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The Interior Ministry revealed yesterday that Spain is to send a helicopter and two patrol boats to Senegal in an effort to try and curb the flow of illegal immigrants. The contingent will patrol the 531 kilometres of Senegalese coast that has seen over 1,200 immigrants embark for the Canary Islands on board primitive craft over the last four days.
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According to sources, an excess of speed caused the express train from La Coruña to Hendaye in France to derail near Villada yesterday afternoon. Six people died and 36 were injured in the accident.
The British Company Medoil has officially sought permission from the Interior ministry in Madrid to begin drilling for oil in the Mediterranean Sea off Valencia. The area ceded to Medoil is between Cullera and Puzol, divided into three rectangular zones with a total exploitable area of 238,140 hectares. Sources inside the Conselleria for the Territory have revealed that the nearest the Medoil platforms could come to the coast is near El Saler, where they will be 5 Kms offshore. The request has been published in the Official States Bulletin, which allows other companies two months to present similar or better offers for the same area. Currently Medoil is involved in offshore drilling near Tunisia and Malta.
The British police announced yesterday that it was charging eleven people with terrorist offences. The charges came after security was increased to ‘critical’ at UK airports and 23 people were arrested after a plot was uncovered to blow up aircraft bound for the United States using liquids. Amongst the evidence that the police are expected to offer are martyrdom videos and bomb-making equipment that were uncovered in raids on several; homes following the arrests.
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Speculation is rife today that Iran may try and stage a ‘spectacular event’ in order to celebrate what is a significant date in the Moslem calendar, the day that Jerusalem fell to Saladin, who was likened a few weeks ago to Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The Internet is currently running hot with speculation as to what today may bring from a new refusal by Iran to shut down its uranium-enrichment activities to a possible nuclear attack against Israel.
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