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Crime supposedly concealed in Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship

Mila — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 09:45:28 +0200

Since the murder of Dianne Brimble, there is a big society push to crack down and stop crimes on international cruise ships.
The most tough legislation concertning international cruise ships is the US one.
A group for lobbying for more such laws has been created, called "International Cruise Victims". Bree Smith, the vice-Presiden tof the group announces that countries, in which the group wants to have influence include Australia.

Underground tragedy in Spain

Mila — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:56:01 +0200

37 people are reported dead in a metro-crash in the Spanish city of Valencia.
Another 14 people are seriously injured including a pregnant woman. The accident happened on 03.07 at 1pm GMT.

The authorities consider 3 possible reasons for the tragedy.

One - a tunnel ceiling collapsed. Second - problems with the wheels, third - the train was speeding way over limit.

Eyewitness say nearly all of the victims were in the train. The first one to report for the accident was a terrified passenger who used his mobile.

More and more babies in Barcelona

Mila — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 08:27:13 +0200

The nurseries in Barcelona are running low
and families have no place to give their children at.
According to statistics, just a little over 50% of the demands can be met - that means from 6580 families who have children between 0 and 3, only 3459 are really able to find a nursery. The district with the greatst problems are Les Corts and Gracia. The region with the highest number of places is Eixample.