Topic: WORLD NEWS

[Remy]

Tsutomu Yamaguchi (16 March 1916 - 4 January 2010), was a Japanese citizen who survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings during the Second World War. Although more than one hundred people are known to have been present in both cities when they were bombed, he is the only man to have been officially recognised by the government of Japan as surviving both explosions.

An employee of Mitsubishi, Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on business when the city was bombed on 6 August 1945. The following day he returned to Nagasaki and, despite his wounds, returned to work on 9 August, the day of the second atomic bombing. In 1957 he was recognised as a hibakusha (explosion-affected person) of the Nagasaki bombing, but it was not until 24 March 2009 that the government of Japan officially recognised his presence in Hiroshima three days earlier. He died of stomach cancer less than a year later in January 2010.

Source: Wikipedia

[Niko]

May he rest in peace, he deserves it.

I wonder if his stomache cancer was partly due those bombings.

[Remy]

May he rest in peace, he deserves it.

I wonder if his stomache cancer was partly due those bombings.

I also ask myself this question.

The man was old for someone who survived the bombings.

[Martial]

I'm too happy to keep it to myself : today, in Austria, the final of EUropean Handball championship was held and France beat Croatia !
Our handball team is the first team ever to win the Olympics Game (Beijing 2008), the World Championship (Croatia 2009) and European Championship (Austria 2010) !

http://www.ehf-euro.com/Singe-News.511.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=3243&cHash=8fa9cb9d0b

[Relyana]

Congratulations France then! 

[Niko]

Oh that's great news, Morgan!  Congratulations France, well done! 

[Martial]

yay (i love handball!)

[Niko]

ROYAL WEDDING IN SWEDEN ! 

Her Royal Majesty Crown Princess Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée Bernadotte of Sweden and mr. Olof Daniel Westling have been wedded to the holy matrimony today. I have been watching their wedding festivities all day long. Mr. Daniel Westling is by his profession a personal traineer and gymn owner and he ran a company called Balance Training with three gyms in central Stockholm. He is now called for the Prince Daniel of Sweden and his honorial title is Duke of Västergötland. He has suffered about hypofunction of kidneys and he got a new kidney last year. So according to him, he is feeling now better than ever. HRH Victoria is 32 and HRH Daniel is 36,

Victoria's diadem belongs to Bernadette family and it is originally from France. The House of Bernadette  has been reigning Sweden since 1809. Between 1818 and 1905 it was also the Royal House of Norway.

Long live Victoria and Daniel! 

And here is a little bit better picture about Victoria and Daniel

[Niko]

FINLAND GOT A NEW PRIME MINISTER

On Tuesday Finland got a new prime minister. She is Mari Kiviniemi, 43. Prior to her appointment as Prime Minister, Kiviniemi was Minister of Public Administration and Local Government in the Council of State of Finland from 2007 to 2010. Previously she was the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development from 2005 to 2006. Her political party is the Centre Party. In June 2010, she was elected chair of the Centre Party.

Kiviniemi is also a member of the Helsinki city council, in addition to her work in national politics. She has been on the city council since 2005.

[ijm123]

LONGEST TENNIS MATCH IN HISTORY FINALLY FINISHES



WIMBLEDON

The first round match started on Tuesday between 23rd seed John Isner and unseeded Frenchman Nicholas Mahut finally finished on Thursday after an incredible 11 hours and 5 minutes of play.  Isner finally triumphed 70-68 in the final set .The final set alone lasted longer than any other entire MATCH in tennis history.  Isner is due back on court for his 2nd round match tomorrow....poor guy.

[Niko]

Oh what a really long match!  I have never before heard about anything like that! How many breaks did they have during that match? I think that nobody can play tennis such a long time without any breaks.

[ijm123]

Oh what a really long match!  I have never before heard about anything like that! How many breaks did they have during that match? I think that nobody can play tennis such a long time without any breaks.

They played for nearly 3 hours on Tuesday evening when bad light stopped play at 2 sets all before the 5th set started.  They resumed at 2.04pm on Wednesday afternoon....and came off court just after 9pm with the score tied at 59-59.  They then resumed this afternoon and played for another hour or so.  There may have been a couple of toilet breaks in there.  At the end of Wednesday's play John Isner (the taller one with the cap in the pic I posted before) could barely stand up he was that exhausted.

[bURN]

Earthquake Hits Quebec-Ontario in Canada

OTTAWA — The largest earthquake to hit the area in 20 years sent workers scurrying from buildings across eastern and southern Ontario and western Quebec Wednesday afternoon. The the U.S. Geological Survey reported that the quake occured at 1:42 Wednesday afternoon.

The quake was also felt in Montreal and Toronto.

The mayor of Gracefield, Que., Real Rochon, told LCN he was putting emergency measures in place, after evacuating certain buildings and cutting power to some areas.

He told the French-language network he feared the church steeple could come down "at any time" after the church's ceiling and chimney collapsed.

A roof also collapsed in a local hotel and community centre, he added, forcing people to leave their apartments. Engineers were being called in to evaluate possible structural problems.

TV footage out of Buckingham, Que., showed some homes suffering minor damage, such as fallen bricks.

Via Rail Canada halted all passenger-train service between Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto for an undetermined length of time “because of the earthquake,” public-relations official Elizabeth Huart said, but service has since resumed.

There have been no reports of injuries due to the quake.

Windows were reported broken in Ottawa's Rideau Centre and the Parliamentary precinct was evacuated as was the city's office, where it was reported that the nine-storey building could be felt to be swaying.

On Parliament Hill, the historic buildings were evacuated, but there was little evidence of damage. Staff were told to go home.

The two most damaging earthquakes occurred in 1935 (magnitude 6.1) at the northwestern end of the seismic zone, and in 1732 (magnitude 6.2) 450 km away at the southeastern end of the zone where it caused significant damage in Montreal. Earthquakes cause damage in the zone about once every decade. Smaller earthquakes are felt three or four times a year, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Earthquake+hits+Quebec+Ontario+region/3191663/story.html#ixzz0roRulNxB

[Niko]

IT IS MIDSUMMER, MY FRIENDS! 

Finland and other Nordic Countries, including Estonia, is celebrating today and tomorrow the midsummer feast. It is also the highpoint of summer.  Here in Finland banks, shops and post offices are closed today and tomorrow as well as museums etc. There is no public transport in cities and only a couple of trains and long-distance coaches are at work. We can really say that the whole Finland is closed.

Most of the people are spending their midsummer holidays in the countryside so even in bigger cities like Tampere are very silent - nearly desolate. The most popular traditions during the midsummer are having fun together, setting huge campfires on fire, eating barbecued sausages (actually if only possible, people shallow-fry them in campfire) or broiled steak, drinking too much and just enjoying about the nature. Also, very many children will born in about 9 months from today.   I think most of the people have forgotten that this is originally the birthday of St. John the Baptist.

The Finnish flags will be in pole from today 18:00 till tomorrow 21:00 - it is the only time during the year, when the flags will be streaming throughout the night.

Happy Midsummer Everyone! 

[Gerly]

We really celebrated it 2 days back. Then everyone had 2 days free from work. But the shops were still open, especially food shops

[ijm123]

More news concerning that marathon match at Wimbledon.

3 hours after the match finished Nicholas Mahut was back on the same court in the Men's Doubles tournament.  Mahut had to make it through qualifying to reach the singles draw at Wimbledon.  During the qualifying he was involved in a marathon (at least at the time) game which he won 24-22 against Alex Bogdanovich (UK).

The winner of the marathon match, 23rd Seed John Isner had nothing left in the tank when he came out for his 2nd round match against Dutchman Thiemo de Bakker losing 6-0, 6-3, 6-2 - ironically the shortest mens match in this years Wimbledon so far.

Finally the statistics of the marathon match

Games played - 183
Time played - 11hours 5 minutes
Aces - Isner - 112, Mahut - 103

However the most astounding fact was that after Nicholas Mahut broke Isner's serve in the 2nd game of the 2nd set the next break of serve came 168 games later when Isner finally broke to win that final set

[Niko]

NEARLY 300 PEOPLE DROWN IN RUSSIA DURING ONE WEEK!

Due to the horrendous heat wave in Central Russia during the last week of June, 258 Russians drowned. They were swimming in places where there was no kind of rescue equipments. Another reason for drowning has been alcohol.

Very often Russians also cool off at the lakes and rivers which are signed dangerous. Last year about 3000 swimmers drowned in Russia. 

[Niko]

CASTER SEMENYA MAY CONTINUE AS A WOMAN

Caster Semenya, the South African world 800 metres champion, is set to be cleared to run against women, ending her 11-month exile from competitive racing since she was ordered to undergo a gender verification test, according to a  report in the Telegraph.

Semenya has not competed since winning the global title in Berlin last August, shortly after it was leaked that the International Association of Athletics Federations had ordered gender tests on the South African record holder.

The International Association of Athletics Federations and the authorities in South Africa are expected to announce within a few days that the athlete is free to return to the track, ending one of the biggest controversies ever to engulf the sport.

Semenya, 19, who has not raced since her runaway victory at the World Championships in Berlin last August, could be competing again as early as the World Junior Championships in Moncton, Canada, from July 19-25.



text: www.sport24.co.za
picture: www.mtv3.fi

[Remy]

NEARLY 300 PEOPLE DROWN IN RUSSIA DURING ONE WEEK!

Due to the horrendous heat wave in Central Russia during the last week of June, 258 Russians drowned. They were swimming in places where there was no kind of rescue equipments. Another reason for drowning has been alcohol.

Very often Russians also cool off at the lakes and rivers which are signed dangerous. Last year about 3000 swimmers drowned in Russia. 

 

R.I.P.

It's really dangerous to swim after drinking alcohol.

[Relyana]

Romania in shock!

Romanian singer Mădălina Manole , one of Romania's best loved artists committed suicide last night, on her 43rd birthday. Police spokeperson said that Mădălina left a farewell message to her husband and her 1-year old son. The weirdest thing of all is that she gave her last interview yesterday saying that she was a happy woman, mother and singer.

Mădălina made her debut as a singer at the age of 15 and became famous with the song "Fată dragă nu fi tristă" (Don't Be Sad Dear Girl). She is best known in Romania as the "girl with the flame-colored hair."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ktsuf1-uJMs

Although she was an excellent folk artist, she amazed everyone with her rock songs.

Mădălina Manole-A Fost Iubire  (It was love)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR56ExtCQ1E

R.I.P. Mădălina! 

[Remy]

That's horrible!    R.I.P.

[Gerly]

Whyyyyy it had to happen  R.I.P

[Gerly]

It was huge storm today in Tartu. It did start in 19.45 in local time (18.45 CET)
It did go suddenly very dark and then came huge wind. Tree, in front of my home should almost break. I thought it gonna break to our window, but good it didn't. Then it was raining very much and one car did start to alarm because of that. Before was here in Tartu +32 grades, but now after a thunderstorm its only +18. It was still to hear a little thunder voice in 20.00 (19.00 CET)
By other comments I can see that, also this big wind did much damage.
In some places don't have anymore electricity. And in many places did can people enjoy "fire show" - electric lines did go to opposite of each other.
In one place have tree came out of land with roots and is now on electric lines.
There is now much work to clear all these trees and else stuffs away from roads and else places.
I did even heard ambulance siren here after that storm. I hope that everything is ok.

[Niko]

MS ALLURE OF THE SEAS IS ON HER WAY TO FLORIDA

MS Allure of the Seas is the biggest cruise ship in the whole world. She was ordered in February of 2006 and construction officially began at STX Europe in Turku, Finland, in February of 2008.  She was named in May of 2008 after a contest was held to name her and her sister, MS Oasis of the Seas.  Allure of the Seas is 361 meters long, 72 meters high, 66 meters broad, has a tonnage of 225,000 tons,  2704 cabins and  carries around 6320 passangers. Her maiden voyage will be in late 2010. In MS Allure there is a theatre for 1 500 spectators, Aquatheater, a 3D cinema theatre, concert hall, several discos, Brazilian steak restaurant, Starbucks, hot dog open air restaurant, Izumi Japanese Cuisine, Windjammer market place, several other restaurants and cafes etc etc etc....

MS Allure of the Seas left  Turku shipyard on friday  heading directly to Port Everglades, Florida, USA. It will start cruising on the Caribbean Sea in December this year.

Here are 2 videos on The Allure on the Seas:

1) News From the Shipyard: Construction of Allure of the Seas on Track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z67yaLcyMqA&NR=1

2) Allure of the Seas - December 2010 - advertisement on everything what you can do on the cruise ship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-puTmn_C-3Q&feature=related

Let's go there alltogether for the official escvibes meating!

[Martial]

finnish constructors? or are they owned by a finnish compagny too? apparently just some american cruise compagny