TURKEY "CLAIMS 16 OIL-RICH GREEK ISLANDS" of AEGEAN SEA of EUROPEAN UNION. – Video

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MoD publishes secret Falklands Islands defence details online

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The MoD accidentally published information on Falklands RAF base online Mount Pleasant aerodrome is home to four Eurofighter Typhoon jets Argentina is considering leasing 12 Sukhoi SU-24 bombers from Russia The supersonic attack aircraft can carry 3,000kg of bombs 650 miles

By Darren Boyle for MailOnline

Published: 02:39 EST, 6 April 2015 | Updated: 06:23 EST, 6 April 2015

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The Ministry of Defence was under fire after vital details of the RAF's main base on the Falklands Islands were published on their website.

The secret document, which has the exact GPS co-ordinates of vital facilities as well as information on the depth of concrete on the runway were published unencrypted on the MoD's website.

The details could be used as 'an invasion guide' by Argentina, with the technical information providing excellent intelligence to any Argentine bombers sent to attack the islands.

The Falklands Islands are defended by a squadron of RAF Typhoon aircraft operating from Mount Pleasant aerodrome on West Falkland, supported by a refueling tanker to extend their operational area

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Islands mobilize, help storm victims

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HOW TO HELP

Ayuda Foundation is accepting donations of water, building materials, non-perishable food items and clothing at the Castle Mall in Mangilao. Donations will be accepted today from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call Carlotta Leon Guerrero at 473-3003.

Residents can drop off donations of food, bottled water, fishing supplies and gardening supplies at their local mayor's office or at the Frank Blas & Associates, Inc. office in Barrigada. All donations will be given to the Ayuda Foundation.

The Office of Michael San Nicolas is accepting donations at Suite 407 of the DNA Building Suite in Hagta. Residents can also call 472-6453 for donations to be picked up.

The Salvation Army is accepting bags of rice; ramen noodles; bottled water; canned foods; Spam; flashlights and batteries; small first-aid kits; chainsaws; tarps and rope. The items can be dropped off at the organization's Tiyan location around the corner from the Women, Infants and Children, or WIC, office. Donations will be accepted Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Moylan's Insurance, in conjunction with Kamalen Karidat, Matson, Kyowa Shipping Lines and MIU affiliates, is accepting dry goods, canned foods, medical supplies and bottled water at its Julale Center in Hagta until April 8.

DOCOMO PACIFIC Cares, in collaboration with the Pacific Daily News, Sorensen Media Group and the Ayuda Foundation, has launched a "Text to Donate" fundraising campaign to assist victims of Maysak in Chuuk and Yap. Customers will be able donate funds by texting "donate" to 4357 (HELP) on their DOCOMO PACIFIC phones. The fundraising program will run from today through April 30 for both Prepaid and Postpaid DOCOMO PACIFIC customers. Each time a customer sends a text, $1 is donated to the Ayuda Foundation. Customers can text as many times as they like.

Bank of Guam has opened up a "Maysak Aid" account for typhoon victims. Customers can make financial donations to the fund at any of the bank's branches.

The government of Guam will hold a boot drive from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Friday at major intersections along Marine Corps Drive to collect funds for typhoon victims.

Pacific Mission Aviation needs monetary donations to help pay for aircraft fuel, which costs about $500 per round trip out to the islands in need. To make donations, you can visit the organization's website at http://www.pmapacific.org or call 646-6464. The nonprofit accepts credit cards and can receive checks made out to PMA, indicating Typhoon Maysak Relief. Checks can be sent to PMA, P.O. Box 3209, Hagta, Guam 96932.

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A criminal investigation is underway after a family of four was sickened following a fumigation at a Virgin Islands resort, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA was notified on March 20 that a family staying at Sirenusa Resort in Cruz Bay in St. John, became ill and had been hospitalized following a fumigation in a room at the resort two days earlier, the agency said in a statement released March 23.

The EPA is investigating whether the chemical that was used during the fumigation was methyl bromide a toxic chemical that is restricted in the U.S., the statement said.

Inhalation of the odorless chemical "may be fatal or cause serious acute illness or delayed lung or nervous system injury," according to the EPA.

The Delaware couple and their two teenage sons were hospitalized in Philadelphia. Stephen Esmond, the father, is the headmaster of a Delaware middle school and his wife, Dr. Theresa Devine, is a dentist, according to NBC Philadelphia.

Devine had been discharged as of Monday, and Esmond is in stable condition, according to the family's attorney and spokesman, James J. Maron. The two teenage boys are still in critical condition, but the family is "hopeful for a full recovery," Maron said.

"The EPA is continuing to work with the U.S. Virgin Islands government and others to gather information and will ensure that appropriate steps are taken if it determines any environment regulations or laws were violated," the EPA said.

Mary Mears, an EPA spokeswoman, told NBC News that the investigation was still being conducted Monday.

Sea Glass Vacations, the rental agency for Sirenusa, said in a statement that the room below where the family stayed from March 14 to March 22 had been "recently" fumigated by the extermination company, Terminix.

"Sea Glass Vacations does not treat the units it manages for pests but instead relies on licensed professionals for pest control services," the statement said.

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Wagons Circle On Nonprofit Blues Health Plan Tax Exemptions

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Tax exemptions of profit-making health care businesses, long controversial in an industry that is taking hold of a greater share of the U.S. economy, are coming under fire once again.

This time, its nonprofit health insurance companies like Blue Shield of California, which recently lost its state income tax exemption after a government audit. Though Blue Shield of California is protesting the decision of the California Franchise Tax Board, the Los Angeles Times Chad Terhune, who is doggedly following the story, reported that the insurer paid $63 million in back taxes to the state for 2013 and 2014.

At issue in these tax disputes generally centers on the business behavior of a health care company that has had an exemption for decades, but challenges emerge as critics see actions differing little from health businesses that do pay taxes. Tax-exempt hospitals, too, have lost income or property tax exemptions when their missions to treat the poor and uninsured dont mesh with actions that have included overzealous bill collecting, high prices and lack of care to the indigent.

Blue Shield of California, which has more than three million customers, has come under fire for premium increases that are higher than a lot of for-profit insurers. Its billions of dollars in reserves have also been criticized.

There are several large nonprofit health plans that have independent licenses from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, including Blue Shield of California and Blues plans in many states.

Investor Investor-owned companies that pay taxes like Anthem Anthem (ANTM), formerly known as Wellpoint, also operate health plans under the Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Cross and Blue Shield brands. Other tax-paying Blue Cross plans, such as those under the Health Care Service Corp. umbrella, are mutual and therefore owned by policyholders.

But doctors, hospitals, public watchdogs and plaintiffs attorneys targeting Blues plans on other issues like market power are also shining light on tax exemptions.

In Alabama, for example, a lawsuit filed three years ago by a chiropractor survived an effort by Blue Cross plans to get it dismissed last year and was recently consolidated into a large federal class action. It alleges antitrust violations against Blues plans, accusing them, among other things, of conspiring to fix what they pay doctors and other medical-care providers across the country. The allegations, vigorously denied by Blues plans, are lodged against nonprofit, mutual and investor owned Blues plans. There is an important relationship between what is happening in California and what is happening in our case, Joe Whatley, an attorney for plaintiffs suing Blues plans in the Alabama federal court said in a story posted on the web site tracking the litigation against the Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurers. While they claim to be non-profit, they charge their insured more than they should and they pay their providers less than they should. They build up these huge reserves, more than are needed under any circumstances.

Blues plans deny the allegations. Blues plans also argue that they are facing unprecedented competition across the country from the likes of Aetna Aetna (AET), Cigna Cigna (CI), Humana (HUM) and UnitedHealth Group (UNH), which are all growing and offering more choices thanks in part to the Affordable Care Act and its subsidies to millions of formerly uninsured Americans.

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Minnesota House Republicans recently unveiled a budget plan featuring a $2 billion tax cut and more education and transportation spending. To balance it, they proposed slashing health and human services.

Their plan will face scrutiny this week as the Legislature returns from its Easter/Passover break, but it's already unnerved some health care advocates. They worry a $1.1 billion cut to human services could harm many needy Minnesotans at time when the state projects a $2 billion surplus.

Some see the GOP's plan as a negotiating tactic as Republican leaders prepare for budget talks with Senate Democrats and Gov. Mark Dayton. Key Republican leaders, though, are signaling that it's no ploy and that cuts need to happen.

"We have a long history going back many years ... of the health and human services area growing and continually outstripping inflation," Ways and Means Committee Chair Rep. Jim Knoblach, R-St. Cloud, said during a recent hearing.

Higher education and other needs have suffered, he added, "because health and human services gets a larger and larger share."

The GOP's budget plan does increase the health and human services budget over current spending, but it would not pay for the projected need over the next two years. The GOP's point man on the issue is saying little about exactly where the cuts would come.

"It's a very steep hill to climb. There's no two ways about it. We understand that," said Rep. Matt Dean, R-Dellwood.

Dean has given some insight into his priorities. He has proposed eliminating the current MinnesotaCare program and directing the 95,000 people in the program to buy private insurance.

He's also suggested that there are ineligible people on MinnesotaCare, Medicaid and other taxpayer subsidized programs.

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