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Copernicus system activated to map burned area on KefaloniaCopernicus, the EU’s Earth observation programme, has been activated for the immediate mapping of an area on the Ionian island of Kefalonia that was burned in a fire that broke out on Saturday.The purpose of the activation is the production of maps and data of the affected region, to assist the work of agencies involved in dealing with emergencies and managing the consequences of the fire.
Man bitten by 5ft snake ‘in genital area’ as he sat on toilet at homeThe man had to be treated for minor injuries after the nightmarish incidentA 65-year-old man got a rude awakening after a reticulated python bit him as he was sitting on the toilet at home.The man, who has not been named, paid a visit to the bathroom at around 6am and felt a "pinch in the area of his genitals" sometime after he had sat down on the toilet.He then turned around to see a 5ft foot (1.5 metres) albino snake in the toilet bowl.The reticulated python, a constrictor native to Asia which can grow to a length of nearly 30ft (9m), is believed to have found its way into the toilet via the network of drains in the apartment block in the Austrian city of Graz.
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