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Estonia government pledges high speed internet access

 Estonia government pledges high speed internet access Tallinn - Estonia unveiled ambitious plans Friday to get high-speed internet access to every one of the Baltic state's 1.3 million residents by 2015.

An agreement reached by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications and an industry group - the Association of Estonian Information Technology and Telecommunications Companies - promises to turn the entire country into a super-high speed internet hotspot by means of a project called EstWin.

Two more Africans die on way to Spain

 Two more Africans die on way to Spain Ceuta  - Two more African would-be immigrants have died while attempting to cross to Spain, police said Friday in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan coast.

The bodies of the victims were found floating in the water at about 9 kilometres north-east of Ceuta late Thursday.

Autopsies showed the men, who were between 20 and 25 years old, died of hypothermia.

The victims wore life vests, which led police to conclude that they had tried to swim into Ceuta or had been on board a vessel smuggling migrants to mainland Spain.

Danielle Bux loses her shirt for sexy photoshoot!

London, Apr 24 : Danielle Bux went topless for a saucy photoshoot to promote Ask Jeeves' relaunched website.

Polish anti-terror officers held in gangster link: report

Polish anti-terror officers held in gangster link: report

Hypertension, diabetes linked to carotid artery wall thickness

Hypertension, diabetes linked to carotid artery wall thicknessWashington, Apr 24 : Researchers from A. O. U. in Cagliari Sardegna, Italy have found a link between increased carotid artery wall thickness (CAWT) - which can cause heart attack and stroke- and diabetes and hypertension.

During the study, the researchers looked at 186 patients with the help of multidetector row CT and sought to determine association between CAWT is associated with cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes mellitus, dyslipidemia and a history of smoking.

Amsterdam looks for 2028 Olympics locations

Amsterdam looks for 2028 Olympics locationsAmsterdam  - Amsterdam will earmark Olympic locations over the next months in a first step to host the 2028 Games, the city's alderman for public spaces said on Friday.

Amsterdam hopes to land the Games 100 years after hosting the 1928 edition.

Mayor Job Cohen had talked about the plan at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing and alderman Maarten van Poelgeest said such Games were for the whole country.

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