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Rise in HIV/AIDS cases in Europe
he rate of new cases of HIV/Aids in the European Union has almost doubled since 1999, a report shows.
Estonia has by far the highest rate of diagnosis, followed by Portugal and the UK, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. The ECDC says that the proportion of new cases reported per million inhabitants went up across the EU from 28.8 to 57.5 in 2006. In Estonia, the rate last year reached 504 per million people. The Estonian government says that, six years ago, 90% of new HIV cases diagnosed by Aids consultation clinics involved drug users who were injecting, but that proportion fell to below half by the end of last year.
It suggests that the virus has started to spread from drug users to their sexual partners. The EU report says it has been impressed by Estonia's efforts to tackle its epidemic, which include a nine-year plan involving surveillance, prevention and treatment.
In non-EU areas of Europe the number of cases is also continuing to rise, with particularly high rates in Ukraine (288 per million) and Russia (275 per million). The report says that more than half of infections are through heterosexual contact, although homosexual men remain at greater risk. The figures come as the Health Protection Agency estimated that 73,000 adults in the UK now have HIV.
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70 million hemp factory to be built in Estonia
The factory, built in central Estonia, should start working in the coming year.
In the start of next year, the company Perfect Plant OÜ will start building a hemp factory costing EEK 70 million, writes arileht.ee. One of the owners of the company Ago Siiner is still cautions about revealing details: “It’s hard to make precise plans.”
The general goals have, however, been set. This autumn, the equipment of the factory will be ordered, construction will start in the beginning of the coming year, and starting phase begins next autumn. The exact location of the factory hasn’t been decided on yet, but it will most likely be in central Estonia.
The factory will start operating with full capacity in 2009. Full capacity means processing about 15,000 tons of hemp fibre, grown on 1.500 ha of land. In essence, the factory will buy hemp stems from farmers and process them to get the fibre. The fibre, in turn, could be used in many industrial sectors, from manufacturing plastic up to construction materials.
Perfect Plant has been buying and selling hemp seeds in Estonia for years already. Even before the new factory is finished, the company hopes to start pressing oil from hemp at the level of small manufacturers. The factory, built in central Estonia, should start working in the coming year. ... more -
80s Estonian meat commercial
Does not make me want to buy meat.
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Skydiver Killed by Aircraft Propeller
Authorities say a skydiver was killed when she walked into a spinning aircraft propeller at an airfield in Estonia.
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Breath-Taking Adventures and Little Known Exotic Destinations That Might Surprise ...
These hot vacation spots will take you off the beaten track of the same old places. Best of all, these destinations will surprise and take you on an adventure of a lifetime. These hot vacation spots will take you off the beaten track of the same old places. Best of all, these destinations will surprise and ... more
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Eurovision Bomb Contest
2008's Eurovision Song Contest has come to an end, but the ridiculous song performances will live on forever on the internet, and help us all feel a little better about American music. 2008's Eurovision Song Contest has come to an end, but the ridiculous song performances will live on forever on the internet, and... more
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War hero faces Estonian life sentence
A Soviet war hero from Estonia is tried for allegedly sending hundreds of his countrymen to Siberia in 1949. If convicted, 88-year-old Arnold Meri could spend the rest of his life behind bars. Russia has condemned the genocide trial against the Soviet veteran calling it shameful.
“They would quite like to sue me for being a Soviet hero, but they can’t. So they found a different reason,” he added. A Soviet war hero from Estonia is tried for allegedly sending hundreds of his countrymen to Siberia in 1949. If convicted, 88-year-old... more -
Internet Security Fights Cyberwar, Cybercrime, Cyberterror
Threats to our ability to communicate, conduct commerce and retain privacy and trust online are continually on the rise. In addition to identity theft, spam and phishing, concerns include cybercrime, cyberwar, cyberterror, pornography, viruses and network attacks. This video about Internet security issues features interviews shot at the 2007 Internet Governance Forum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio IGF was the second of five annual global events that attract stakeholders from all walks of life who gathered to discuss issues tied to the future of information and communications technologies.
This documentary was produced for Imagining the Internet http://imaginingtheinternet.org , an online resource exposing future possibilities while simultaneously providing a peek back at the past. In it, you will find the words of thousands of people from every corner of the world, from today and from yesterday, making thousands of predictive pronouncements about the future of humankind.
The multimedia section of the site includes short films and dozens of video interviews - all of them about the hopes and fears for the future of networked communications. Imagining the Internet is a project based at Elon University. Threats to our ability to communicate, conduct commerce and retain privacy and trust online are continually on the rise. In addition t... more -
Hackers Take Down the Most Wired Country in Europe
All this because they took down a statue that is of little or no significance to most of the Estonian population! Geez. Fascinating article though. You realize just how vulnerable we are in this information age. All this because they took down a statue that is of little or no significance to most of the Estonian population! Geez. Fascinating a... more
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Did China really hack the Pentagon?
This story from Ars Technica discusses the computer hacking allegations by China by shining light on the fact that just because the hacks can be traced back to China doesn't necessarily mean they're from China, due to the invisible traces of digital technology. This could be a similar situation to the digital attacks on Estonia earlier this year, which were at first blamed on the Russian government due to their origins, but later blamed on "criminal activity" as building sufficient evidence became impossible. This story from Ars Technica discusses the computer hacking allegations by China by shining light on the fact that just because the ha... more
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