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Italy: Scientists ‘horrified’ by L’Aquila earthquake verdict
http://www.euronews.com/ The decision to hand six year jail sentences to six seismologists for underestimating the risk of an earthquake that struck Italy three years ago has been widely condemned.
Fellow scientists say they are horrified by the manslaughter verdict. Charlotte Krawczyk, President of the Seismology Division at the European Geosciences Union complained: “It’s not just seismology which has been put on trial but all science.”
Professor Mike Bickle of the Department of Earth Sciences at Cambridge University said: “People are stunned.” US scientists from the Union of Concerned Scientists also denounced the ruling as absurd and ridiculous.
There are fears now the ruling could create a ‘boy who cried wolf’ situation where scientists will raise the alarm at the slightest sign of trouble meaning people will no longer believe their warnings, which could be very dangerous.
*”Too harsh”*
Ordinary Italians were also troubled by the verdict, such as Gabriella Rava who lives in Rome and who said: “I think it’s a very bad verdict. I think it puts too much pressure on scientists if the message is that now they need to predict damage and death.
Livio Bonelli expected the scientists to be punished but not as severely as they have been: “I think the court was too harsh because the event was unpredictable. Yet, I must say that being experts they could have done more.”
The seismologists, who have also been ordered to pay nine million euros to survivors, were members of the Major Risks Committee which met in L’Aquila.
They convened six days before a 6.3 magnitude quake hit the region killing 309 people and leaving thousands homeless.
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Scary: Plane crashes into racetrack in Iceland and explodes
Courtesy 365 NEWS
Dramatic video has emerged showing the moment a plane
crashed into the
drag strip of a racing club in Iceland, killing two of its three
occupants.
The footage, which was filmed in August 2013 but broadcast for the first
time this week, captures the aircraft smashing into the tarmac at Akureyri
and bursting into flames.
Miraculously, one of the occupants of the plane – a Beechcraft King Air 200
air ambulance – survived, according to Visir.is/365 News.
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New Zealand: Outgoing PM John Key denies wife gave him ultimatum to resign
Quitting while he is ahead, popular Prime Minister John Key stunned New Zealand on Monday by unexpectedly announced he is stepping down.
While Key cited family reasons for his resignation, effective from next Monday, “he has denied media reports that his wife had given him an ultimatum”:http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/news/politics/john-key-steps-down-as-leader-of-national-party/ after more than eight years in power.
“Throughout these years, I have given everything I could to this job, the job tha…
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What really happened at last night’s EU Summit in Brussels – Watch Euronews’ special show
Former Commission President José Manuel Barroso chews over the details of the EU Summit during Friday’s edition of Europe Today, Euronews summit special.
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France signals it may break EU arms embargo on Syria with Britain
http://www.euronews.com/ France has joined Britain by indicating it may be ready to break ranks with the rest of the EU and question the utility of the arms embargo for the Free Syrian Army.
Up against a Syrian army with access to Russian and Chinese weaponry the Free Syrian Army rebels are struggling to gain ground. Now France has said it may be ready to go it alone.
“Lifting the arms embargo is one of the only ways left to politically influence the situation. Our position, which we share with the British, is to now ask Europe to lift the embargo so that the resistants can defend themselves,” said Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on French radio.
“And if the EU refuses, what will France do?” asked the interviewer;
“France is a sovereign nation, madam,” was his reply.
The one unknown is how many of the weapons that may eventually be supplied could fall into the hands of the Islamist groups fighting the Assad regime alongside the Free Army, an outcome that would be unwelcome in London and Paris.
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