμώνας πέφτει στην περιοχή θα είναι πολύ δύσκολο στο εξής να καταγράφονται οι «κινήσεις» του.

«Το παγόβουνο έχει πλέον φύγει από τον κόλπο Pine Island και σύντομα θα βρεθεί στον ωκεανό» δήλωσε επιστήμονας από το πανεπιστήμιο του Sheffiel εκ μέρους της Nasa, προσθέτοντας ότι πραγματοποιούν έρευνες στα ρεύματα, για να βρουν την πορεία του και να εξηγήσουν τον τρόπο που επιταχύνει ή επιβραδύνει την κίνησή του.

Σύμφωνα με άλλον επιστήμονα για να λιώσει ένα τόσο μεγάλο παγόβουνο θα χρειαστεί πάνω από ένας χρόνος.

Πηγή: madata.gr

A drunk passenger caused the closure of Bali’s airport and sparked a full-scale security alert when he attempted to enter the cockpit of a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to Denpasar, prompting the pilot to report a hijacking attempt.

Virgin Australia airport manager at Ngurah Rai, Heru Sudjatmiko said a drunk passenger on board flight VA41 had tried to enter the cockpit of the plane but had been stopped by the crew.

The man was handcuffed and put into a rear seat of the Boeing 737-800, which landed safely.

Fairfax Media has learned the drunk or drug-affected man banged on the cockpit door, trying to gain access and alarming the pilots.

Ngurah Rai airport was closed temporarily after Indonesian authorities interpreted the incident on flight VA41 as a hijacking.

But Virgin quickly scotched that speculation.

“It was a hundred per cent not a hijacking,” a spokesman for the airline said.

Bali Air Force Commander Colonel Sugiharto, said the perpetrator was an Australian passenger named Matt Christopher, 28.

Police chief Suhardi Alius said the man was in custody and being interrogated.

Earlier, the Indonesian military confirmed it was responding to reports of a hijacking.

Mr Heru said this was “clearly a miscommunication”. The pilot himself had told air traffic control that the plane was hijacked, and sent a distress call.

“I don’t know why that happened,” Mr Heru said.

Perth man Chris Corless was at Denpasar’s airport when the incident occurred.

“My wife and I were waiting for our flight and just noticed planes weren’t departing,” Mr Corless said.

“Then the Virgin flight landed and was escorted immediately to the tarmac opposite the terminal.

“Security surrounded the plane and then there was some movement then security left and the plane taxied to a normal gate. All said and done in 30 minutes.

“Sounds like it wasn’t serious, security didn’t take long to clear the situation.”

source: smh.com.au

Σύμφωνα με τα μέσα ενημέρωσης της χώρας, εκδηλώθηκε αεροπειρατεία σε πτήση της Virgin προερχόμενη από το Μπρισμπέιν της Αυστραλίας.

Αρμόδιος των αρχών της Ινδονησίας, ανέφερε, σύμφωνα με τα μέσα της χώρας, ότι ο κυβερνήτης έστειλε σήμα κινδύνου όταν ένας επιβάτης προσπάθησε να εισέλθει στον θάλαμο διακυβέρνησης και να πάρει τον έλεγχο.

Επρόκειτο για μεθυσμένο επιβάτη, σύμφωνα με τον εκπρόσωπο της αεροπορικής εταιρείας, που επιχείρησε να μπει στο κόκπιτ στη διάρκεια της πτήσης και ο κυβερνήτης αντέδρασε αμέσως. Ο “επίδοξος αεροπειρατής” συνελήφθη μόλις το αεροπλάνο προσγειώθηκε στο διεθνές αεροδρόμιο του Μπαλί.

Όλοι οι επιβάτες είναι σώοι και αβλαβείς και αυτήν τη στιγμή αποβιβάζονται από την πτήση σύμφωνα με το Reuters.

Νωρίτερα, ο εκπρόσωπος της Πολεμικής Αεροπορίας της Ινδονησίας Hadi Tjahjanto δήλωσε στον τοπικό τηλεοπτικό σταθμό Metro TV: “Έχουμε πληροφορίες ότι σ’ ένα αεροπλάνο από το Μπρισμπέιν στο Μπαλί εκτυλίσσεται αεροπειρατεία”.

Ωστόσο, ο εκπρόσωπος της εταιρείας διαψεύδει κατηγορηματικά ότι εκτυλίχθηκε αεροπειρατεία.

Επιβάτες από άλλες πτήσεις που καθυστέρησαν να απογειωθούν από το Μπαλί λόγω του περιστατικού αναφέρουν ότι ενημερώθηκαν πως υπήρξε  αεροπειρατεία.

“Ο κυβερνήτης της πτήσης μου μας ανακοίνωσε ότι θα καθυστερήσει η απογείωση επ’ αόριστον γιατί εκτυλίσσεται αεροπειρατεία στο αεεροδρόμιο, μόλις 150 μέτρα μακριά μας. Είδα τουλάχιστον 5 οχήματα περιλαμβανομένου στρατιωτικών φορτηγών γεμάτων στρατιώτες με κατεύθυνση το αεροπλάνο. Τότε το αεροσκάφος της Virgin απομακρύνθηκε και η ιπτάμενη συνοδός μας είπε ότι το απομάκρυναν σε άλλη πλευρά του αεροδρομίου. Φαίνεται πως το αεροδρόμιο έχει αποκλειστεί, καθώς μας είπαν ότι δεν υπάρχει πλάνο αποχωρήσεων ή αφίξεων. Ο κυβερνήτης δεν επιτρέπει σε κανέναν μας να βγει από το αεροπλάνο”, δήλωσε επιβάτης.

ΠΗΓΗ: SKYNEWS, BBC

Australian Navy sailors patrolling the coast of Africa have seized more than 1 tonne of heroin on a suspicious sailing boat.

The Navy estimates the street value of the heroin at $290 million.

Crew from HMAS Darwin boarded the wooden boat east of Kenya and discovered 46 sacks of heroin hidden among bags of cement.

The Navy says the drugs from the dhow were taken aboard HMAS Darwin.

The ship’s commander Terry Morrison says the heroin seizure will put a dent in terrorist funding networks.

“These drugs have now been seized and are about to be destroyed,” he said.

“It’s well known that these drugs assist terrorist organisations through funding so that they can conduct violent acts.

“Today [HMAS] Darwin is proud to be able to remove these drugs from that funding stream.”

The Navy ship is currently deployed on Operation Slipper.

It is part of the Australian Defence Force’s contribution to the international campaign against terrorism, smuggling and piracy in the Middle East maritime security environment.

This area of operation encompasses an area of more than 2 million square miles including the Indian Ocean.

source: abc.net.au

A relative of Chinese passengers onboard the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 attends a meeting with Malaysia embassy and Malaysia Airlines representatives in Beijing this week. (Ng Han Guan/The Associated Press)

The seabed search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet is set to widen as a sonar scan of the most likely crash site deep beneath the Indian Ocean nears completion without yielding a single clue, authorities said on Friday.

The Australian search co-ordination centre said a robotic submarine had scanned 95 per cent of a 310-square-kilometre search area since last week but had found nothing of interest. The U.S. Navy’s Bluefin 21 is creating a three-dimensional sonar map of the ocean floor near where signals consistent with airplane black boxes were heard on April 8.

The search area is a circle with a 10-kilometre radius that is4.5 kilometres deep off the west Australian coast. The search of the target area is scheduled to be completed within days.

“If no contacts of interest are made, Bluefin 21 will continue to examine the areas adjacent to the 10-kilometre radius,” the centre said in a statement.

“We are currently consulting very closely with our international partners on the best way to continue the search into the future,” it added, referring to Malaysia, the United States and China.

Report to be released next week

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak told CNN on Thursday that his government will release a preliminary report on the plane’s disappearance next week.

The report has already been sent to the United Nation’s International Civil Aviation Organization, but has yet to be made available to the public, CNN reported.

Australian Defence Minister David Johnston said this week that an announcement was likely next week on the next phase of the search for the Boeing 777 which vanished with 239 passengers and crew on board on March 8 during a flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.

He said the next phase was likely to deploy more powerful side-scan sonar equipment that can delve deeper than the Bluefin 21.

On Friday, up to eight planes and 10 ships were to search for debris over a 49,000 square kilometre ocean expanse 1,600 kilometres northwest of the city of Perth where the search is headquartered, the centre said.

A senior U.S. defence official told Reuters that the search is likely to drag on for years.

source: cbc.ca

Sombre occasion … Australians and New Zealanders attend the Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

A SMALLER-than-expected crowd at Gallipoli for the Anzac Day dawn service has been reminded that reverential silence on the often eerily quiet Turkish peninsula is a tribute to the diggers who died in 1915.

Just 4400 mostly Australian and New Zealand pilgrims turned out this year ahead of the 2015 centenary commemorations which will see 10,500 people crammed on to North Beach.

Veterans’ Affairs Minister Michael Ronaldson said the soldiers who mistakenly landed at Anzac Cove 99 years ago were, by their own admission, ordinary men.

“They did not seek glory, nor did they want their actions to be glorified – for it was they who quickly came to know the true horror of war,” the minister said as the sun rose over the Gallipoli cliffs.

Sacrifice remembered …. Senator Michael Ronaldson addressing the crowd at the Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: Supplied

“That these ordinary men, however, did extraordinary things is beyond doubt.” Senator Ronaldson said the Anzacs left a vanquished fighting force but “were victorious in helping forge the identity of our two new nations”.

“As the dawn of this new day breaks over the peninsula our tribute to the spirit of Anzac is a reverential silence,” he said. Some 8700 Australians died during the eight-month campaign alongside 2700 New Zealanders.

It’s estimated up to 87,000 Turks lost their lives.

The modern Turkish nation, too, was built partly on the back of Mustafa Kemal Ataturk’s success as a commander at Gallipoli. He went on to become the republic’s first president in 1923.

Paying their respects … Australians Erinn Cooper, 22, and Laetitia Merlehan, 23, from the Gold Coast attend the Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

Young Australian Erinn Cooper camped out overnight to attend the dawn service.

The 22-year-old comes from a military family – her father did tours of duty in East Timor and Iraq while her grandfather fought in World War II.

Ms Cooper, from the Gold Coast, told AAP she was representing them both at Gallipoli.

“It’s really mind-blowing to be here,” she said.

“Anzac Day is our biggest day of the year. It’s a really big thing in our family,” Ms Cooper considered applying for the centenary in 2015 but decided the ballot was too risky.

“Coming this year was something we could actually make happen.”

Pilgrims … Australians at the Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: Supplied

Organisers saw this year’s service as a dress rehearsal for 2015.

But while the crowd will be much bigger next year, it will also be more manageable.

Authorities know exactly who’s coming because the event is ticketed.

Further, the pilgrims will be older on average because 1600 passes were set aside for direct descendants and veterans.

In 2015, only 25 per cent of visitors will be under 35, whereas usually 60 per cent are in that age group.

Australian authorities think it’s likely Prince Charles will attend the centenary service in Gallipoli although his spokeswoman has told AAP it is “too early to say”.

Prince William this week revealed he was looking forward to “taking part in next year’s Gallipoli centenary” along with wife Kate and brother Prince Harry.

That led to speculation they’d be at North Beach but a palace spokesman has clarified they could attend any number of Anzac ceremonies anywhere in the world.

Pre dawn … Australians and New Zealanders sleep ahead of the Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: News Corp Australia

The Chief of the Defence Force, General David Hurley, joined thousands of Australians who made the pilgrimage to Turkey.

General Hurley recited the Ode of Remembrance on behalf of all Australians during this morning’s Dawn Service at Anzac Cove.

“It was a rare privilege to read the Ode at a time when so many Australians are rediscovering the significance of the Gallipoli landing in our nation’s history,” General Hurley said.

“I have a great a sense of reverence for the fallen who fought in the Gallipoli campaign.”

General Hurley will also deliver an address during the service at Lone Pine later this afternoon.

“As a former Commander of 1st Brigade myself, I feel a deep affinity with Colonel Nevill Smyth, VC and his men who led the first assault on the trenches at Lone Pine,” General Hurley said.

“On the eve of the Anzac Centenary, it is important to honour the original Anzacs’ sacrifice and to remember all Australian servicemen and women who have fallen over the past 100 years.”

Military presence … Officers stand at attention at the Anzac Day dawn service at Anzac Cove in Gallipoli. Picture: Ella Pellegrini Source: Supplied

Approximately 3,200 Australian Defence Force personnel who are currently deployed on operations at home and abroad will also commemorate Anzac Day.

“Our serving personnel are the custodians of the Anzac spirit. They carry the spirit and continue to uphold the values of courage, mateship, endurance and sacrifice.”

Earlier this week, General Hurley presented a scale model of the Royal Australian Navy’s AE2 submarine to the Naval Museum at Besiktas.

When the AE2 attempted to enter the Sea of Marmara on 25 April 1915, the minefields protecting the narrow strait along the Dardanelles had already claimed three Allied battleships and two submarines.

“The AE2 crew was captured and the boat scuttled, but the story of how we discovered the wreck more than 80 years after World War I speaks to the friendship Australia has now forged with the people of Turkey,” General Hurley said.

This year for the first time, Aussies travelling to Gallipoli for Anzac Day have been able to take shelter on the foreshore of Anzac Cove like their forefathers 99 years before.

In previous years, the busloads of Australian and New Zealand visitors that arrive on the peninsula for Anzac Day services have been forced to sit for hours in the belting sun ahead of being allowed into the site.

ROYAL OCCASION: Prince William and Kate make surprise appearance at Anzac Day Dawn Service in Canberra

But in a trial for the 100-year commemorations next year, Turkish and Australian authorities allowed 1500 visitors to prop at a staging post along a tree-fringed beach section before their final hike or shuttle bus move to the base of the cliffs for the Dawn Service.

Taking it easy … For the first time since Anzac celebrations started in Gallipoli a staging post with big red cushions on the beach has been organised for the backpackers in Mimoza junction in the Gallipoli peninsula. Pic: Ella Pellegrini Source: Supplied

Ironically, it was a little further along the same strip of foreshore that 99 years ago Diggers propped for a rest before launching further doomed assaults on the Turks.

“It’s absolutely awesome,” tour company Top Deck’s Shae Harrington from Adelaide said yesterday as her 431 pilgrims rested or played impromptu games of footy in the area.

“In the past we have sat in the sun from 3pm and we tell everyone to bring water, sunscreen etc but this is great and everyone is really happy.”

Phillip van Bentum from tour operator Fanatics also said it was a very welcome change.

“It really takes the edge off to be able to sit here and relax for the night ahead rather than being sat in the sun to wait,” he said.

One issue that did arise was a critical lack of toilets with long queues forming for the few port-a-loos that had been erected.

“We have had that feedback and that will change for next year,” a Department of Veterans Affairs official said.

source: heraldsun.com.au

A brilliantly-worked Lima goal gave last year’s runners-up Benfica a 2-1 win at home to Juventus in the first leg of their Europa League semi-final.

Ezequiel Garay headed the recently-crowned Portuguese champions in front early on and were resolute in defence for 73 minutes until Carlos Tevez waltzed through the defence to score a fine equaliser.

The Argentinian ended a European goal-drought stretching back to April 2009 to give the visitors a priceless away goal, but the smiles were wiped off Juventus faces with a flash of Lima’s right boot late on.

The forward arrived late in the penalty area to drill the ball into the top corner and put the hosts ahead in the tie . Benfica still needed a brilliant save by goalkeeper Artur from Claudio Marchisio to take a slender but valuable lead to Turin for next Thursday’s second leg.

Stéphane Mbia and Carlos Bacca were on target for Sevilla as they took a big step towards reaching the Europa League final with a 2-0 victory over Valencia.

After a frantic start to the game Mbia backheeled Ivan Rakitic’s free-kick over the Valencia goalkeeper, Vicente Guaita, to put the Andalusian side in front on the half-hour mark.

Bacca added another four minutes later when he used his pace to get clear before finishing clinically.

Valencia came close to reducing the arrears when an Edu Vargas shot curled just wide of the post midway through the second half and then in the final moments he also the same player the crossbar, but they now have it all to do in the second leg at the Mestalla.

Sevilla’s victory continued a run of good form which has seen them win nine of their last 10 La Liga games.

source:the guardian.com

Τυχερός ήταν ένας ψαράς από τη Φλόριντα των ΗΠΑ, ο οποίος έπιασε ένα καρχαρία μήκους 11 ποδιών και βάρους 365 κιλών.

Όπως αναφέρει η dailymail, είναι πολύ πιθανό ο συγκεκριμένος ψαράς να σπάσει το παγκόσμιο ρεκόρ ψαρέματος καρχαρία.

Το «τέρας» δεν παραδόθηκε εύκολα όπως θα διαπιστώσετε στο βίντεο που ακολουθεί.

Πηγή: zougla.gr