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German blast revisits bombings nightmare …

  • January 5th, 2014
  • Posted by EU Australia

Euskirchen 2The Second World War came back to Germany, near the former federal capital of Bonn on Friday, when an unexploded bomb went off at a worksite. The driver of a digging machine was killed, thirteen people were injured, two critically, and buildings were extensively damaged for nearly half a kilometer all round.

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Michael Schumacher remains in coma

  • January 1st, 2014
  • Posted by EU Australia

Michael Schumacher RESIZEThe racing driver Michael Schumacher was reported in a stable condition, in hospital at Grenoble in France, following his ski-ing accident on Sunday. … Read More »

Concordia Wreck Set Upright

  • September 17th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

Concordia uprighttThe hulk of the great cruise liner Costa Concordia, wrecked off the Italian island of Giglio in January last year, has been set upright, in a feat of engineering. … Read More »

Bad Season for Accidents

  • July 29th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

Italy bus crash2The 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 »

French Rail Accident

  • July 18th, 2013
  • Posted by EU Australia

France rail-crash 12.7.13The 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 »

Rescue Drama In Southern Ocean Wastes …

  • January 22nd, 2013
  • Posted by EUEditor

alain-delord-rescue.jpgThe lone French yachtsman Alain Delord enjoyed a lamb shank and Australian claret on board the luxury cruise ship which plucked him out of the Southern Ocean early on Monday night, as it ferried him to a landing in Tasmania. … Read More »

One Europe: One Driver’s Licence!

  • January 21st, 2013
  • Posted by 7thmin

drivers-licences-eu.jpgCommon Euro drivers’ licences: One more benefit being put forward by the European Commission for the 500-million people of the EU to be under the one top level of government.

Saving the lives of young people on the roads is being given as a prime reason for brinigng in the new plastic permits. … Read More »

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