Ten people died in the sinking vessel, with immigrants from Haiti to the United States, Reuters reported. 17 people were saved. Most of them are in critical condition due to hypothermia. Ship with about 28 people on board sank near Boytan Beach, Fla., said Coast Guard spokesman.
Boat, which traveled 30 illegal immigrants from Haiti and the Bahamas to the U.S. capsized and sank off the coast of Florida, AP reported. Killed nine people. 16 people were saved, but the remaining five are still missing.
Retired virologist at the Australian National University Adrian Gibbs said that the virus A (H1N1), better known as "swine flu" may have been created inadvertently by scientists.
Bulgarian plane that would fly from the airport "Ben Gurion" in Tel Aviv was forced to land back because crack a window. On board there were 146 passengers. The plane of "Bulgaria Air" is performed charter flights Burgas - Tel Aviv - Burgas.
The number of deaths of people infected by swine flu in Mexico reached 64 people. This was announced by Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova country, quoted by RIA Novosti. On Wednesday, the Ministry of Health of Mexico reported 60 deaths and 2386 infected. "According to latest figures, Mexico has been officially confirmed for 2656 infected with the virus A/H1N1 /, and 64 deaths," Cordova said.
The plane of the Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski made an emergency landing at Brussels airport, Reuters reported. The media reported that the plane was traveling from Brussels to Paris, where he had Gruevski to meet French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
A team of leading scientists came up with new estimates for the melting of glaciers and the effect it will have on the earth's climate, said the BBC. According to current estimates of the melting ice shield zapadnoantarktichniya expected to lead to an increase in the waters of the oceans by between five and six meters.
An earthquake measuring 4, 5 on the Richter scale was registered yesterday west of the Greek capital Athens, Regnum reported. The quake's epicenter was in the Corinthian Gulf. No information on casualties and destruction. According to seismologists, the epicenter of the quake, felt in the Greek capital is fixed in the marine area of Greece, 16 km.