News Headlines - 09 February 2014
▽Rare Snowstorm Hits Japan, Turns Deadly
A strong storm moving up the eastern coastline of Japan brought a rare, heavy snowfall Saturday into early Sunday for areas that typically don't see much in the way of snow.
Tokyo is a difficult place for snow due to the high peak of Mount Fuji, just to the west of the city. It blocks a lot of the storms moving in from the west, and most storms coming in from the south and east are too warm.
Mori, 76, was visibly agitated with the questions, particularly the fact questioning whether he was capable of carrying out such a high profile international role when he speak such limited English, claiming it was the "enemy's language".
▽Workers off sick for a month to receive health assessments - Telegraph
Hundreds of thousands of workers off sick for more than a month will be referred for medical assessments under new Government plans.
Employees will be checked by occupational health specialists who will attempt to draw up a plan and timetable to get them back into the workplace quickly.
It could lead to staff being given medical care, a fitness regime, retraining or a recommendation that they work from home.
▽BBC News - Syria crisis: 'Hundreds' evacuated from besieged Homs
More than 600 civilians have been evacuated from the rebel-held Old Quarter of the central Syrian city of Homs, state media report.
This was despite mortar fire and shooting which activists say killed several people and wounded others.
UN and Syrian Red Crescent teams also managed to deliver relief supplies to the quarter, which has been besieged by government forces for more than a year.
▽Million-Year-Old Footprints Found as Some of Earliest Proof of Human Life
About 50 human footprints almost 1 million years old were discovered in England last year, and new research published on Friday determined that these footprints were the earliest evidence of human footprints outside of Africa.
The footprints were discovered in the village of Happisburgh, Norfolk, by a team of experts from the British Museum, the Natural History Museum and Queen Mary University of London. Of the 50 footprints, only about a dozen were complete with details.
