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Piracy in the Indian forces to reconfigure two stages of testing

Piracy in the Indian Sports Writing, Aug 18 (EFE) .- The increase in acts of piracy in the Indian Ocean this morning has forced the organization of the Volvo Ocean Race-scale world tour , which will depart from Alicante on 5 November has decided to reconfigure the route of the second and third stage of the test. The original route took the teams to navigate through the east coast of Africa in the second stage, between Cape Town (South Africa) and Abu Dhabi (UAE), and do it again in the third, between Abu Dhabi and Sanya ( China). Advised by the company of Dryad Maritime Intelligence maritime safety and the International Sailing Federation (International Sailing Federation ISAF), the race organizers have decided to keep that road crews could put in front of too high a risk. Under this decision, the boats will depart from Cape Town on December 11 to a safe harbor on the coast of the Indian Ocean, possibly Goa or Kochi, India, to be transported from there to a place near

A giant altar to the Pope's visit

FCC and OHL finance and build the altar of the pope in four winds A giant altar to the pope's visit Madrid, 17 ago (EFE) .- OHL, FCC built the altar of the Four Winds aerodrome for the visit of Benedict XVI , a work funded by the two companies and has employed 40 workers on average per day for six weeks both buildersreported today. The altar of 190 meters long, 21 high and 36 wide, has 4,000 square metersand capacity for 2,200 people.   Companies listed the work, designed by architect Ignacio Vicens, required21,000 meters of scaffolding and 500 cubic tons of concrete counterweights as security and to counter the possible effects of wind. The structure of the altar-shaped "wave or mountain" and has painted morethan 9,000 m2 of rough surfaces in white to get "the effect of an iceberg." In the central structure has been installed "in tree" to shade his Holiness and the royal family. The companies stress that has made ​​a &qu