Safety

20 dead after Indonesian military plane crashes in flames

An Indonesian air force transport plane crashed on June 30 shortly after take-off, exploding in a fireball in a city residential area and killing at least 20 people.

Buildings near the crash zone were severely damaged and cars were reduced to flaming wrecks when the Hercules C-130 came down in the city of Medan on the western island of Sumatra.    

4,000 police officers to be deployed at hospitals for security

A Turkish Health Ministry official said 4,000 police officers would be deployed at major hospitals for the security of doctors and medical staff after the recent murder in a hospital of a doctor in the Black Sea province of Samsun fueled debates about violence against health officials in Turkey.

Jennifer Lawrence and her sexy bodyguards (photos + video)

With all those Hunger Games moves you’d think Jennifer Lawrence would be able to protect herself, but can you blame her for hiring Greg Lenz as her personal bodyguard? If you must have someone to intrude into your life for the sake of your own protection 24×7, who better but a hot man with bulging biceps who is easy on the eye.

Smoldering fire at abandoned recycling plant ‘chokes’ west Athens

The greater Athens area, particularly the working-class western districts, have been choking on toxic fumes as a result of a still smoldering fire at an abandoned recycling plant in the Aspropyrgos district, west of Athens proper.

The distinct and unpleasant smell of burnt plastic was evident in much of western Athens on Tuesday.

Intralot official appointed international president of ISACA

Christos Dimitriadis, group director of Information Security for Athens-listed Intralot, was elected international president of ISACA, as the global association serving 140,000 information systems professionals in 180 countries announced its 2015-16 board of directors on Monday in Brussels.

[AFP]

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