A-Infos (en) Catalist #8 - Tomorrows killers, New Labour bitter?, Rent boys

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Tomorrows killers
      The Control of Asbestos at
  Work Regulationscome into force
  on 21 May 2004, but it is already
  too late for the estimated 10,000
  Britons per year who are
  expected to die from asbestos-
  related diseases within the next
  25 years. Already, insurance
  firms are setting aside funds in
  anticipation of claims. Equitas,
  set up to reinsure Lloyds of
  London, has set aside 3.2
  billion, while Royal Sun Alliance
  is reported to have asbestos
  reserves of 800 million.
      While money cannot bring
  people back or end suffering,
  companies must be made to pay
  for the mass slaughter they have
  knowingly been complicit in
  causing. If you have worked
  where you could have been
  exposed to asbestos, or you know
  someone in this position, for
  further information and advice,
  you can contact the Greater
  Manchester Asbestos Victims
  Support Group, c/o GMHC, 23
  Mount St, Manchester M4 4BE.
  asbestos.gmavsg@virgin.net

New Labour bitter?
      A German Tory politician has
  upset the elderly, saying that they
  should not be a burden on the
  German health service by getting
  hip replacements. Philipp
  Missfelder of the CDU said: "In
  the past, people used to walk on
  crutches, so why can't they do
  the same now? Obviously, the
  Germans have learned something
  from the British NHS, where
  thousands of elderly people are
  forced to wait in queues on their
  crutches for years, waiting for
  hips.

Rent boys
      The world famous architect
  Daniel Lipeskind (designer of the
  imperial War Museum in
  Manchester) has won the
  competition for the new building
  to replace New York's twin
  towers. Unfortunately, his
  victory is already rather hollow.
  Incorporated into the design was
  a sunken memorial to those who
  were killed in the 9/11 tragedy.
  However, the property magnate
  who owns the lease to the site
  has opposed the memorial on the
  grounds that it will reduce the
  office space available in the
  building, and so reduce his
  rental income.


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