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now he has no fever, and we have removed the drain tube from his wound. Further improvement of his condition can be expected. During the night we do not plan to do any more interventions on him.” Zsiros denied the earlier reports that Massa had injured his left eye, which led to speculation about his future participation in Formula 1. Peter Bazso, the hospital’s medical director, explained that it was in fact too early to tell if there was any damage because Massa was still unable to open the eye: “We can give no positive neither negative answer to this, because at this stage the vision cannot be examined.” Bazso made it clear however that a full recovery was still entirely possible for the Brazilian. “There is no such thing as ‘this condition’, be-
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The destroyed car of Ferrari Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Brazil is seen after his accident during the Qualifying session at the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, July 25, 2009. The Hungarian Formula One Grand Prix will be held here on Sunday, July 26, 2009.
The FIA has asked its Safety Commission to work on a report about the accidents involving Henry Surtees and Felipe Massa. Surtees was killed less than 10 days ago during an F2 race at Brands Hatch when he was hit in the head by a flying wheel from another car. Less than a week later, Ferrari driver Massa was hit by a spring from Rubens Barrichello’s car during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, leading some F1 drivers to ask for work to improve safety in this area. On Monday, motorsport’s ruling body announced it has asked the FIA Safety Commission to prepare a report with recommendations on how to try and improve the safety standards to avoid such accidents. “FIA President Max Mosley has asked the FIA Safety Commission to prepare a report on the recent debris-related accidents in the FIA Formula One World Championship and FIA Formula Two Championship,” said the FIA in a statement. “The FIA Safety Commission, which is made up of medical and technical representatives from all areas of motor sport, will submit its report and recommendations to the World Motor Sport Council. Preliminary findings suggest the helmet being used by Felipe Massa may have played a significant role in limiting the injuries sustained. The FIA 8860 helmet, which took eight years to develop by the FIA and FIA Institute, provides increased protection in all key impact areas.”
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cause every case is different,” he pointed out. “Of course it isn’t impossible.” When asked when they will be able to determine if Massa has suffered any kind of lasting injury, Zsiros said: “There is no interval which we can define, but I would say it should be from one week to ten days.” He added that Massa would remain in intensive care as long as his condition made that necessary. Dino Altmann, the Chief Medical Officer of the Brazilian Grand Prix, who also attended the news conference, confirmed Massa was now able to speak. “He spoke, he wanted to know what happened to him. And he had some questions,” Altmann revealed. “I would like to say that the family is very happy with the treatment Felipe is receiving here, and there’s no question about transfer at the moment.”
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Felipe Massa’s condition is continuing to improve as doctors at the AEK Hospital in Hungary, where the Brazilian driver is being treated, denied earlier reports of eye damage and instead suggested he could make a full recovery. Colonel Dr. Lajos Zsiros, the chief surgeon of the Hungarian Defence Forces, told a news conference on Monday that the 28-year-old had been woken from sedation on Monday afternoon, and was unlikely to be sedated again. “In the last 24 hours some major changes have gone through in the condition of Felipe Massa,” said Zsiros. “His condition continues to be stable. During the CTscan we performed we could ascertain that there was an improvement in his condition. We stopped sedation and after that Felipe Massa became capable of making contact.” “So in the afternoon we stopped the artificial ventilation of Felipe. As we speak he is sleepy, but he gives adequate answers to the questions we ask him, and he can move his arms and legs spontaneously. Right
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Drivers pull their rickshaws carrying passengers through a flooded street in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, July 28, 2009. Heavy monsoon rains have battered Bangladesh’s capital, flooding streets and homes, stranding thousands and forcing businesses and schools to close. The national weather office says more than 13 inches (333 millimeters) of rain have been recorded Tuesday in the overcrowded capital city of about 10 million people in the past 12 hours.
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Brazilian Formula One driver Rubens Barrichello of Brawn GP speaks to journalists at the entrance of the Honved Hospital, Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, July 26, 2009 where Brazilian Formula One driver Felipe Massa of Scuderia Ferrari is in a lifethreatening but stable condition after his operation.
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Tuesday in the overcrowded capital city of about 10 million people in the past 12 hours.
Dhaka streets waist-deep in water have caused huge traffic snarls. The private NTV television station
reports that residents in the city’s lowlying areas are stranded in their flooded homes. Trading on the Dhaka stock exchange has been delayed and schools in flooded areas are closed. Floods caused by monsoon rains are common in Bangladesh, a delta nation of 150 million people.
Court hears of ‘skinny and malnourished’ Khmer Rouge inmates Agence France-Presse
PHNOM PENH - A former staff member at a notorious Khmer Rouge prison testified on Tuesday to the starvation and torture endured by inmates, in the UNbacked war crimes trial of Cambodia’s ex-prison chief Duch. Sous Thy, who was responsible for registering inmates’ movements in and out of Tuol Sleng prison, spoke in the trial of Duch for overseeing the torture and execution of about 15,000 people in the late 1970s. “I did not pay great attention to their conditions, although I know that they suffered a great deal because most of them were very thin
and the majority of them were so skinny and malnourished,” Sous Thy, 58, told the court. Little air circulated in cells and some prisoners died of starvation while others were tortured to the point of death, he said. Weak prisoners were blindfolded before they were loaded onto trucks to be executed at the Choeung Ek “killing field”, a former orchard on the outskirts of the capital Phnom Penh, he added. “Regarding my work, I did not like it even a bit. But...I had to do it since I was ordered to do it,” he said, adding that he constantly feared for his life after seeing that other Tuol Sleng staff were arrested and killed. Continued on page 6
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CAMBODIA - This handout picture released by the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) on July 27, 2009 shows Sous Thy speaking in the courtroom in Phnom Penh.