Bad Season for Accidents
- July 29th, 2013
- Posted by EU Australia
The death toll rose to 39 in 24-hours, from Sunday’s bus crash in Southern Italy; hard after rail disasters in Spain, and earlier, in France. … Read More »
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The death toll rose to 39 in 24-hours, from Sunday’s bus crash in Southern Italy; hard after rail disasters in Spain, and earlier, in France. … Read More »
England and Australia faced heatwave conditions at Lords, in London for the second Ashes Cricket Test this Thursday 18.7.13.
England had announced the same team to play that defeated Australia by 14 runs on Sunday, 14.7.13, at Trent Bridge in Nottingham. … Read More »
The French government committed to an immediate inspection and refurbishment program for rail-line installations after the crash of a train on Friday, with six people confirmed dead. … Read More »
Ashton Agar, aged 19, playing at number 11, pulled his side up from 85 down, to a lead of 14 at lunch, in the first Ashes Test at Trent Bridge.
In his debut match, partnered with veteran Phil Hughes playing through from no. 6, he rolled up 69 runs from 68 balls, taking in nine fours and two sixes.
Later he batted on fiercely, eventually caught out just short of a first century, on 98 – off 101 balls. Australia were on 280, a first-innings lead of 65. … Read More »
Andy Murray’s (picture) straight sets victory in the men’s final at Wimbledon ended a 77 year drought for British tennis players, and set the seal on a glorious weekend for his country in sport. … Read More »
Edward Snowden this week remained in limbo, looking for political asylum, more than one month after his leaking information of US intelligence operations against European allies. … Read More »
A summit on jobs for young people at Berlin this week (3.7.13) agreed to expand and speed up spending on special assistance, boosting it 25% to €8-billion (A$11.3-billion; xe.com, 6.7.13).. … Read More »