The first documentary film on the stricken ship's Italian

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Make their story of the sinking of the Italian ship Costa Concordia on its way to televisionnext week in the first documentary film on the U.S. Titanic disaster of modern times.

The channel National Geographic television on Wednesday that her own which has a one-hour (catastrophe ship Italian .. stories did not rub) "Italian Cruise Ship Disaster: The Untold Stories" weaves tales of the passengers, crew and rescuers as well as home videoand collage images to the computer of the ship when hit a rock and ran aground off the coast of Italy on 13 January.

Were killed in the incident at least 17 people 15 people still missing. The ship was carrying 4200 of the passengers and crew when it capsized after sailing near the island off the coast of the Tuscan Gejlao.

The National Geographic documentary that will address the possibility of preventing the occurrence of the incident and why did not the passengers are warned early andsimilarities with the sinking of the Titanic in the cold waters of the Atlantic 100 years ago.

And still ship Costa Concordia half submerged in the vicinity of Beach Gejlao pending a decision by the owners on how and when to move. And subject to the ship's captainFrancesco Chetino house arrest and faces charges of manslaughter and abandoningship.



Source: Reuters

NASA looking to hire new vessels leading to the transfer of the International Space Station

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Said program managers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),the administration was looking for at least two U.S. companies to design and manufacture of space vehicles can be rented to transport astronauts from the International Space Station and to it.

Said Ed Mango program director for NASA commercial crew briefing in Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday that NASA plans to invest between 300 000 500 million in each company is chosen as part of partnership agreements period of 21 months.

The new program aims to take advantage of previous investments made ​​by private companies that NASA in the design of commercial spaceships.

With the space shuttle fleet to refer the U.S. to retire last year, Russia's monopoly on the transfer of personnel to the International Space Station, which is a laboratory at a cost of $ 100 billion for medical research, scientific and other. And NASA paid Russia about $ 60 million per person per flight to the station.

He said that the Mango spacecraft pilot must be able to transfer at least four people.

Source: Reuters

Weather ice may continue in Europe until the end of February

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Forecasters said the worst prominent cold spell on the continent Europe during the month of February since the contracts may continue until the end of the month, which increases the risk of further fall of the dead and the continued rise in gas prices in Europe.
Leon said Brown, an expert in meteorology and a laser Channel is a British television channel specializing in the weather, told Reuters: "We have the largest occurrence of certain change by mid-February, but not in the direction of a more moderate weather." And went on to say "February will probably cold months to the end."
And led a wave of cold and heavy snow has killed hundreds in parts of Europe. Hot temperatures to about forty degrees below zero in some countries of Eastern Europe.
The Bulgarian Defense Ministry said more than 130 villages in the country remained without electricity on Wednesday and the army has distributed food and medicine.
Bulgaria declared mourning for one day to eight people have died after being led to the collapse of the ice melting a section of a dam to flood the entire village. Two people were still missing.
Kristalina Georgieva said Commissioner for the face of crises, the EU said the floods the worst is yet to come.
Declared the authorities in Bosnia on Wednesday the death of five others because of the cold and snow, bringing the total of killed to 13.
In Serbia, where he died 13 people, and besieged the ice 70 thousand people urged the authorities to remove ice from the surfaces after killing a woman snowfall in Bulgaria.
An official Serbia that the energy in the production of ice disrupts Alcirbee in some hydroelectric stations and the trains that carry coal face difficulties in proceeding with a time of growing demand for electricity.The Croatian radio said that the strong winds dropped fish from the Adriatic Sea to the island of Pag. Zdar Radio said, "people take shopping bags and collect fish from the beach instead of caught or bought from the market."
And the state of cold Arctic air that come from the north of Russia to envelop the area of ​​high atmospheric pressure without a transmission warmer weather across the Atlantic to Europe loves to temperature in a vast region of the continent to the steps of less than zero in most of the past ten days.
Officials have not ruled out by the World Meteorological were speaking from Geneva this week, the likelihood of continuing cold temperatures during the remainder of February.
Omar said the role of coordinator of the monitoring program of climate data in the organization because there is a possibility that the system air pressure begins to rise next week, but said it may remain until the end of the month.
The role that the difference in air pressure between Europe and the North Pole of the reasons for the wave of ice and the weather was expected to take to return to balance two to three weeks which means that there may not be the warmth of an early date.
Said George Mueller, an expert in meteorology company Point Carbon Jabbar Thomson Reuters is the worst period of cold in February in 26 years.
The cold wave has led to the British high gas prices to their highest level since 2006, up more than 15 per cent.
And reduced Russia's gas exports to Europe last week, while the demand to its highest level ever, prompting countries such as Italy to increase its imports from Algeria, and resorting to gas reserves have.
The cold wave continued push for a long time and the increasing domestic demand Russia to reduce its exports to Europe again.
Source: Reuters

To find the mosquitoes increases the risk of West Nile virus infection in Britain

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Scientists have found a kind of mosquitoes able to transmit a disease called West Nile virus to humans breed in Britain for the first time since 1945.
The scientists who have studied the marshes in the south of Britain that they were able to record large numbers of mosquito known as the "Kyulx Moodstos" in several locations in Kent and Essex during the years 2010 and 2011.
And West Nile virus infects birds in the first place but when it is transmitted from birds to humans through mosquito bites can sometimes cause severe illness and sometimes kills.
Nick said Golding, who conducted research at the University of Oxford in Britain and the Ecology Center and hydrology "is not clear since when was this type of mosquitoes of the United Kingdom."
He said in a telephone interview "is not worrying greatly at the moment, but something must be observed." He stressed that in spite of the mosquitoes found in Britain, it is not detected the virus, which endured until now.
Were collected a handful of mosquitoes Kyulx Moodstos on the south coast of Britain, recorded by more than 60 years ago but did not appear after that.
He said Golding, published its findings in the Journal of parasites and insect vectors of disease (journal Parasites and Vectors) that this type does not appear again in Britain until now.
He noted that the type of mosquito has reached new recently, perhaps through international shipping.
Experts believe that the disease control mosquitoes Kyulx Moodstos may be behind the outbreak of epidemics of West Nile virus intermittently in recent times in southern Europe.
The virus that lives in nature in the life cycle during which the transition between birds and mosquitoes are usually found in Africa and the Middle East and North America and West Asia and may cause neurological disease and death in some people.
Kate Kiland

Source:Reuters

Corrector - Maldives police dispersed protesters following the resignation of President at gunpoint

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Said Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed on Wednesday after being overthrown he was forced to leave the government at gunpoint which led to clashes between police and angry protesters.
This was due to pay tribute to the credit for the introduction of democracy to the country.
The police tried to disperse protesters with tear gas and batons while the Maldivian Democratic Party said that it belongs to pay tribute to the former president is also the exposure of "strike" at the hands of the police.
And chose the Maldives on Tuesday, Vice President Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik president and immediately denied any involvement in the coup to applaud after weeks of protests by the opposition and rebellion from the police.
The Song told reporters after a meeting of his party, a day after his resignation, "Yes .. forced to resign under threat of arms ... there were guns around me and told me they will not hesitate to use if you have not got into."
He did not elaborate regarding who was being threatened with weapons, but one of his aides told Reuters the army had forced him to resign.
"The appeal to the President of the country's highest court in the investigation to find out who was behind the coup. We will do our best to restore the legitimate government."
He urged commend the first since his resignation on television Oglana single to step down and said that he and his supporters Sintalegon to the streets "if the police used force."
And hundreds of his supporters protested in the evening, prompting police to fire tear gas and batons to attack protesters in Republic Square, near the headquarters of the police and the army.
The Maldivian Democratic Party said that the former President was beaten and appealed to the international community to provide assistance.
The party said in a statement "strongly condemn the violent attack of the Maldives Police Service to applaud the President and senior officials of the Maldivian Democratic Party ... President commend beaten so far in the ongoing peaceful protest."
The single had said earlier that he will hold talks with all parties in the Maldives and is expected to be the nominations for the government ready within days.
He asked only saying, "Do I look as a person presents to a military coup? ... There were not a plan. I was not prepared at all."
He said one of the closest aides applaud in the first testimony to the military stepped down after protests from the opposition and rebellion from the police forcibly dragged to the President to resign his office.
Said Paul Roberts, media adviser to pay tribute to "opened the gates of the president's office and violently entered those cars that do not carry signs and have not seen that before and got out to pay tribute to and around 50 soldiers and a large military figures have not seen never before."
Roberts said of an undisclosed location to pay tribute was taken into his office and met with members of the Council of Ministers and then came out to announce his resignation on television.
He Roberts, a Briton and a 32-year-old says, "the army forced him to resign ... he could shoot, but he did not want to stain his hands with blood. Security forces moved against him."

Source: Reuters

Morocco unveils Miss 2012

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Finally, for the first time, reveal Morocco in an official capacity for the Miss Morocco in 2012, and won by Sarh is supported with a 19-year-old, superior to 18 competition have reached the final stage of the competition, will represent her country at Miss Universe2012, which will be held later this year .
The Foundation Night Star Maroc, the organization of the competition, we have worked on the project two years ago, our goal today is to highlight the modern image of Moroccan women and their representation on the best in international forums. Nominations have been registered for more than two million Moroccan girl, 18 were selected candidate.
The conditions of the competition to be candidate Moroccan nationality, aged between 18and 15 years, and have mastered at least three languages​​, and be recorded free of anycrimes, and not less than 1.68 meters in length. The 12 referees chosen candidate, thenthe public voted to select 5 contestants, and they are Miss Morocco and 4 bridesmaids.
Sarh and chosen by the public during a ceremony in the new, is the daughter ofCasablanca, and a student in the second year the National School of Business and Management, speaks French and English fluently, as well as other languages.
 
Source: Journal of the