26/03/16

[Maik]

VW recalls 800,000 Touareg and Porsche Cayennne cars to check pedals
The carmakers said 391,000 Touaregs and 409,477 Cayennes built between 2011 and 2016 would be recalled

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17702226

The truth about Greek Porsche owners

One of the many eye-catching claims made about Greece was about the number of Porsche Cayennes.

"A couple of years ago, there were more Cayennes circulating in Greece than individuals who declared and paid taxes on an annual income of more than 50,000 euros, a figure only slightly above the vehicle's list price" is a quote widely reported in mainstream media and on blogs worldwide.

It came from Prof Herakles Polemarchakis, a former economics adviser to the prime minister of Greece, and now a lecturer at Warwick University in the UK.

But when asked, Prof Polemarchakis said his remark was casual, based on what had been circulating in policy circles in Greece a few years back.

So what are the facts?

In 2010, there were 311,428 people with declared incomes of more than 50,000 euros (£41,260) paying tax in Greece.

It was a figure that made a spokesman at Porsche laugh. Lukas Kunze says the story is "ridiculous". In total, they had only sold around 1,500 Porsche Cayennes in Greece since the launch of the luxury car nine years ago.

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-17702226

Will admit I though it quite plausible.

[Maik]

A North Carolina man has been arrested after he failed to return a movie he rented 14 years ago.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35899697

[Maik]

Muslim shopkeeper murdered in suspected 'religiously prejudiced' attack after posting on Facebook of love for Christians
Detectives arrest 32-year-old Muslim man after Pakistani-born Asad Shah, 40, repeatedly stabbed in savage attack

A popular shopkeeper was stabbed to death by another Muslim in a "religiously prejudiced" attack hours after posting an Easter message on Facebook to "my beloved Christian nation".

Asad Shah, 40, a devout Muslim originally from the Pakistani city of Rabwah, had his head stamped on during a savage attack, according to one eyewitness.

Around four hours earlier the victim wrote online: "Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation. Let's follow the real footstep of beloved holy Jesus Christ and get the real success in both worlds."

In previous posts, he also called "unconditional real love for all mankind".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12204357/Muslim-shopkeeper-murdered-in-suspected-religiously-prejudiced-attack-after-posting-on-Facebook-of-love-for-Christians.html

[Maik]

Nutritionists say 'baffling' official guidance to halve dairy food intake puts public health at risk
Public Health England, the Government's official advisory body on diet, says reducing milk and cheese is vital to cut obesity

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/12204366/Nutritionists-say-baffling-official-guidance-to-halve-dairy-food-intake-puts-public-health-at-risk.html

[Maik]

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/mar/26/poland-approves-large-scale-logging-in-europes-last-primeval-forest

[Maik]

Sun forced to admit ‘1 in 5 British Muslims’ story was 'significantly misleading'
Regulator rules survey questions were 'ambiguous'

The Sun has been ordered to admit a controversial story that said one in five British Muslims had sympathy for Isis was "significantly misleading".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/ipso-sun-british-muslims-story-headline-significantly-misleading-a6953771.html

[Maik]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/animal-welfare-guidance-to-be-scrapped-by-conservative-ministers-a6953796.html

[Aristarches]

Muslim shopkeeper murdered in suspected 'religiously prejudiced' attack after posting on Facebook of love for Christians
Detectives arrest 32-year-old Muslim man after Pakistani-born Asad Shah, 40, repeatedly stabbed in savage attack

A popular shopkeeper was stabbed to death by another Muslim in a "religiously prejudiced" attack hours after posting an Easter message on Facebook to "my beloved Christian nation".

Asad Shah, 40, a devout Muslim originally from the Pakistani city of Rabwah, had his head stamped on during a savage attack, according to one eyewitness.

Around four hours earlier the victim wrote online: "Good Friday and a very Happy Easter, especially to my beloved Christian nation. Let's follow the real footstep of beloved holy Jesus Christ and get the real success in both worlds."

In previous posts, he also called "unconditional real love for all mankind".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12204357/Muslim-shopkeeper-murdered-in-suspected-religiously-prejudiced-attack-after-posting-on-Facebook-of-love-for-Christians.html

Not the first to be murdered for his beliefs at Easter.

[Aristarches]

Sun forced to admit ‘1 in 5 British Muslims’ story was 'significantly misleading'
Regulator rules survey questions were 'ambiguous'

The Sun has been ordered to admit a controversial story that said one in five British Muslims had sympathy for Isis was "significantly misleading".

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/ipso-sun-british-muslims-story-headline-significantly-misleading-a6953771.html

The Sun printing lies.  Whatever next?!