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The search for people who survived the earthquake in the city of Bam in southeastern Iran has been stopped. Despite the fact that a 6-month-old girl was found alive under the rubble on Monday, experts believe that there is virtually no hope of finding survivors. Rescue efforts are now focused on providing medical care to the victims: up to 2 thousand people were pulled out alive from the rubble, and the possibility of epidemics cannot be ruled out. According to doctors, the number of victims of the tragedy could reach 30 thousand in the coming days. In the 3 days since the earthquake, according to local authorities, the bodies of 25 thousand dead were buried.
The former head and founder of the Italian food giant Parmalat admitted during interrogation to the misappropriation of hundreds of millions of euros. Since Saturday, the ex-executive has been in a Milan prison on charges of falsifying the company's financial documents. Previously, he already announced the embezzlement of an amount of 800 million euros from the accounts of Parmalat, now we are talking about another five hundred million. It is assumed that over the past 7-8 years this money has been flowing not only from the funds of Parmalat, but also from its subsidiaries.
In Portugal, prosecutors have filed charges against 10 people accused of pedophilia at the Casa Pia orphanage. Portugal was proud of this state charitable institution, founded in 1780. Its orphanage and 8 schools educate 4,600 children from poor families. The end of the idyll was brought about by a scandal. It turned out that the orphanage students were victims of pedophiles, famous and influential people in Portugal. All this came to light when the children from Casa Pia finally dared to complain. The chain stretched to the highest echelons of the Portuguese elite. So, among the accused is a famous TV presenter. And the former employment minister has been charged with 15 acts of violence against minors. The former Portuguese ambassador to South Africa is accused of taking children from Casa Pia with him even on diplomatic trips.