Google Git
Sign in
apache / stanbol / d2cb689b8e95f6bd58551bfc5a79467624f9bb24 / . / enhancement-engines / metaxa / src / test / resources / test.html
blob: 994fc280f2dd0e6826115e586d87fe30aa97c640 [file] [log] [blame]
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!--
Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.
-->
<html lang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Up in Flames: Fires Ravage Southern Europe | Current Affairs | Deutsche Welle | 04.08.2003</title>
<meta name="DW.ct" content="1" />
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<meta name="robots" content="index, follow" />
<meta name="revisit-after" content="1 days" />
<meta name="publisher" content="Deutsche Welle (www.dw-world.de)" />
<meta name="copyright" content="&copy; 2007 Deutsche Welle (www.dw-world.de)" />
<meta name="author" content="Deutsche Welle (www.dw-world.de)" />
<meta name="keywords" content="Current Affairs, Forest fires, France, Spain, Portugal, Deutsche Welle, DW-WORLD.DE, DW-WORLD, Germany, german, news, DW-TV, DW-RADIO, radio, tv, podcasting, deutsch, DAF, language, learn german, Bundesliga" />
<meta name="DW.loc" content="en_GB" />
<meta name="DW.oid" content="940025" />
<meta name="DW.cat0" content="Home" />
<meta name="DW.cat1" content="NEWS" />
<meta name="DW.cat2" content="Current Affairs" />
<meta name="DW.cat3" content="direct" />
<script language="JavaScript" src="/run.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<meta name="description" content="As the mercury climbs higher and higher in Europe, forest fires rage across the southern parts of Spain and Portugal. The fire-engulfed regions have appealed to their neighbors and the EU for help. DW-WORLD.DE, die Deutsche Welle im Internet: Nachrichten, Analyse and Service aus Deutschland und Europa - in 30 Sprachen" />
<link rel="help" href="/popups/popup_help/0,,1430,00.html" title="Help" />
<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/favicon.ico" />
<link rel="bookmark" href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,940025,00.html" title="Current Affairs" />
<link rel="start" href="/dw/article/0,,940025,00.html" title="Home" />
<link rel="index" href="/dw/article/0,,940025,00.html" title="Index" />
<link rel="contents" href="/popups/popup_sitemape/0,,1430,00.html" title="Site map" />
<link rel="search" href="/dw/globalsearch/0,,1430,00.html" title="Search" />
<link rel="top" href="#mainContent" title="Seitenanfang" />
<!-- <link rel="author" href="" title="DW-World.de" /> -->
<link rel="copyright" href="/dw/0,,9223,00.html" title="Impressum" />
<link rel="Section" href="#" title="RUBRIK: Themen" />
<link rel="Section" href="#" title="RUBRIK: DW-Radio" />
<link rel="Section" href="#" title="RUBRIK: DW-TV" />
<link rel="Section" href="#" title="RUBRIK: Deutschland-Infos" />
<link rel="Section" href="#" title="RUBRIK: Interaktiv" />
<!--Englisch:-->
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-all" title="DW-WORLD.DE Complete via RSS"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-top" title="Top Stories via RSS"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-news" title="News via RSS-Feed"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-ger" title="Germany via RSS"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-eu" title="Europe via RSS"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-bus" title="Business via RSS"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-cul" title="Culture & Lifestyle via RSS"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-soc" title="German Soccer via RSS"/>
<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://rss.dw-world.de/rdf/rss-en-wc2006" title="World Cup 2006 via RSS"/>
<script src="/DWelle/AddOns/javasripts.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/DWelle/AddOns/IEPositionFixed.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
<style type="text/css">
<!--
@import url("/skins/std/channel1/styleglobal.css");
-->
</style>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/skins/std/channel1/styleprint.css" type="text/css" media="print" />
<style type="text/css">
<!--
-->
</style>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
window.name = 'DWCDAFenster';
</script>
<script src="/DWelle/AddOns/checker.js" type="text/javascript" language="javascript"></script>
<script language="Javascript1.2" type="text/javascript">
function detail_check ()
{return 1}
</script>
<script language="Javascript1.2" src="/DWelle/AddOns/mr-check.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<!--[if lt IE 7]>
<script type="text/javascript" src="/DWelle/AddOns/minmax.js"></script>
<style type="text/css">
@import url("/DWelle/AddOns/IEmin7.css");
</style>
<![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7]>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body >
<ol id="quickjump">
<li><a href="#mainContent" accesskey="1">main content</a></li>
<li><a href="#nav" accesskey="2">main navigation</a></li>
<li><a href="#multi" accesskey="3">extra content</a></li>
<li><a href="#headLinks" accesskey="4">head navigation</a></li>
<li><a href="#headSearch" accesskey="5">search</a></li>
<li><a href="#headLanguage" xml:lang="en" lang="en" accesskey="6">Choose form 30 Languages</a></li>
</ol>
<hr />
<div id="headBack">
<div id="headBack1">
<div class="headBackWhite"></div>
</div>
<div id="headBack2">
<div class="headBackWhite"></div>
</div>
<div id="headBack3">
<div class="headBackWhite"></div>
</div>
</div>
<div id="wrapper" class="start">
<div id="head">
<div id="headLogo">
<h1><a href="/dw/0,,266,00.html" accesskey="0">
<span>DW-World.de<br/>Deutsche Welle</span></a></h1>
<div id="headSlogan"><h2>Your Link to Germany</h2></div>
</div>
<div id="headBar">
<div id="headLinks">
<div id="headLinksLeftwrapper">
<ul id="headLinks1">
<li><a href="/dw/0,,3325,00.html">About us</a></li>
<li class="two"><a href="/dw/0,,3293,00.html">Press</a></li>
<li class="three" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a href="/dw/0,,3303,00.html">Business & Sales</a></li>
<li class="four"><a href="/dw/0,,8120,00.html"><span>DW-Akademie</span></a></li>
</ul>
<ul id="headLinks2">
<li class="two"><a href="/dw/0,,9220,00.html" title="Contact">Contact</a></li>
<li class="three"><a href="javascript:popupsb('/popups/popup_help/0,,1430,00.html','Sitemap',630,630)" accesskey="7">Help</a></li>
<li class="four"><a href="/dw/0,,9221,00.html">Partner</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
<div id="headLinksRightwrapper">
<ul id="headLinks3">
<li class="three" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><a href="javascript:popup('/popups/popup_sitemape/0,,1430,00.html','Sitemap',630,630)">Site map</a></li>
<li class="four"><a href="/dw/0,,9222,00.html">Archive</a></li>
</ul>
</div>
</div>
<div id="headChoice">
<form action="/dw/globalsearch/0,,1430,00.html" id="headSearch" method="post">
<div class="minHeight">&nbsp;</div>
<fieldset>
<legend>Search</legend>
<label for="QuickSearch1">Keywords<input type="hidden" name="structure" value="266"/></label>
<input type="text" id="QuickSearch1" name="item" value="Search" onfocus="clearInput(this, 'Search', 'focus');" onblur="clearInput(this, 'Search', 'blur');" />
<label for="QuickSearch2">Search</label>
<input type="submit" value="&raquo;" id="QuickSearch2" class="button"/>
</fieldset>
<p><a href="/dw/globalsearch/0,,1430,00.html"><span class="invisible">DW-World: </span>Extended Search</a></p>
</form>
<form name="headLanguage" action="/page_redirector/0,,940025,00.html" method="post" id="headLanguage">
<div class="minHeight">&nbsp;</div>
<fieldset>
<legend>Choose from 30 Languages</legend>
<label for="QuickSearch1">Choose from 30 Languages</label>
<SELECT class="input" name="id" size="1" onchange="self.location=('/page_redirector/0,,266,00.html?id=' + (document.headLanguage.id.options[document.headLanguage.id.selectedIndex].value))" >
<option value="/select/">Choose from 30 Languages</option>
<option value="266">English</option>
<option value="265">German</option>
<option value="293">Chinese</option>
<option value="653">Spanish</option>
<option value="607">Portuguese for Brazil</option>
<option value="613">Arabic</option>
<option value="298">Russian</option>
<option value="641">Persian</option>
<option value="609">Albanian</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/amharic/">Amharic</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/bengali/">Bengali</option>
<option value="617">Bosnian B/H/S</option>
<option value="619">Bulgarian</option>
<option value="635">Croatian</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/dari/">Dari</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/french/">French</option>
<option value="625">Greek</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/hausa/">Hausa</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/hindi/">Hindi</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/indonesia/">Indonesian</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/kiswahili/">Kiswahili</option>
<option value="637">Macedonian</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/pashto/">Pashto</option>
<option value="643">Polish</option>
<option value="607">Portuguese</option>
<option value="647">Romanian</option>
<option value="651">Serbian</option>
<option value="655">Turkish</option>
<option value="657">Ukrainian</option>
<option value="http://www2.dw-world.de/urdu/">Urdu</option>
</select>
<label for="chooseLanguage2">Choose from 30 Languages</label>
<input type="submit" value="&raquo;" id="chooseLanguage2" class="button"/>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
<div id="headBarBottom">
<div id="headDate"><p>30.07.2007</p></div>
<div id="headDropdown">
<div class="minHeight2"></div>
<form name="MyPDTLeftForm" action="/page_redirector/0,2153,,00.html" method="post">
<fieldset>
<legend>Drop-Down eins</legend>
<label for="metaNav1"><span class="invisible">Drop-Down eins</span></label>
<select name="id" id="pls" onChange="eval(document.MyPDTLeftForm.id.options[document.MyPDTLeftForm.id.selectedIndex].value);">
<option value="#">Specials</option>
<optgroup label="Election 2005"><option value="window.open('http://www3.dw-world.de/wahlgrafik/index.php?lang=en','','width=749,height=577,scrollbars=no,status=no')">Results</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/forum/1,1615,1656282,00.html'">Germany Forum</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Soccer"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/soccer'">Bundesliga</option>
<option value="window.open('http://kickofftip.dw-world.de/liveTicker.do?t=156520062&lang=en','nf','scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,width=422,height=600,top=80,left=120')">Live Ticker</option>
<option value="window.open('http://bundesligatip.dw-world.de/liveExtern.do?lang=en','nf','scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,resizable=no,width=410,height=750,top=80,left=120')">League Table</option>
<option value="self.location='http://kickofftip.dw-world.de/english.do'">Betting Game</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/worldcup'">World Cup 2006</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="In Focus Dossier"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1588680,00.html'">Germany</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1587737,00.html'">Business</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1588736,00.html'">Culture</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1587745,00.html'">Science</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Discover Germany"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,2469,00.html'">German Courses</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,7550,00.html'">Travel</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www9.dw-world.de/europawetter/index.php?language=en'">Weather</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Weblog Awards"><option value="window.open('http://www.thebobs.com/thebobs05/bob.php?language=en', 'extern')">Best of Blogs</option>
<option value="window.open('http://www.thebobs.com/thebobs05/bob.php', 'extern')">Voting</option>
<option value="window.open('http://www.thebobs.com/thebobs05/bob.php?site=bobsblog', 'extern')">Bobs Blog</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Partner Sites"><option value="window.open('http://www.todayinhistory.de', 'extern')">Today in History</option>
<option value="window.open('http://www.study-in-germany.de', 'extern')">Study-in-Germany</option>
<option value="window.open('http://www.germanizer.com', 'extern')">Germanizer</option>
<option value="window.open('http://www.southasia.de', 'extern')">South Asia</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="And Finally"><option value="window.open('http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1410678,00.html', 'extern')">DW Quirkies</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
<label for="metaNav2">Aktion fuer Drop-down eins</label>
<!-- input type="submit" value="&raquo;" id="metaNav2" class="button" /-->
</fieldset>
</form>
<form name="MyPDTRightForm" action="/page_redirector/0,2153,,00.html" method="post">
<fieldset>
<legend>Drop-Down zwei</legend>
<label for="metaNav3"><span class="invisible">Drop-Down zwei</span></label>
<select name="id" id="plr" onChange="eval(document.MyPDTRightForm.id.options[document.MyPDTRightForm.id.selectedIndex].value);">
<option value="#">Service</option>
<optgroup label="Newsletters"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1170241,00.html'">Overview</option>
<option value="javascript:window.open('http://217.160.138.152/projekte/newsletter/subscribe.php?lang=en','NewWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,copyhistory=no,WIDTH=416,HEIGHT=410')">Subscribe</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Feeds"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1137115,00.html'">RSS</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,669303,00.html'">Partner Feeds</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Mobile"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1485995,00.html'">Mobile Online</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1486125,00.html'">FAQs</option>
<option value="javascript:window.open('http://www3.dw-world.de/mobile_emulator/emulator_en.html','','width=327,height=564,status=no,resizable=no,locationbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,titlebar=no')">Preview</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Podcasting"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/english/podcasts'">Podcasts</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1719234,00.html'">FAQs</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Feedback"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,7882,00.html'">Reader Response</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,9220,00.html'">Contact</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1589056,00.html'">About Us</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="DW-Radio"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,4865,00.html'">Reception</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1029095,00.html'">Program Guide</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,8215,00.html'">Digital Radio</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="DW-TV"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,6809,00.html'">Reception</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,4757,00.html'">Program Guide</option>
<option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,1595,6929,00.html'">Hotel Partners</option>
<option value="window.open('http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,9102,00.html', 'extern')">DW-TV in the US</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Merchandising"><option value="self.location='http://store.dw-world.de/english'">DW-STORE</option>
</optgroup>
<optgroup label="Events"><option value="self.location='http://www.dw-world.de/mediadialogue'">Media Dialogue</option>
</optgroup>
</select>
<label for="metaNav4">Aktion fuer Drop-down zwei</label>
<!-- input type="submit" value="&raquo;" id="metaNav4" class="button" / -->
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<hr />
<div id="contentWrapper">
<div id="spacer"></div>
<div id="leftColumn">
<div id="nav"><h2><a href="/dw/0,2142,266,00.html">Home</a></h2>
<ul>
<li><h3 class="firstItem">NEWS</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,1429,00.html">At a Glance</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,1432,00.html">Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,1433,00.html">Europe</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,1431,00.html">Business</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,1441,00.html">Culture & Lifestyle</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,8171,00.html">German Soccer</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><h3>GERMANY INFO</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,7550,00.html">Visit Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,8010,00.html">Study in Germany</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,2469,00.html">German Courses</a></li>
<li><a href="#" target="_self" onclick="javascript:window.open('http://www9.dw-world.de/europakarte/eng/europakarte_fs.php?id=9','','innerWidth=450,innerHeight=680,width=474,height=740,status=no,resizable=no,locationbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,titlebar=no')">Map</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www9.dw-world.de/europawetter/index.php?language=en">Weather</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><h3>DW-RADIO</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,9101,00.html">What's On?</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,8095,00.html">Programs</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,4865,00.html">Reception</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,4703,00.html">Audio on Demand</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><h3>DW-TV</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,9102,00.html">What's On?</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,4757,00.html">Program Guide</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,6809,00.html">Reception</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,4756,00.html">Video on Demand</a></li>
</ul></li>
<li><h3>INTERACTIVE</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,7882,00.html">Reader Response</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,8052,00.html">Newsletter</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,9702,00.html">RSS Tools & Services</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,9541,00.html">Podcasting</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,8733,00.html">Mobile</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,2142,9104,00.html">About DW-WORLD.DE</a></li>
</ul></li>
</li>
</ol></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul></div>
</div>
<div id="mainContent">
<div class="teaserboxContainter">
<div class="clearing">&nbsp;</div>
</div>
<div class="detail">
<h3>
Current Affairs<span class="add">&nbsp;|&nbsp;04.08.2003</span>
</h3>
<h2>
Up in Flames: Fires Ravage Southern Europe
</h2>
<div class="partNav">
</div>
<div class="picBoxDetailTop"><a href="/popups/popup_lupe/0,,940025,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'Image','picPopup');"><img src="/image/0,,939713_1,00.jpg" alt="Fleeing the fires in Portugal" border="0" /></a><div class="captionBox"><i class="caption"><a href="/popups/popup_lupe/0,,940025,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'Image','picPopup');"><span>Gro&szlig;ansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: </span><span class="symMagnifier">&nbsp;</span>Fleeing the fires in Portugal</a></i></div><div class="clearing">&nbsp;</div></div><h4 class="detailContentTeasertext">
As the mercury climbs higher and higher in Europe, forest fires rage across the southern parts of Spain and Portugal. The fire-engulfed regions have appealed to their neighbors and the EU for help.</h4>
<div class="detailContent"><p>
<P>The sun over Europe continues to beat down mercilessly this summer. With temperatures reaching a record 45 degrees centigrade (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of southern Europe, the combination of intense heat and dryness have led to a severe outbreak of forest fires – some of the worst in years. </p>
<P>In Spain and Portugal where the heat wave and raging fires are the biggest in 20 years, 16 people have died. With no end to the punishing heat and no rain in the near forecast, the flames are threatening to spill over into popular tourist destination sites along the coast.</p>
<P>Throughout southern Europe, local and state governments are struggling to cope with the mounting disaster and have turned to their neighbors and the European Union for help. Portugal has been especially hard hit.</p>
<P>The Lisbon government has called its cabinet to a special crisis session. Late last week it appealed to Brussels for more than 2,000 fire fighters and soldiers who are struggling to put out the rapidly spreading fires.</p><STRONG>
<P>Portugal up in flames</p></strong>
<P>Interior Minister António Figueiredo Lopes told the Portuguese news agency Lusa that he had requested help under the terms of an EU agreement because neighboring Spain, which is also battling forest fires, was unable to spare support. </p>
<P>"This is one of the worst catastrophe situations in the last 20 years," the minister said. </p>
<P>Several villages had to be evacuated over the weekend as the flames threatened to engulf people’s homes. About a third of Portugal is covered with forest and the latest official figures show some 25,000 hectares (62,000 acres) of woodland, most of it in central Portugal, have been burned so far this year. At least 40 separate fires have been reported.</p>
<P>A general sense of panic and uncertainty hovers over the fire-threatened regions. "The center of the country is up in flames," wrote the newspaper Publico.</p><STRONG>
<P>Spain's fires under control</p></strong>
<P>In Spain there were also serious fires in many parts of the country; with thousands of hectares of forest destroyed in central and southern Spain. However, the situation isn't as dramatic as in Portugal since firefighters have managed to bring most fires under control. Near Cáceres in the Southwest, more than 500 people had to be rescued from advancing flames. The local government in Extremadura established a crisis management center, in order to coordinate fire fighting.</p>
<P>A number of Spanish cities recorded extremely high temperatures over the weekend. In Madrid, the mercury hit 41.5 degrees centigrade – the highest in ten years. In Seville tourists were being photographed on the streets standing next to thermometers that showed a temperature of 56 degrees centigrade – albeit in the sun.</p><STRONG>
<P>Aid for France</p></strong>
<P>Last week, France called on its European Union partners for help with devastating forest fires on the Mediterranean coast. The fires had been started by an arsonist, but extreme heat and drought conditions, along with mistral winds, made them difficult to vanquish. </p>
<P>On July 28, France issued an appeal through a EU Commission crisis center that is manned round the clock in case of natural or civil emergencies. The head of the commission's civil protection unit, Pia Bucella, told the AFP news agency that Germany offered to send three Puma helicopters. Belgium, Greece, Italy and Spain had also responded through the crisis center, Bucella said. And water-dropping planes came from non-EU countries Norway, Russia and Canada as well. </p></p></div><div class="clearing">&nbsp;</div>
<div class="partNav">
</div>
<p class="actionFooter"><a href="/popups/popup_sendfeedback/0,,1430_group_263_contentId_940025,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'Feedback','empty');">Send us an e-mail</a><span class="invisible">&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="/popups/popup_sendcontent/0,,940025,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'SendContent','empty');">Send</a><span class="invisible">&nbsp;|&nbsp;</span><a href="/popups/popup_printcontent/0,,940025,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'SendContent','empty');">Print</a>
</p><h4>More on the topic</h4>
</div>
<hr />
</div>
<hr />
<div id="multi">
<div id="spacerMpb">&nbsp;</div>
<!-- ctx: str:1430 id:null-->
<!-- ctx: str:266 header: 266-->
<div id="dayPic">
<h5>
Picture of the Day
</h5><div class="picBox"><a href="/popups/popup_imageoftheday/0,,2711280_lang_2,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'ImageOTD','dayPicPopup');"><img src="/image/0,,2711280_11,00.jpg" alt="ImageOfTheDay" border="0"/></a></div>
</div>
<!-- ctx: str:266 header: 266-->
<div class="multiRadio"><h5><strong><span>DW</span>-Radio</strong></h5><ul>
<li class="firstItem"><p><a href="/popups/popup_mediaplayer/0,,4047_type_liveaudio_struct_266,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'Mediaplayer','videoPopup');"><span class="sym">Audio: </span><strong>
Radio live
</strong></a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="/dw/0,2142,9101,00.html"><span class="sym">Audio: </span><strong>What's On?</strong></a></p>
<p class="singleLink"><a href="/dw/0,2142,3083,00.html"><span class="sym">Audio: </span>Newslink<br/></a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="/dw/0,2142,4703,00.html"><span class="sym">Audio: </span><strong>
Audio on Demand
</strong></a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="/dw/0,2142,9541,00.html"><span class="sym">Audio: </span><strong>
Podcasting
</strong></a></p></li>
</ul></div>
<!-- ctx: str:266 header: 266-->
<div class="multiTv"><h5><strong><span>DW</span>-TV</strong></h5><ul>
<li class="firstItem"><p><a href="http://195.14.212.230/redirect.jsp?usa=http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_single_mediaplayer_usa_eng&buli=http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_single_mediaplayer_buli_eng&popup=http://www.dw-world.de/popups/popup_mediaplayer/0,,1941_type_livevideo_struct_266,00.html" target="_blank" onclick="return openPopup(this.href,'Mediaplayer','videoPopup');"><span class="sym">Video: </span><strong>
Video live
</strong></a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="/dw/0,2142,9102,00.html"><span class="sym">Video: </span><strong>What's On?</strong></a></p>
<p class="singleLink"><a href="/dw/article/0,2144,2465712,00.html"><span class="sym">Video: </span>Journal (english)<br/>With In Depth</a></p>
</li>
<li><p><a href="/dw/0,2142,4756,00.html"><span class="sym">Video: </span><strong>
Video on Demand
</strong></a></p></li>
</ul></div>
<!-- Teaser: Meta-Banner Liste (204) class: de.dwelle.api.teaser.MetaBannerList--><div class="mediaLink symDW">
<h5>
Germany Up Close
</h5>
<div class="picBox"><a href="/dw/article/0,2144,1581890,00.html"><img src="/image/0,,1571662_11,00.jpg" alt="" border="0"/></a></div>
<ul><li><p>
A look at current issues in politics, business and culture
</p></li></ul>
<ul>
<li><p><a href="/dw/article/0,2144,1581890,00.html"><strong>
A Closer Look
</strong></a></p>
<li><p><a href="/dw/article/0,2144,1588680,00.html"><strong>
Focus on Germany
</strong></a></p>
<li><p><a href="/dw/article/0,2144,1587737,00.html"><strong>
Focus on Business
</strong></a></p>
<li><p><a href="/dw/article/0,2144,1588736,00.html"><strong>
Focus on Culture
</strong></a></p>
</ul>
</li></ul></div>
<!-- Teaser: Multiklick (206) class: de.dwelle.api.teaser.Multiklick--><div class="mediaLink symDW">
<h5>
The Way You Want It
</h5>
<div class="picBox"><a href="/dw/0,2142,8052,00.html"><img src="/image/0,,1575976_11,00.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a></div><ul><li><p>
</p>
<div class="mediaLink symDW"><ul>
<li><p><a href="/dw/0,2142,8052,00.html"><span class="sym">DW-World: </span><strong>Newsletter</strong></a></p>
<p class="linkExplanation"><a href="/dw/0,2142,8052,00.html">
Get regular updates
</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="/dw/0,2142,8733,00.html"><span class="sym">DW-World: </span><strong>Mobile</strong></a></p>
<p class="linkExplanation"><a href="/dw/0,2142,8733,00.html">
Optimized for PDAs
</a></p></li>
</ul></div>
</li></ul></div>
</div>
<div class="clearing"></div>
<div id="contentFooter">
<br><hr />
<ul>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,266,00.html">English</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,265,00.html">German</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,293,00.html">Chinese</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,653,00.html">Spanish</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,607,00.html">Portuguese for Brazil</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,613,00.html">Arabic</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,298,00.html">Russian</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,641,00.html">Persian</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,609,00.html">Albanian</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/amharic/">Amharic</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/bengali/">Bengali</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,617,00.html">Bosnian B/H/S</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,619,00.html">Bulgarian</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,635,00.html">Croatian</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/dari/">Dari</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/french/">French</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,625,00.html">Greek</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/hausa/">Hausa</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/hindi/">Hindi</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/indonesia/">Indonesian</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/kiswahili/">Kiswahili</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,637,00.html">Macedonian</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/pashto/">Pashto</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,643,00.html">Polish</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,607,00.html">Portuguese</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,647,00.html">Romanian</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,651,00.html">Serbian</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,655,00.html">Turkish</a></li>
<li><a href="/dw/0,,657,00.html">Ukrainian</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www2.dw-world.de/urdu/">Urdu</a></li>
</ul>
<div class="clearing"></div>
<div class="copyright">&copy; 2007 Deutsche Welle</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>