D Tuesday, February 9, 2010 News 11 Texts to Greece help save stranded hiker NEW ZEALAND: A tourist who became lost while walking was rescued after sending text messages to Greece. Marios Symeonidis was visiting Mount Ruapehu on the north island with a friend when they became separated on Saturday. But the quick-thinking hiker sent texts to relatives in Greece and the message was passed to police. Symeonidis was eventually found on Sunday morning. He was lucky it was warm, said rescue pilot Henry de Waal. and finally... AUSTRIA: Multi-millionaire Karl Rabeder is giving away his 3million fortune after realising his money has never made him happy. Mr Rabeder, 47, from Telfs, is moving out of his country home and into a bedsit living on just 800 a month. His business, cash and all other assets will go to help Haiti earthquake victims and poor families in South America. Barriers go up to ban the unskilled AUSTRALIA: Rules on immigration were tightened yesterday to keep out lower- skilled migrants and non-English- speakers. Ex-prime minister John Howard had let in hairdressers in front of doctors and nurses, said immigration minister Chris Evans (pictured). Hackers site hit as net tightened CHINA: Police have shut a hacking network that provided cyber- attack training and software to thousands of internet users. Officers arrested three people suspected of running the Black Hawk Safety Net site, which had more than 12,000 subscribers and 170,000 members. A statement purportedly from Black Hawk said it was being smeared by people with evil intentions. IRAN: Tehran is to start enriching its uranium at higher levels, fuelling fears it wants to develop nuclear weapons. It blamed the West for the decision, saying a plan for Russia and France to help with material for its research reactor had been rebuffed. Iran wants to enrich some of its uranium stockpile to 20 per cent far short of the 90 per cent needed for the core of a nuclear warhead but it is still a major step forward in its nuclear ambitions. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (pictured) has so far defied five UN resolutions and three sets of UN sanctions over Irans nuclear programme, which he has insisted is for peaceful purposes. The British Foreign Office said the move would be a clear breach of the resolutions. Iranians ramp up nuclear pressure over and done with, we might not be having this conversation. UTV, which was fined AU$3,000 withAU$2,500 costs at a Sydney court, apologised for the mistake. The channel has since reviewed its procedures and is putting a training programme in place to ensure it does not happen again, said a spokesman. UTV is fined over rat kill in the jungle BROADCASTER UTV has been fined for animal cruelty after contestants on ImA Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! killed and ate a rat. Chef Gino DAcampo and Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning took about 90 seconds to kill the animal with a knife when they were left without meat dur- ing the reality series in Australia. Other celebrities, including EastEnd- ers actress Lucy Benjamin, then tucked into the animal. Its a reasonable result, said RSPCA chief inspector David OShannessy. It reflects the fact that all animals are pro- tected by the Prevention of Cruelty to AnimalsAct. The animal was killed for a TV show, thats not appropriate. The raw footage indicates that, from the first attempt, it took about 90 sec- onds before it actually died. The legislation says that an animal can be killed for human consumption provided it does not cause unnecessary suffering. Had it been killed and it was By Margaret Davis Rat-eater: Chef Gino DAcampo SINGAPORE: Limes hang on hooks from piercings in a Hindu devotees chest at the Srinivasa Perumal Temple during the Thaipusam festival. Thousands of Hindu devotees offer prayers and fulfil their vows through body piercings and fasting as they worship their Lord Muruga Picture: AP worlddigest index.html2.html3.html4.html5.html6.html7.html8.html9.html10.html11.html12.html13.html14.html15.html16.html17.html18.html19.html20.html21.html22.html23.html