Actor Michael Douglas treated for throat tumour Douglas stars in Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Hollywood actor Michael Douglas is being treated for a tumour in his throat, his publicist has said.
The Wall Street star, who is married to actress Catherine Zeta Jones, will undergo eight weeks of radiation and chemotherapy.
"I am very optimistic," the 65-year-old Oscar winner told People magazine.
The actor's spokesman told the publication that doctors expect him to make a full recovery. Douglas stars in a Wall Street sequel, out this autumn.
In June, Douglas's son from his first marriage, Cameron, was sentenced to five years in prison for dealing methamphetamine and possessing heroin.
Douglas also has two children from his marriage to Zeta Jones, whom he married in 2000.
The actor is the son of film legend Kirk Douglas.
His other films include Romancing the Stone, The American President, Basic Instinct, Falling Down and Traffic.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
There's Trafficking...and Then There's Drugs
Trafficked children working in UK 'cannabis farms'By Rowan Bridge
Reporter, BBC Radio 5 Live
Cannabis is being grown on an industrial scale in 'cannabis factories' Children are being trafficked into the UK to work in so-called 'cannabis factories' according to police.
The factories grow cannabis on an industrial scale.
They are typically located in private houses, but sometimes in agricultural and commercial properties.
A study for the Association of Chief Police Officers has found children are being used to tend crops, to illegally divert electricity for the factories, and to break into rival sites.
Even if the children are found they rarely talk about what has happened to them and often run away from local authority care.
Growing scale
The report into the commercial cultivation of cannabis shows how the number of factories discovered by the police has grown massively in recent years.
Between 2004 and 2007 police discovered an average of 800 factories a year.
In 2007/08 that rose to just over 3,000, and by 2009/10 it ballooned to almost 7,000.
ACPO says that rise is being driven by a number of factors. Commander Allan Gibson is the Association's lead on tackling cannabis production.
"The police response is now stronger and more effective through better co-ordination and intelligence sharing between forces and other agencies and more covert operations against the operators.
The level of publicity around cannabis since its reclassification in 2008 has meant that more members of the community are now reporting any unusual signs of habitation in buildings and houses which is leading to more detections."
Criminals have traditionally used residential homes for the factories, blacking out windows and installing high intensity lighting and a watering system to propagate the plants.
'Gardeners' rarely let out
The report explains how illegal Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants are trafficked into the country and then put to work as 'gardeners' in the factories.
They can pay up to £10,000 per person to be smuggled into the UK and many then have to pay off their debts by tending to the cannabis plants.
They are often left instructions in their own language telling them how and when to feed the plants.
They are rarely, if ever, allowed to leave the property until the crop is ready to be harvested, with food and other necessities being brought to them.
Smuggled children
The report says children have been trafficked into the UK to work in factories, to divert electricity and to raid rival cannabis farms.
Even if they are found by the authorities getting their co-operation has proved extremely difficult.
"Children identified as victims of trafficking appear extremely wary of authorities and communicate little about their experiences in exploitation or about their captors.
"This may be because they are fearful for family members, as many will have unpaid debts, perhaps explaining their reasons for not disclosing information and going missing from care."
As well as growing cannabis the intelligence suggests the criminals who grow cannabis are involved in a range of criminal activity.
That includes producing and distributing most types and classes of drugs, counterfeit currency, fake DVDs, money laundering, prostitution, forgery and what they call 'bad on bad' crimes such as extortion, blackmail, kidnap, robbery and assault.
Reporter, BBC Radio 5 Live
Cannabis is being grown on an industrial scale in 'cannabis factories' Children are being trafficked into the UK to work in so-called 'cannabis factories' according to police.
The factories grow cannabis on an industrial scale.
They are typically located in private houses, but sometimes in agricultural and commercial properties.
A study for the Association of Chief Police Officers has found children are being used to tend crops, to illegally divert electricity for the factories, and to break into rival sites.
Even if the children are found they rarely talk about what has happened to them and often run away from local authority care.
Growing scale
The report into the commercial cultivation of cannabis shows how the number of factories discovered by the police has grown massively in recent years.
Between 2004 and 2007 police discovered an average of 800 factories a year.
In 2007/08 that rose to just over 3,000, and by 2009/10 it ballooned to almost 7,000.
ACPO says that rise is being driven by a number of factors. Commander Allan Gibson is the Association's lead on tackling cannabis production.
"The police response is now stronger and more effective through better co-ordination and intelligence sharing between forces and other agencies and more covert operations against the operators.
The level of publicity around cannabis since its reclassification in 2008 has meant that more members of the community are now reporting any unusual signs of habitation in buildings and houses which is leading to more detections."
Criminals have traditionally used residential homes for the factories, blacking out windows and installing high intensity lighting and a watering system to propagate the plants.
'Gardeners' rarely let out
The report explains how illegal Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants are trafficked into the country and then put to work as 'gardeners' in the factories.
They can pay up to £10,000 per person to be smuggled into the UK and many then have to pay off their debts by tending to the cannabis plants.
They are often left instructions in their own language telling them how and when to feed the plants.
They are rarely, if ever, allowed to leave the property until the crop is ready to be harvested, with food and other necessities being brought to them.
Smuggled children
The report says children have been trafficked into the UK to work in factories, to divert electricity and to raid rival cannabis farms.
Even if they are found by the authorities getting their co-operation has proved extremely difficult.
"Children identified as victims of trafficking appear extremely wary of authorities and communicate little about their experiences in exploitation or about their captors.
"This may be because they are fearful for family members, as many will have unpaid debts, perhaps explaining their reasons for not disclosing information and going missing from care."
As well as growing cannabis the intelligence suggests the criminals who grow cannabis are involved in a range of criminal activity.
That includes producing and distributing most types and classes of drugs, counterfeit currency, fake DVDs, money laundering, prostitution, forgery and what they call 'bad on bad' crimes such as extortion, blackmail, kidnap, robbery and assault.
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An Igloo-shaped Church
Canada workers rebuild igloo-shaped church Iqaluit, the capital of Nunavut, sits 200 miles (320km) south of the Arctic Circle Canadian workers are rebuilding an igloo-shaped Anglican cathedral in the northern territory of Nunavut, after it was damaged by arson in 2005.
The church, made of wood rather than ice, will sit 200 miles (320km) south of the Arctic Circle in Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit.
The original St Jude's Anglican Cathedral was demolished after a fire police say was deliberate.
Staff from St Jude's blessed the steel frame of the new circular church.
The building was rendered structurally unsound after a fire ripped through the interior five years ago.
But now church officials hope work on the new cathedral will be completed by late December 2011.
"They'll see the dome-shaped, igloo-type shape taking place, and for them [the congregation] it will mean, 'Finally, we're beginning, after a long delay,'" Reverend Brian Burrows told CBC News.
Mr Burrows said the start of rebuilding had followed years of fundraising and the overcoming of numerous obstacles.
"There was, first of all, a false start with the original construction company [that] went bankrupt about four years ago, I think," Mr Burrows said.
The church has since renegotiated with a new firm and decided to send the materials for the church in by air.
Mr Burrows said the initial stage of construction would only fix the building's exterior and an additional $1.2m (£765,000) would be needed before work could start on the inside of the cathedral.
The church, made of wood rather than ice, will sit 200 miles (320km) south of the Arctic Circle in Nunavut's capital, Iqaluit.
The original St Jude's Anglican Cathedral was demolished after a fire police say was deliberate.
Staff from St Jude's blessed the steel frame of the new circular church.
The building was rendered structurally unsound after a fire ripped through the interior five years ago.
But now church officials hope work on the new cathedral will be completed by late December 2011.
"They'll see the dome-shaped, igloo-type shape taking place, and for them [the congregation] it will mean, 'Finally, we're beginning, after a long delay,'" Reverend Brian Burrows told CBC News.
Mr Burrows said the start of rebuilding had followed years of fundraising and the overcoming of numerous obstacles.
"There was, first of all, a false start with the original construction company [that] went bankrupt about four years ago, I think," Mr Burrows said.
The church has since renegotiated with a new firm and decided to send the materials for the church in by air.
Mr Burrows said the initial stage of construction would only fix the building's exterior and an additional $1.2m (£765,000) would be needed before work could start on the inside of the cathedral.
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