Month: May 2013

Berlin, May 2 (Xinhua-ANI): German airline Lufthansa has reached an agreement with 33,000 workers, settling the pay dispute that saw repeated massive walkouts and air traffic disruptions, local media reported on Thursday. According to the pay deal reached between trade union Verdi and airline management on Wednesday, workers of Lufthansa Systems, Lufthansa Cargo and Lufthansa Technik will get a pay rise of 4.7 percent, while Lufthansa AG staff will get a rise of 3 percent. Verdi had been bargaining with the airline for a salary increase of 5.2 percent and a more secure job conditions.

Melbourne, May 2 (ANI): A 1800-year-old, once-metallic orbs have been found under an ancient pyramid in Mexico City.

The spheres, covered in pyrite, or fool’s gold, are interesting on their own but the fact that they were found deliberately buried under a pyramid in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, once the most populated city in the world, has led some to call it an “unprecedented discovery.”

Washington, May 2 (ANI): An Indian origin researcher and his colleagues at the University of Missouri have found a unique connection between binge drinking and the risk for developing alcoholic liver disease and a variety of other health problems.

Shivendra Shukla, PhD, Margaret Proctor Mulligan Professor at the University of Missouri School of Medicine and corresponding author of the study, said that they have found that binge drinking has a profound effect on the liver in various modes of alcohol exposure.

London, May. 2 (ANI): One in three children being born in England and Wales have at least one foreign-born parent.

The top five countries for foreign-born mothers were Poland, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Nigeria.

According to the Daily Star, figures for 2011 show 224,943 new babies had either one or both parents born outside the UK, 31 percent of the total.

The biggest number was in London, with 64.9 percent of babies having at least one parent born abroad.

The figures showed that 131,288 births in 2011 involved two non-British parents, which is 18.1 percent of all births.

london, May. 2 (ANI): Newly discovered human bones have proven that the first permanent English settlers in North America became cannibals to deal with the cruel winter of 1609-10, US researchers have said.

Scientists said that they discovered unusual cuts consistent with butchering for meat on human bones that were dumped in a rubbish pit.

The four-century-old skull and tibia of a teenage girl in James Fort, Virginia, were excavated from the dump last year.

James Fort, which was founded in 1607, was the earliest part of the Jamestown colony.