West Nile virus symptoms kill Americans

U.S. fight against West Nile virus
Thursday 23, August 2012, 17:51 Clock
In the United States have in the past few weeks more and more people infected with the West Nile virus. This summer already 41 people have died. The risk of infection is likely to continue.

The West Nile virus is transmitted by mosquitoes from birds to humans.

The United States currently have to contend with the heaviest outbreak of West Nile virus. Since the beginning of year 1118 cases of disease have been recorded, such as the U.S. Agency for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported. For 41 people, the infection was fatal.
Affected to recognize early symptoms and seek medical pass, often several weeks. For this reason, "the risk of an infection with the West Nile virus was likely to continue until the end of September," said the CDC representatives Lyle Petersen.
Ideal weather conditions
It is believed that the cause of the unusually strong outbreak were of mild winter and rainy spring this year. These are the ideal weather conditions for mosquitoes that transmit the virus from birds to humans and to animals.

Julian Assange asylum in embassy of Ecuador

Ecuador is fighting over Assange on Latin American solidarity

London - Ecuador has turned on in case of stubborn in its London embassy Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange, the Organization of American States (OAS). As the OAS announced on Friday, Quito requested for Thursday a meeting of foreign ministers. British policemen guarded the outputs of the embassy to immediately arrest Assange, he should leave the building in order to go to the asylum granted by Ecuador.
The Ecuadorian OAS Ambassador María Isabel Salvador said that at the request of the government of their country should the foreign ministers of the Organization on the "explicit threats" of the British government advised against Assange. Ecuador had Assange, on the 19th Fled June in the London embassy, ​​was to escape extradition to Sweden on Thursday granted diplomatic asylum. However, the UK will allow Assange to leave under any circumstances.

Lonmin strike platinum mine workers killed in South Africa

But faction fighting between mine workers armed with pangas and spears seems to be the main reason. Allegedly striking mine workers opened fire on police.

South Africa's police shooting at miners - Several dead
Marikana (Reuters) - During a strike at a platinum mine, the South African police opened fire on armed miners and killing several of them.

A Reuters cameraman saw at least seven bloodied corpses on Marikana mine about 100 kilometers north of Johannesburg. There had gathered about 3,000 armed with machetes and sticks miners, as officials built up barricades. The police had previously stated that the negotiations had failed in the ongoing strike for six days. In recent days, ten people including two policemen, were killed in fighting between rival groups of workers.

The unrest has forced the mine operators Lonmin to cease production in the country. This is equivalent to twelve percent of the world-platinum production. The London-listed company said it will miss its production targets for the full year. South Africa has about 80 percent of known reserves of the metal.

Striking lonmin mine workers shoot at in South Africa

South African police fire on striking miners
Several people injured and killed

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Johannesburg (DAPD). The South African police have fired on a group of striking workers at a platinum mine, injuring many people, perhaps even killed. The private television station e.tv on Thursday showed images of bloody, motionless bodies. Mokwena Barnard, vice president of mine operator Lonmin said simply: "It is to be a police operation."

Rower Nadja Drygalla mobbed out of German Olympic team

Right wing extremist contacts: German rower left

Nadja Drygalla rower.
The Germany-eighth in the women rocked a neo-Nazi suspected. Rower Nadja Drygalla the DRV's flagship is suspected of having contacts in the far-right scene. As was announced on Thursday, the 23-year-old from Rostock with a NPD officer is in a relationship. The German Olympic Sports Federation (DSB) responded to the allegations late Thursday evening. As Michael Vesper, Chef de Mission of the German Olympic team, said that had it - together with the tip of the Rowing Association - "to bring into being a burden on the Olympic team" with the athlete talked Drygalla was then out of the Olympic village moved out, as Vesper said in a statement. On Friday morning Drygalla traveled back to Germany.

Vespers: Without a doubt, distanced from the right wing extremist positions

DOSB spokesman Christian claw (left) and Michael Vesper, Chef de Mission of the German Olympic team
At a press conference at the German House on Friday made it clear Vespers that he has previously spoken about one and a half hours with the rower. The 23-year-old was so Vespers, "affirms credible that they are the values ​​of the Olympic Charter and in the Preamble to the Constitution declares DOSB principles laid down." It was a "non-problematic history." They have distanced themselves

Cick-Fil-A boss Truett Cathy on gay marriage

Chicken food chain "Chick-Fil-A" is grilled for rejection of gay marriage
The restaurant chain Chick-fil-A gets a strong headwind for their stance on gay marriage.
Washington. The U.S. food chain, "Chick-Fil-A" gets a strong headwind for their stance on gay marriage. The mayors of several major U.S. cities rail against the arch-conservative company. This in turn calls the Republican Mick Huckabee on the plan. Threatens a bizarre chicken war?

But let's have a brief look onto what they really said:
Concerning their support for the traditional family Samuel Truett Cathy said “Well, guilty as charged, We are very much supportive of the family – the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that.
We operate as a family business ... our restaurants are typically led by families – some are single. We want to do anything we possibly can to strengthen families. We are very much committed to that,...We intend to stay the course. We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.”

First Boston. Then Chicago. Now also in San Francisco. The mayors of major U.S. cities have to pick just a chicken fast food chain with the "Chick-Fil-A".

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U.S. President Obama says 'yes' to gay marriage
As the first president of the United States, Barack Obama has the approval of same-sex marriages pronounced. That's a bold move in an election year, because the issue divides the country. Among young American voters should the profession mainly to be adopted.

Because his boss Dan Cathy by President Obama recently publicly advocated gay and lesbian marriage pointedly refuses to Edward M. Lee (San Francisco) have Thomas Menino (Boston) and Rahm Emanuel (Chicago) agreed on an unprecedented action, the each business promoter could actually jump into the sword. You agree that with 1600 branches and four billion dollars in annual sales to the larger blackheads on American fast food chain owned table from Georgia virtually persona non grata.

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Tenor of scolding: If Cathy, who has ordered his staff "biblical values", but elsewhere fry, "but not with us." Consistent with that finding, the Jim Henson Company, creators of the Muppet Show, co-operation with the chicken company, which until recently as a bonus with his puppets to put the "chicken wings" terminated.