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Friday, February 3, 2012

11,000 trapped in remote villages by snow


At least 11,000 villagers have been trapped by heavy snow and blizzards in Serbia s mountains, authorities announced Thursday, as the death toll from Eastern Europe s weeklong deep freeze rose to 122. The stranded live in some 6,500 homes located in remote areas that cannot be reached due to icy, snow-clogged roads, emergency police official Predrag Maric said. Emergency crews were pressing hard to try to clear the snow and deliver badly needed supplies. "We are trying everything to unblock the roads since more snow and blizzards are expected in the coming days," Maric said. He said "the most dramatic" situation is near Serbia s southwestern town of Sijenica, where it has been freezing cold or snowing for the 26 days, and diesel fuel supplies used by snowplows are running low. "We hope to get the supplies there today, or tomorrow at the latest," Maric said. Newly reported deaths on Thursday because of the cold included 20 in Ukraine, nine in Poland, eight in Romania, and one more each in Serbia and the Czech Republic. Officials said most of victims were homeless.

Israeli equipments in Pakistan


The leading Israeli manufacturer of tankers, aircraft refuelers, fire fighting trucks, armored vehicles and special purpose trailers, Hatehof Ltd., reportedly provides Pakistan's Air Force with military equipment under a clandestine contract. Nearly a month ago, 11 aircraft refueling trucks departed Hatehof's plant in the Tzippori industrial zone in Galilee region, situated 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) northwest of Nazareth, for the Port of Ashdod, located about 40 kilometers (24 miles) south of Tel Aviv, in the dead of the night.  The trucks were later boarded on a cargo ship in the Ashdod Port and dispatched to Turkey from where they were transported to Pakistan, according to a recent report aired on Israel's Channel 2 television network.  The report comes as the Israeli firm has sent several convoys of aircraft refueling trucks to Pakistan in order to equip the Muslim states' Air Force.  Under an agreement reached between Hatehof Ltd. and BMC -- one of the largest commercial vehicle manufacturers in Turkey, truck chassis are sent to Israel to be converted into aircraft refueling trucks for Pakistan's Air Force.