h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Submarine helps in Air France salvage

http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20110404-34173.html

[The] search for the wreckage and victims was aided by a robot from a Kiel institute.

"The affairs of Christopher Drake were uncovered after Valentine's Day last year when two of the girls discovered he was seeing them at the same time.
One of the girls called round to his flat, only to find a fellow pupil in bed with him, Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court was told.
The ''hysterical scene'' which followed in the early hours of the morning led to police being called out and the arrest of 29-year-old Drake.

It emerged Drake had been having sex with both his students since they were aged 14/../
Drake,/../was employed as a PE teacher before he was promoted to temporary assistant headteacher..."

So this was only discovered because he was cheating on them both. So how often must this happen, undiscovered?



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/8428580/Teacher-named-himself-Salford-Stallion-and-slept-with-two-pupils.html

A candidate for Derby City Council has apologised for using a false name in a BBC phone-in about honesty in politics.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-12968538

"Asked why he had used a false name, Mr Waterhouse, said: "At the end of the day we all make mistakes, don't we?" He added: "As the joke goes, 'how can you tell a politician is lying? Because he moves his lips', as I am now."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12993318

portugal going bust as well!!!!

what hope for the euro ???

will the currency fail???

'The Canadian dollar closed Friday at a more than three-year high and the Toronto Stock Exchange made triple-digit gains'

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2011/02/25/dollar-markets-up.html


Canada is booming!


The sky the limit for the Loonie?


Will we own the world?



Eh?

your such a hoser, Eh!

a hoser with a strong currency, eh!

want to buy portugal???

If the price were right! We could do with a small Iberian Province. It would probably take a century or so to work out the Native Land Claims, of course, and we would have to work out how many Members of Parliament they could have (one or two should be enough).

well we bought ireland, they just don't realise it yet

we gave a £7 Bn loan, europe used euros, so when the euro collapses we just call in the loan and ireland comes to us by default.

we then instigate 100% employment, everyone dresses in green leprechaun outfits, and we turn the entire country into a theme park to fleece the Yanks

'to fleece the Yanks'



Perhaps you've not noticed: The Yanks have nothing left -- they've mortgaged it all to the Chinese.

there will be plenty of money after they sell debt ridden california to beijing!!!!

the film industry will get a boost by making authentic hong kong cinema in holywood, and a couple of billion new customers for wines will help as well

In the news, it appears the Chinese have been producing their own Jacobs Creek already

Bring back the 'Water Margin'

what like "dawsons creek" angst ridden hormone rageing teenagers but on a vinyard and with kung fu thrown in as well,

damn you!fight me!

Seems we've got money to splash out everywhere...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/8430980/Britain-triples-aid-for-Pakistans-schools.html

Doesn't baby faced Old Etonian Dave look cute? The very epitome of a son of Empire...

canada making more money

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12993812

who do we blame???

I was going to say 2legs, .... till I read the link!

Don't be too hasty anhaga. When Harper gets his majority he'll do away with those pesky Liberal banking regulations.
Then, with the bankers freed from onerous government interference, we can join Ireland and Portugal and Greece and etc etc.

I read an article on a site wich says that during NATO bombardements Libian rebels were killed, wich is kinda stupid. I also read about the new ape species, wich still has my interest.
For ppl who want to read the NATO article, here it is, but its in dutch, so you might like to open a translator. http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/buitenland/Strijd_in_Libie/110407_libie_front

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-13014640

If ever a boat was jinxed