Friday, September 30, 2011

Typhoon Nalgae batters flood-hit Philippines

Typhoon Nalgae Typhoon Nalgae is following the same track as Nesat
The second typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than a week is battering the north of the country, with ferocious winds and heavy rain.
Typhoon Nalgae has hit regions still waterlogged by the earlier storm, Nesat, and authorities have warned of flash floods and landslides.
The BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila says many residents are still on rooftops awaiting rescue from the first storm.
The Philippines suffers frequent typhoons, about 20 a year.
Nalgae made landfall in the eastern province of Isabela on Saturday with winds of up to 160km/h (100mph) and is heading west across the main island of Luzon.
First reports speak of material damage across the affected region, but there has been no word so far of casualties.
The storm is taking much the same route as Typhoon Nesat which hit the country on Tuesday leaving at least 50 people dead and thousands homeless.
Tens of thousands of residents have moved into evacuation centres or the homes of relatives or friends, but many areas are still heavily flooded from the earlier storm.
Officials say more than a million of Luzon's 48 million inhabitants remain trapped by the floods.
Several towns remain submerged.
Provincial disaster official Raul Agustin told ABS-CBN television that marooned flood victims were often reluctant to leave for fear their homes would be looted.
"When we send out rescue teams to help them, they ask for food instead," he said.

Typhoon Nalgae batters flood-hit Philippines

Typhoon Nalgae Typhoon Nalgae is following the same track as Nesat
The second typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than a week is battering the north of the country, with ferocious winds and heavy rain.
Typhoon Nalgae has hit regions still waterlogged by the earlier storm, Nesat, and authorities have warned of flash floods and landslides.
The BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila says many residents are still on rooftops awaiting rescue from the first storm.
The Philippines suffers frequent typhoons, about 20 a year.
Nalgae made landfall in the eastern province of Isabela on Saturday with winds of up to 160km/h (100mph) and is heading west across the main island of Luzon.
First reports speak of material damage across the affected region, but there has been no word so far of casualties.
The storm is taking much the same route as Typhoon Nesat which hit the country on Tuesday leaving at least 50 people dead and thousands homeless.
Tens of thousands of residents have moved into evacuation centres or the homes of relatives or friends, but many areas are still heavily flooded from the earlier storm.
Officials say more than a million of Luzon's 48 million inhabitants remain trapped by the floods.
Several towns remain submerged.
Provincial disaster official Raul Agustin told ABS-CBN television that marooned flood victims were often reluctant to leave for fear their homes would be looted.
"When we send out rescue teams to help them, they ask for food instead," he said.

Typhoon Nalgae batters flood-hit Philippines

Typhoon Nalgae Typhoon Nalgae is following the same track as Nesat
The second typhoon to hit the Philippines in less than a week is battering the north of the country, with ferocious winds and heavy rain.
Typhoon Nalgae has hit regions still waterlogged by the earlier storm, Nesat, and authorities have warned of flash floods and landslides.
The BBC's Kate McGeown in Manila says many residents are still on rooftops awaiting rescue from the first storm.
The Philippines suffers frequent typhoons, about 20 a year.
Nalgae made landfall in the eastern province of Isabela on Saturday with winds of up to 160km/h (100mph) and is heading west across the main island of Luzon.
First reports speak of material damage across the affected region, but there has been no word so far of casualties.
The storm is taking much the same route as Typhoon Nesat which hit the country on Tuesday leaving at least 50 people dead and thousands homeless.
Tens of thousands of residents have moved into evacuation centres or the homes of relatives or friends, but many areas are still heavily flooded from the earlier storm.
Officials say more than a million of Luzon's 48 million inhabitants remain trapped by the floods.
Several towns remain submerged.
Provincial disaster official Raul Agustin told ABS-CBN television that marooned flood victims were often reluctant to leave for fear their homes would be looted.
"When we send out rescue teams to help them, they ask for food instead," he said.

Occupy Wall Street protests grow amid Radiohead rumour

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in Zuccotti Park, New York The crowds in Zuccotti Park are frustrated at a lack of employment and opportunity in the US
An estimated 2,000 people have gathered in Lower Manhattan, New York, for the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street.
Demonstrators marched on New York's police headquarters to protest against arrests and police behaviour.
Several hundred people have camped out near Wall Street since 17 September as part of protests against corporate greed, politics, and inequality.
Earlier, UK band Radiohead were forced to deny rumours they would appear live.
A tweet sent out by a Twitter account linked to the protest movement set off a firestorm of online interest.
But a spokesman for the band later denied they were planning to appear, and the group themselves denied the rumour on Twitter.
"We wish the best of luck to the protesters there, but contrary to earlier rumours, we will not be appearing today at #occupywallstreet," @Radiohead tweeted.
Anger at police The Occupy Wall Street movement has set up its base camp in Zucotti Park, a privately owned patch of land not far from Wall Street.
Hundreds of people have camped out in the park since 17 September.
The loosely organised group says it is defending 99% of the US population against the wealthiest 1%, and had called for 20,000 people to "flood into lower Manhattan" on 17 September and remain there for "a few months".
Some 80 people were arrested during a march on 25 September, mostly for disorderly conduct and blocking traffic, but one person was charged with assaulting a police officer.
Friday's protest numbers were swelled by local trade unions and by those attracted to the area by the rumour of Radiohead's attendance.
New York's police have come in for criticism by the movement since video emerged of pepper sprays being used against demonstrators last weekend.
"NYPD protects billionaires and Wall Street," read one placard carried aloft on Friday, the AFP news agency reported, as crowds marched towards the city's police headquarters, where they rallied peacefully before dispersing.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his weekly appearance on a radio show to criticise the protesters, saying they were targeting the wrong people.
"The protesters are protesting against people who make $40,000 or $50,000 a year and are struggling to make ends meet. That's the bottom line," he said.
"We always tend to blame the wrong people. We blame the banks. They were part of this, but so was Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae and Congress and you and me and everybody."
A series of other small-scale protests have also sprung up in other US cities in sympathy with the aims of Occupy Wall Street.
The movement's website on Friday said a Boston movement had begun, with other reports online suggesting a sit-in was due to begin on Saturday in downtown Washington DC.

Occupy Wall Street protests grow amid Radiohead rumour

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in Zuccotti Park, New York The crowds in Zuccotti Park are frustrated at a lack of employment and opportunity in the US
An estimated 2,000 people have gathered in Lower Manhattan, New York, for the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street.
Demonstrators marched on New York's police headquarters to protest against arrests and police behaviour.
Several hundred people have camped out near Wall Street since 17 September as part of protests against corporate greed, politics, and inequality.
Earlier, UK band Radiohead were forced to deny rumours they would appear live.
A tweet sent out by a Twitter account linked to the protest movement set off a firestorm of online interest.
But a spokesman for the band later denied they were planning to appear, and the group themselves denied the rumour on Twitter.
"We wish the best of luck to the protesters there, but contrary to earlier rumours, we will not be appearing today at #occupywallstreet," @Radiohead tweeted.
Anger at police The Occupy Wall Street movement has set up its base camp in Zucotti Park, a privately owned patch of land not far from Wall Street.
Hundreds of people have camped out in the park since 17 September.
The loosely organised group says it is defending 99% of the US population against the wealthiest 1%, and had called for 20,000 people to "flood into lower Manhattan" on 17 September and remain there for "a few months".
Some 80 people were arrested during a march on 25 September, mostly for disorderly conduct and blocking traffic, but one person was charged with assaulting a police officer.
Friday's protest numbers were swelled by local trade unions and by those attracted to the area by the rumour of Radiohead's attendance.
New York's police have come in for criticism by the movement since video emerged of pepper sprays being used against demonstrators last weekend.
"NYPD protects billionaires and Wall Street," read one placard carried aloft on Friday, the AFP news agency reported, as crowds marched towards the city's police headquarters, where they rallied peacefully before dispersing.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his weekly appearance on a radio show to criticise the protesters, saying they were targeting the wrong people.
"The protesters are protesting against people who make $40,000 or $50,000 a year and are struggling to make ends meet. That's the bottom line," he said.
"We always tend to blame the wrong people. We blame the banks. They were part of this, but so was Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae and Congress and you and me and everybody."
A series of other small-scale protests have also sprung up in other US cities in sympathy with the aims of Occupy Wall Street.
The movement's website on Friday said a Boston movement had begun, with other reports online suggesting a sit-in was due to begin on Saturday in downtown Washington DC.

Occupy Wall Street protests grow amid Radiohead rumour

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in Zuccotti Park, New York The crowds in Zuccotti Park are frustrated at a lack of employment and opportunity in the US
An estimated 2,000 people have gathered in Lower Manhattan, New York, for the largest protest yet under the banner Occupy Wall Street.
Demonstrators marched on New York's police headquarters to protest against arrests and police behaviour.
Several hundred people have camped out near Wall Street since 17 September as part of protests against corporate greed, politics, and inequality.
Earlier, UK band Radiohead were forced to deny rumours they would appear live.
A tweet sent out by a Twitter account linked to the protest movement set off a firestorm of online interest.
But a spokesman for the band later denied they were planning to appear, and the group themselves denied the rumour on Twitter.
"We wish the best of luck to the protesters there, but contrary to earlier rumours, we will not be appearing today at #occupywallstreet," @Radiohead tweeted.
Anger at police The Occupy Wall Street movement has set up its base camp in Zucotti Park, a privately owned patch of land not far from Wall Street.
Hundreds of people have camped out in the park since 17 September.
The loosely organised group says it is defending 99% of the US population against the wealthiest 1%, and had called for 20,000 people to "flood into lower Manhattan" on 17 September and remain there for "a few months".
Some 80 people were arrested during a march on 25 September, mostly for disorderly conduct and blocking traffic, but one person was charged with assaulting a police officer.
Friday's protest numbers were swelled by local trade unions and by those attracted to the area by the rumour of Radiohead's attendance.
New York's police have come in for criticism by the movement since video emerged of pepper sprays being used against demonstrators last weekend.
"NYPD protects billionaires and Wall Street," read one placard carried aloft on Friday, the AFP news agency reported, as crowds marched towards the city's police headquarters, where they rallied peacefully before dispersing.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg used his weekly appearance on a radio show to criticise the protesters, saying they were targeting the wrong people.
"The protesters are protesting against people who make $40,000 or $50,000 a year and are struggling to make ends meet. That's the bottom line," he said.
"We always tend to blame the wrong people. We blame the banks. They were part of this, but so was Freddie Mac and Fanny Mae and Congress and you and me and everybody."
A series of other small-scale protests have also sprung up in other US cities in sympathy with the aims of Occupy Wall Street.
The movement's website on Friday said a Boston movement had begun, with other reports online suggesting a sit-in was due to begin on Saturday in downtown Washington DC.

Rugby World Cup 2011: Dan Carter injury rocks New Zealand

Dan Carter shows the pain after suffering a groin injury in training Carter shows the pain after suffering a groin injury in training
Star fly-half Dan Carter will miss New Zealand's final pool match against Canada on Sunday with a groin injury.
Carter was withdrawn from the side after pulling up during kicking practice in final training on Saturday.
The All Blacks will release a further injury bulletin on Sunday amid fears his participation in the rest of the World Cup may be in doubt.
Carter was due to lead the side against Canada after captain Richie McCaw also withdrew with a "niggly" foot problem.
Colin Slade will now start at number 10, with hooker Andrew Hore to captain the All Blacks for the first time. Andy Ellis comes onto the replacements bench.
"Carter will be further assessed this evening [Saturday] and an update will be given tomorrow," said an All Blacks statement. "No further updates will be given at this time."
McCaw's place in the side, meanwhile, will be taken by Victor Vito.
"It's a bit frustrating," said the flanker. "I was pretty keen to play, it was important for me and the team. I got through training on Friday fine but I woke up a bit sore."
McCaw underwent pre-season surgery in February to insert a small screw into a bone in his foot that had a stress fracture and missed the first six weeks of the Super 15 season.
After his comeback, the flanker was then sidelined in late May after suffering from recurring pain in his foot.

Rugby World Cup 2011: Dan Carter injury rocks New Zealand

Dan Carter shows the pain after suffering a groin injury in training Carter shows the pain after suffering a groin injury in training
Star fly-half Dan Carter will miss New Zealand's final pool match against Canada on Sunday with a groin injury.
Carter was withdrawn from the side after pulling up during kicking practice in final training on Saturday.
The All Blacks will release a further injury bulletin on Sunday amid fears his participation in the rest of the World Cup may be in doubt.
Carter was due to lead the side against Canada after captain Richie McCaw also withdrew with a "niggly" foot problem.
Colin Slade will now start at number 10, with hooker Andrew Hore to captain the All Blacks for the first time. Andy Ellis comes onto the replacements bench.
"Carter will be further assessed this evening [Saturday] and an update will be given tomorrow," said an All Blacks statement. "No further updates will be given at this time."
McCaw's place in the side, meanwhile, will be taken by Victor Vito.
"It's a bit frustrating," said the flanker. "I was pretty keen to play, it was important for me and the team. I got through training on Friday fine but I woke up a bit sore."
McCaw underwent pre-season surgery in February to insert a small screw into a bone in his foot that had a stress fracture and missed the first six weeks of the Super 15 season.
After his comeback, the flanker was then sidelined in late May after suffering from recurring pain in his foot.

Rugby World Cup 2011: Dan Carter injury rocks New Zealand

Dan Carter shows the pain after suffering a groin injury in training Carter shows the pain after suffering a groin injury in training
Star fly-half Dan Carter will miss New Zealand's final pool match against Canada on Sunday with a groin injury.
Carter was withdrawn from the side after pulling up during kicking practice in final training on Saturday.
The All Blacks will release a further injury bulletin on Sunday amid fears his participation in the rest of the World Cup may be in doubt.
Carter was due to lead the side against Canada after captain Richie McCaw also withdrew with a "niggly" foot problem.
Colin Slade will now start at number 10, with hooker Andrew Hore to captain the All Blacks for the first time. Andy Ellis comes onto the replacements bench.
"Carter will be further assessed this evening [Saturday] and an update will be given tomorrow," said an All Blacks statement. "No further updates will be given at this time."
McCaw's place in the side, meanwhile, will be taken by Victor Vito.
"It's a bit frustrating," said the flanker. "I was pretty keen to play, it was important for me and the team. I got through training on Friday fine but I woke up a bit sore."
McCaw underwent pre-season surgery in February to insert a small screw into a bone in his foot that had a stress fracture and missed the first six weeks of the Super 15 season.
After his comeback, the flanker was then sidelined in late May after suffering from recurring pain in his foot.

Great moments in human survival and endurance

The rescue of Nick Schuyler, in a Coast Guard handout photo Nick Schuyler's body temperature had plummeted to 31.5C by the time of his rescue by the US Coast Guard, shown here in a handout photo
A 67-year-old US man built a camp and survived on bugs, leaves and creek water for six days last week after driving his car into a ravine in a national forest near Los Angeles.
David Lavau's relatives had reported him missing to authorities but launched their own search after discovering he had used a debit card at a grocery store near where he was found.
We know that the human body can withstand misery that defies comprehension.
But the greatest feats of survival speak equally to the persistence and durability of the human spirit and the courage of those forced to undergo extraordinary trials.
Football players in the Gulf of Mexico, February 2009: Four athletes, including two professional American football players, were thrown into the Gulf of Mexico, 75 miles (121km) from the coast after their fishing boat capsized.
Juliane Koepcke at the scene of the crash Juliane Koepcke later returned to the scene of the crash with a film-maker
The boat flipped over when its owner gunned the engine in an effort to yank free a stuck anchor. The men kept calm at first, even as night fell and a storm approached, and clung to the overturned hull. Over nearly two days - and in swells as high as 15ft (4.5m) - the men began shivering violently and hallucinating as they succumbed one-by-one to delirium, hypothermia and exhaustion. Only Nick Schuyler, a personal trainer, survived.
Amos Wayne Richards, September 2011: Mr Richards, 64, broke his leg and dislocated a shoulder in a fall on a solo hike through a Utah desert. With only two protein bars to eat, Mr Richards reset his shoulder and began crawling across the terrain toward his car.
He collected rainwater in a bottle and managed to crawl and drag himself five miles. After four days he was discovered by rescuers searching by helicopter and treated for the leg injury and for dehydration.
Juliane Koepcke, 1971: The 17-year-old and her mother, a zoologist, were on a turboprop plane flying from Lima, Peru, to a remote spot in the Amazon rainforest, when the plane was struck by lightning.
The fuselage broke into pieces and Ms Koepcke found herself falling in open air, then lost consciousness. She came to still in her seat (which was attached to the intact row) after plunging more than two miles through the air, through the jungle canopy and to the jungle floor.
Jamie Neale and father Some Australian media suggested Jamie Neale staged his ordeal, but police said it was genuine
The 91 others onboard were killed. Over the next ten days - as maggots infested her wounds - Ms Koepcke waded through the bush and through crocodile-infested streams, and finally found a hut on a river where a team of lumberjacks rescued her. Film-maker Werner Herzog had been scheduled to fly on the plane but was bumped at the last minute.
Jamie Neale, July 2009: The British hiker, then 19, was lost for 12 days in the Blue Mountains of Australia, west of Sydney.
He told authorities he became disoriented and went off the track, then switched into "survival mode" after rescue helicopters ceased flying overhead. He survived in part by using tree bark as a blanket, and was rescued when two soldiers hiking in the bush heard his calls for help.
Aron Ralston, April 2003: The subject of Danny Boyle's film 127 Hours, Mr Ralston was hiking alone in an isolated Utah canyon when a rock fell about two feet and pinned his arm and trapped him. The experienced hiker, 27, ran out of water three days later, and two days after that he realised he would only survive if he took drastic action to sever his own arm.
Aron Ralston Aron Ralston was feted by Hollywood when Boyle's film 127 Hours, based on his ordeal was released
"I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied the tourniquet and went to task. It was a process that took about an hour," he said later. He then rappelled to the floor of the canyon, where he found other hikers. Park rangers later used heavy kit to move the 800lb (363kg) boulder and recover Mr Ralston's arm, which they took to a mortuary.
Jin Abe and Sumi Abe, March 2011: Sumi Abe and grandson Jin Abe were trapped under their collapsed house when the 11 March tsunami levelled their neighbourhood in Ishinomaki along Japan's north-eastern coastline.
After nine days the teenager was finally able to crawl through a hole in the debris. They had survived on yogurt and other scraps from the refrigerator and were rescued after nine days, showing signs of hypothermia.
Sumi Abe Sumi Abe, 80, and her grandson endured a snowstorm and freezing temperatures
Daryl Jane, December 2006: The resident of the US state of Washington began trapped when his Jeep got stuck in snow on a remote road near Mount Adams. Mr Jane, 37, rationed his water, rice cakes and banana chips and when the water ran out, drank from puddles. After almost two weeks he had already written goodbye notes to his love ones when searchers on snowmobiles found him. Despite the freezing temperatures he suffered no frostbite.
Colin Jones, June 2003: The Australian miner became trapped 1.5 miles underground in a coal mine on Australia's east coast when his tractor tipped over in a mine shaft, crushing his arm against a wall. Terrified the tractor would explode before rescuers could arrive to free him, he begged a co-worker to amputate. When the other man refused, he did it himself with a short-bladed hobby knife.
Joe Simpson, 1985: British climbers Joe Simpson and friend Simon Yates were scaling the 21,000ft (6,400m) Siula Grande mountain in the Andes when Mr Simpson, then 25, fell and shattered his leg. Mr Yates, 21, spent a day trying to lower Mr Simpson down to the base on a rope, but ended up mistakenly lowering him over a ledge. Mr Simpson dangled helplessly while Mr Yates began to lose his own footing. When Mr Yates cut the rope to save his own life, Mr Simpson fell off the side of the mountain. Trapped without food or water, crippled and hallucinating from the pain, Mr Simpson managed nevertheless to crawl out of the crevasse and inch his way across a boulder field, a glacier, around a lake and into a rocky valley, reaching camp three and a half days later. He later wrote about his ordeal in a book, Touching the Void, that was made into an award-winning film in 2003.
Old Christians Uruguayan amateur rugby team, 1972: A chartered Uruguayan Air Force plane was on a flight to Chile when it crashed in the Andes, killing a dozen of the 45 people aboard. Trapped on a snowy, isolated peak, others soon succumbed to injuries, exposure or starvation, including eight killed in an avalanche. When the food ran out, some of the men of the ate the flesh of the dead, and one who refused died of starvation. The 16 survivors were rescued 72 days after the crash after two men hiked for ten days into Chile to find help.

Great moments in human survival and endurance

The rescue of Nick Schuyler, in a Coast Guard handout photo Nick Schuyler's body temperature had plummeted to 31.5C by the time of his rescue by the US Coast Guard, shown here in a handout photo
A 67-year-old US man built a camp and survived on bugs, leaves and creek water for six days last week after driving his car into a ravine in a national forest near Los Angeles.
David Lavau's relatives had reported him missing to authorities but launched their own search after discovering he had used a debit card at a grocery store near where he was found.
We know that the human body can withstand misery that defies comprehension.
But the greatest feats of survival speak equally to the persistence and durability of the human spirit and the courage of those forced to undergo extraordinary trials.
Football players in the Gulf of Mexico, February 2009: Four athletes, including two professional American football players, were thrown into the Gulf of Mexico, 75 miles (121km) from the coast after their fishing boat capsized.
Juliane Koepcke at the scene of the crash Juliane Koepcke later returned to the scene of the crash with a film-maker
The boat flipped over when its owner gunned the engine in an effort to yank free a stuck anchor. The men kept calm at first, even as night fell and a storm approached, and clung to the overturned hull. Over nearly two days - and in swells as high as 15ft (4.5m) - the men began shivering violently and hallucinating as they succumbed one-by-one to delirium, hypothermia and exhaustion. Only Nick Schuyler, a personal trainer, survived.
Amos Wayne Richards, September 2011: Mr Richards, 64, broke his leg and dislocated a shoulder in a fall on a solo hike through a Utah desert. With only two protein bars to eat, Mr Richards reset his shoulder and began crawling across the terrain toward his car.
He collected rainwater in a bottle and managed to crawl and drag himself five miles. After four days he was discovered by rescuers searching by helicopter and treated for the leg injury and for dehydration.
Juliane Koepcke, 1971: The 17-year-old and her mother, a zoologist, were on a turboprop plane flying from Lima, Peru, to a remote spot in the Amazon rainforest, when the plane was struck by lightning.
The fuselage broke into pieces and Ms Koepcke found herself falling in open air, then lost consciousness. She came to still in her seat (which was attached to the intact row) after plunging more than two miles through the air, through the jungle canopy and to the jungle floor.
Jamie Neale and father Some Australian media suggested Jamie Neale staged his ordeal, but police said it was genuine
The 91 others onboard were killed. Over the next ten days - as maggots infested her wounds - Ms Koepcke waded through the bush and through crocodile-infested streams, and finally found a hut on a river where a team of lumberjacks rescued her. Film-maker Werner Herzog had been scheduled to fly on the plane but was bumped at the last minute.
Jamie Neale, July 2009: The British hiker, then 19, was lost for 12 days in the Blue Mountains of Australia, west of Sydney.
He told authorities he became disoriented and went off the track, then switched into "survival mode" after rescue helicopters ceased flying overhead. He survived in part by using tree bark as a blanket, and was rescued when two soldiers hiking in the bush heard his calls for help.
Aron Ralston, April 2003: The subject of Danny Boyle's film 127 Hours, Mr Ralston was hiking alone in an isolated Utah canyon when a rock fell about two feet and pinned his arm and trapped him. The experienced hiker, 27, ran out of water three days later, and two days after that he realised he would only survive if he took drastic action to sever his own arm.
Aron Ralston Aron Ralston was feted by Hollywood when Boyle's film 127 Hours, based on his ordeal was released
"I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied the tourniquet and went to task. It was a process that took about an hour," he said later. He then rappelled to the floor of the canyon, where he found other hikers. Park rangers later used heavy kit to move the 800lb (363kg) boulder and recover Mr Ralston's arm, which they took to a mortuary.
Jin Abe and Sumi Abe, March 2011: Sumi Abe and grandson Jin Abe were trapped under their collapsed house when the 11 March tsunami levelled their neighbourhood in Ishinomaki along Japan's north-eastern coastline.
After nine days the teenager was finally able to crawl through a hole in the debris. They had survived on yogurt and other scraps from the refrigerator and were rescued after nine days, showing signs of hypothermia.
Sumi Abe Sumi Abe, 80, and her grandson endured a snowstorm and freezing temperatures
Daryl Jane, December 2006: The resident of the US state of Washington began trapped when his Jeep got stuck in snow on a remote road near Mount Adams. Mr Jane, 37, rationed his water, rice cakes and banana chips and when the water ran out, drank from puddles. After almost two weeks he had already written goodbye notes to his love ones when searchers on snowmobiles found him. Despite the freezing temperatures he suffered no frostbite.
Colin Jones, June 2003: The Australian miner became trapped 1.5 miles underground in a coal mine on Australia's east coast when his tractor tipped over in a mine shaft, crushing his arm against a wall. Terrified the tractor would explode before rescuers could arrive to free him, he begged a co-worker to amputate. When the other man refused, he did it himself with a short-bladed hobby knife.
Joe Simpson, 1985: British climbers Joe Simpson and friend Simon Yates were scaling the 21,000ft (6,400m) Siula Grande mountain in the Andes when Mr Simpson, then 25, fell and shattered his leg. Mr Yates, 21, spent a day trying to lower Mr Simpson down to the base on a rope, but ended up mistakenly lowering him over a ledge. Mr Simpson dangled helplessly while Mr Yates began to lose his own footing. When Mr Yates cut the rope to save his own life, Mr Simpson fell off the side of the mountain. Trapped without food or water, crippled and hallucinating from the pain, Mr Simpson managed nevertheless to crawl out of the crevasse and inch his way across a boulder field, a glacier, around a lake and into a rocky valley, reaching camp three and a half days later. He later wrote about his ordeal in a book, Touching the Void, that was made into an award-winning film in 2003.
Old Christians Uruguayan amateur rugby team, 1972: A chartered Uruguayan Air Force plane was on a flight to Chile when it crashed in the Andes, killing a dozen of the 45 people aboard. Trapped on a snowy, isolated peak, others soon succumbed to injuries, exposure or starvation, including eight killed in an avalanche. When the food ran out, some of the men of the ate the flesh of the dead, and one who refused died of starvation. The 16 survivors were rescued 72 days after the crash after two men hiked for ten days into Chile to find help.

Great moments in human survival and endurance

The rescue of Nick Schuyler, in a Coast Guard handout photo Nick Schuyler's body temperature had plummeted to 31.5C by the time of his rescue by the US Coast Guard, shown here in a handout photo
A 67-year-old US man built a camp and survived on bugs, leaves and creek water for six days last week after driving his car into a ravine in a national forest near Los Angeles.
David Lavau's relatives had reported him missing to authorities but launched their own search after discovering he had used a debit card at a grocery store near where he was found.
We know that the human body can withstand misery that defies comprehension.
But the greatest feats of survival speak equally to the persistence and durability of the human spirit and the courage of those forced to undergo extraordinary trials.
Football players in the Gulf of Mexico, February 2009: Four athletes, including two professional American football players, were thrown into the Gulf of Mexico, 75 miles (121km) from the coast after their fishing boat capsized.
Juliane Koepcke at the scene of the crash Juliane Koepcke later returned to the scene of the crash with a film-maker
The boat flipped over when its owner gunned the engine in an effort to yank free a stuck anchor. The men kept calm at first, even as night fell and a storm approached, and clung to the overturned hull. Over nearly two days - and in swells as high as 15ft (4.5m) - the men began shivering violently and hallucinating as they succumbed one-by-one to delirium, hypothermia and exhaustion. Only Nick Schuyler, a personal trainer, survived.
Amos Wayne Richards, September 2011: Mr Richards, 64, broke his leg and dislocated a shoulder in a fall on a solo hike through a Utah desert. With only two protein bars to eat, Mr Richards reset his shoulder and began crawling across the terrain toward his car.
He collected rainwater in a bottle and managed to crawl and drag himself five miles. After four days he was discovered by rescuers searching by helicopter and treated for the leg injury and for dehydration.
Juliane Koepcke, 1971: The 17-year-old and her mother, a zoologist, were on a turboprop plane flying from Lima, Peru, to a remote spot in the Amazon rainforest, when the plane was struck by lightning.
The fuselage broke into pieces and Ms Koepcke found herself falling in open air, then lost consciousness. She came to still in her seat (which was attached to the intact row) after plunging more than two miles through the air, through the jungle canopy and to the jungle floor.
Jamie Neale and father Some Australian media suggested Jamie Neale staged his ordeal, but police said it was genuine
The 91 others onboard were killed. Over the next ten days - as maggots infested her wounds - Ms Koepcke waded through the bush and through crocodile-infested streams, and finally found a hut on a river where a team of lumberjacks rescued her. Film-maker Werner Herzog had been scheduled to fly on the plane but was bumped at the last minute.
Jamie Neale, July 2009: The British hiker, then 19, was lost for 12 days in the Blue Mountains of Australia, west of Sydney.
He told authorities he became disoriented and went off the track, then switched into "survival mode" after rescue helicopters ceased flying overhead. He survived in part by using tree bark as a blanket, and was rescued when two soldiers hiking in the bush heard his calls for help.
Aron Ralston, April 2003: The subject of Danny Boyle's film 127 Hours, Mr Ralston was hiking alone in an isolated Utah canyon when a rock fell about two feet and pinned his arm and trapped him. The experienced hiker, 27, ran out of water three days later, and two days after that he realised he would only survive if he took drastic action to sever his own arm.
Aron Ralston Aron Ralston was feted by Hollywood when Boyle's film 127 Hours, based on his ordeal was released
"I was able to first snap the radius and then within another few minutes snap the ulna at the wrist and from there, I had the knife out and applied the tourniquet and went to task. It was a process that took about an hour," he said later. He then rappelled to the floor of the canyon, where he found other hikers. Park rangers later used heavy kit to move the 800lb (363kg) boulder and recover Mr Ralston's arm, which they took to a mortuary.
Jin Abe and Sumi Abe, March 2011: Sumi Abe and grandson Jin Abe were trapped under their collapsed house when the 11 March tsunami levelled their neighbourhood in Ishinomaki along Japan's north-eastern coastline.
After nine days the teenager was finally able to crawl through a hole in the debris. They had survived on yogurt and other scraps from the refrigerator and were rescued after nine days, showing signs of hypothermia.
Sumi Abe Sumi Abe, 80, and her grandson endured a snowstorm and freezing temperatures
Daryl Jane, December 2006: The resident of the US state of Washington began trapped when his Jeep got stuck in snow on a remote road near Mount Adams. Mr Jane, 37, rationed his water, rice cakes and banana chips and when the water ran out, drank from puddles. After almost two weeks he had already written goodbye notes to his love ones when searchers on snowmobiles found him. Despite the freezing temperatures he suffered no frostbite.
Colin Jones, June 2003: The Australian miner became trapped 1.5 miles underground in a coal mine on Australia's east coast when his tractor tipped over in a mine shaft, crushing his arm against a wall. Terrified the tractor would explode before rescuers could arrive to free him, he begged a co-worker to amputate. When the other man refused, he did it himself with a short-bladed hobby knife.
Joe Simpson, 1985: British climbers Joe Simpson and friend Simon Yates were scaling the 21,000ft (6,400m) Siula Grande mountain in the Andes when Mr Simpson, then 25, fell and shattered his leg. Mr Yates, 21, spent a day trying to lower Mr Simpson down to the base on a rope, but ended up mistakenly lowering him over a ledge. Mr Simpson dangled helplessly while Mr Yates began to lose his own footing. When Mr Yates cut the rope to save his own life, Mr Simpson fell off the side of the mountain. Trapped without food or water, crippled and hallucinating from the pain, Mr Simpson managed nevertheless to crawl out of the crevasse and inch his way across a boulder field, a glacier, around a lake and into a rocky valley, reaching camp three and a half days later. He later wrote about his ordeal in a book, Touching the Void, that was made into an award-winning film in 2003.
Old Christians Uruguayan amateur rugby team, 1972: A chartered Uruguayan Air Force plane was on a flight to Chile when it crashed in the Andes, killing a dozen of the 45 people aboard. Trapped on a snowy, isolated peak, others soon succumbed to injuries, exposure or starvation, including eight killed in an avalanche. When the food ran out, some of the men of the ate the flesh of the dead, and one who refused died of starvation. The 16 survivors were rescued 72 days after the crash after two men hiked for ten days into Chile to find help.

Karzai abandons peace talks with the Taliban

President Karzai meets Pakistan PM Gilani President Karzai says peace can only be achieved by talks with Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government will no longer hold peace talks with the Taliban.
He said the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani had convinced him to focus on dialogue with Pakistan.
Former Afghan President Rabbani was negotiating with the Taliban but was killed by a suicide bomber purporting to be a Taliban peace emissary.
US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Pakistani action against militants of the Haqqani network.
Mr Karzai, speaking to a group of religious leaders, said there were no partners for dialogue among the Taliban. It was not possible to find the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, he added.
"Where is he? We cannot find the Taliban Council. Where is it?" he said.
"A messenger comes disguised as a Taliban Council member and kills, and they neither confirm nor reject it. Therefore, we cannot talk to anyone but to Pakistan," Mr Karzai told the meeting.
"Who is the other side in the peace process? I do not have any other answer but to say Pakistan is the other side in the peace talks with us."
A statement by members of the nationwide council of religious scholars praised Rabbani's efforts to bring peace to the country, and condemned his killing in the strongest terms.
'Terrorist hot bed' Last week, the US military accused Pakistan's spy agency of helping the Haqqani militant network in a recent attack on Kabul.
Pakistan's foreign minister responded by warning that the US could lose Pakistan as an ally if it continued to publicly accuse Islamabad of supporting militants.
Late on Friday, President Barack Obama renewed calls for Pakistan to take action against the group.
"My attitude is, whether there is active engagement with Haqqani on the part of the Pakistanis or rather just passively allowing them to operate with impunity in some of these border regions, they've got to take care of this problem," said Mr Obama.
Pakistan has long denied supporting the Haqqani group, but BBC correspondents say it has a decades-old policy of pursuing foreign policy objectives through alliances with militants.
Although Islamabad denies the network has safe havens inside Pakistan, the country's former national security adviser told the BBC that it was operating in North Waziristan, in Pakistan's restive tribal belt.
"Today North Waziristan is a hot bed," said Retired Maj Gen Mahmoud Durani.
"It's not just Haqqanis. Everybody who is anybody in the terrorist field is there. Although there is military (there)... I think they have a fair amount of freedom of action."
He said the army was too overstretched to take on the Haqqani group.
The BBC's Orla Guerin says that, privately, officials admit that the group is not a target for Pakistan because its members don't kill and maim inside the country.
US officials say they are close to deciding whether to label the group as a foreign terrorist organisation, and the Treasury Department on Thursday announced new sanctions on five individuals it said were linked to "the most dangerous terrorist organisations operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan".

Karzai abandons peace talks with the Taliban

President Karzai meets Pakistan PM Gilani President Karzai says peace can only be achieved by talks with Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government will no longer hold peace talks with the Taliban.
He said the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani had convinced him to focus on dialogue with Pakistan.
Former Afghan President Rabbani was negotiating with the Taliban but was killed by a suicide bomber purporting to be a Taliban peace emissary.
US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Pakistani action against militants of the Haqqani network.
Mr Karzai, speaking to a group of religious leaders, said there were no partners for dialogue among the Taliban. It was not possible to find the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, he added.
"Where is he? We cannot find the Taliban Council. Where is it?" he said.
"A messenger comes disguised as a Taliban Council member and kills, and they neither confirm nor reject it. Therefore, we cannot talk to anyone but to Pakistan," Mr Karzai told the meeting.
"Who is the other side in the peace process? I do not have any other answer but to say Pakistan is the other side in the peace talks with us."
A statement by members of the nationwide council of religious scholars praised Rabbani's efforts to bring peace to the country, and condemned his killing in the strongest terms.
'Terrorist hot bed' Last week, the US military accused Pakistan's spy agency of helping the Haqqani militant network in a recent attack on Kabul.
Pakistan's foreign minister responded by warning that the US could lose Pakistan as an ally if it continued to publicly accuse Islamabad of supporting militants.
Late on Friday, President Barack Obama renewed calls for Pakistan to take action against the group.
"My attitude is, whether there is active engagement with Haqqani on the part of the Pakistanis or rather just passively allowing them to operate with impunity in some of these border regions, they've got to take care of this problem," said Mr Obama.
Pakistan has long denied supporting the Haqqani group, but BBC correspondents say it has a decades-old policy of pursuing foreign policy objectives through alliances with militants.
Although Islamabad denies the network has safe havens inside Pakistan, the country's former national security adviser told the BBC that it was operating in North Waziristan, in Pakistan's restive tribal belt.
"Today North Waziristan is a hot bed," said Retired Maj Gen Mahmoud Durani.
"It's not just Haqqanis. Everybody who is anybody in the terrorist field is there. Although there is military (there)... I think they have a fair amount of freedom of action."
He said the army was too overstretched to take on the Haqqani group.
The BBC's Orla Guerin says that, privately, officials admit that the group is not a target for Pakistan because its members don't kill and maim inside the country.
US officials say they are close to deciding whether to label the group as a foreign terrorist organisation, and the Treasury Department on Thursday announced new sanctions on five individuals it said were linked to "the most dangerous terrorist organisations operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan".

Karzai abandons peace talks with the Taliban

President Karzai meets Pakistan PM Gilani President Karzai says peace can only be achieved by talks with Pakistan
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said his government will no longer hold peace talks with the Taliban.
He said the killing of Burhanuddin Rabbani had convinced him to focus on dialogue with Pakistan.
Former Afghan President Rabbani was negotiating with the Taliban but was killed by a suicide bomber purporting to be a Taliban peace emissary.
US President Barack Obama has renewed calls for Pakistani action against militants of the Haqqani network.
Mr Karzai, speaking to a group of religious leaders, said there were no partners for dialogue among the Taliban. It was not possible to find the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar, he added.
"Where is he? We cannot find the Taliban Council. Where is it?" he said.
"A messenger comes disguised as a Taliban Council member and kills, and they neither confirm nor reject it. Therefore, we cannot talk to anyone but to Pakistan," Mr Karzai told the meeting.
"Who is the other side in the peace process? I do not have any other answer but to say Pakistan is the other side in the peace talks with us."
A statement by members of the nationwide council of religious scholars praised Rabbani's efforts to bring peace to the country, and condemned his killing in the strongest terms.
'Terrorist hot bed' Last week, the US military accused Pakistan's spy agency of helping the Haqqani militant network in a recent attack on Kabul.
Pakistan's foreign minister responded by warning that the US could lose Pakistan as an ally if it continued to publicly accuse Islamabad of supporting militants.
Late on Friday, President Barack Obama renewed calls for Pakistan to take action against the group.
"My attitude is, whether there is active engagement with Haqqani on the part of the Pakistanis or rather just passively allowing them to operate with impunity in some of these border regions, they've got to take care of this problem," said Mr Obama.
Pakistan has long denied supporting the Haqqani group, but BBC correspondents say it has a decades-old policy of pursuing foreign policy objectives through alliances with militants.
Although Islamabad denies the network has safe havens inside Pakistan, the country's former national security adviser told the BBC that it was operating in North Waziristan, in Pakistan's restive tribal belt.
"Today North Waziristan is a hot bed," said Retired Maj Gen Mahmoud Durani.
"It's not just Haqqanis. Everybody who is anybody in the terrorist field is there. Although there is military (there)... I think they have a fair amount of freedom of action."
He said the army was too overstretched to take on the Haqqani group.
The BBC's Orla Guerin says that, privately, officials admit that the group is not a target for Pakistan because its members don't kill and maim inside the country.
US officials say they are close to deciding whether to label the group as a foreign terrorist organisation, and the Treasury Department on Thursday announced new sanctions on five individuals it said were linked to "the most dangerous terrorist organisations operating in Afghanistan and Pakistan".

Maastricht bans cannabis coffee-shop tourists

Cannabis weighed out in coffee shop Cannabis is widely available in the coffee shops of Maastricht
A ban on some foreign tourists has come into force in the cannabis-selling coffee shops of the Dutch border city of Maastricht.
City authorities say the influx of tourists buying soft drugs is threatening public order and causing major traffic problems.
Coffee shop owners say the ban won't work and will hit the local economy.
However, the ban does not apply to visitors from Germany and Belgium who are the majority of foreign customers.
The move comes ahead of a proposed nationwide crackdown being discussed in the Dutch parliament.
The BBC's Anna Holligan says the ban is being seen as a test case that could be implemented in other Dutch towns and cities.
There are about 700 coffee shops in the Netherlands. The cultivation and sale of soft drugs through them is decriminalised although not legal.
An estimated 6,000 people visit Maastricht's coffee shops every day - most making the quick trip across the border from Belgium and Germany.
But from Saturday, anyone who doesn't hold a Dutch, Belgian or German passport will be told to leave.
Hi-tech security scanners have been set up to check passports and ID cards, and police will carry out random checks.
City authorities say drug tourists pose a threat to public order.
'Revenue lost' But critics of the policy say the ban contravenes EU policies of equality and the freedom of movement.
Marc Josemans, chairman of the Association of Official Coffee Shops Maastricht (VOCM), said the ban would do more harm than good.
"All these clients who are banned from the Dutch coffee shops... have to return to the illegal circuit in their own country, therefore it will become a bigger problem and cause more criminality in those countries," he told Reuters.
VOCM says visitors attracted by the coffee shops also spend an estimated 140m euros (£120m) elsewhere in the city every year.
Correspondents say the Dutch justice ministry wants coffee shops to operate like members' only clubs, serving only local residents.
The European Court of Justice ruled last December that Dutch authorities could bar foreigners from cannabis-selling coffee shops because they were combating drug tourism.

Maastricht bans cannabis coffee-shop tourists

Cannabis weighed out in coffee shop Cannabis is widely available in the coffee shops of Maastricht
A ban on some foreign tourists has come into force in the cannabis-selling coffee shops of the Dutch border city of Maastricht.
City authorities say the influx of tourists buying soft drugs is threatening public order and causing major traffic problems.
Coffee shop owners say the ban won't work and will hit the local economy.
However, the ban does not apply to visitors from Germany and Belgium who are the majority of foreign customers.
The move comes ahead of a proposed nationwide crackdown being discussed in the Dutch parliament.
The BBC's Anna Holligan says the ban is being seen as a test case that could be implemented in other Dutch towns and cities.
There are about 700 coffee shops in the Netherlands. The cultivation and sale of soft drugs through them is decriminalised although not legal.
An estimated 6,000 people visit Maastricht's coffee shops every day - most making the quick trip across the border from Belgium and Germany.
But from Saturday, anyone who doesn't hold a Dutch, Belgian or German passport will be told to leave.
Hi-tech security scanners have been set up to check passports and ID cards, and police will carry out random checks.
City authorities say drug tourists pose a threat to public order.
'Revenue lost' But critics of the policy say the ban contravenes EU policies of equality and the freedom of movement.
Marc Josemans, chairman of the Association of Official Coffee Shops Maastricht (VOCM), said the ban would do more harm than good.
"All these clients who are banned from the Dutch coffee shops... have to return to the illegal circuit in their own country, therefore it will become a bigger problem and cause more criminality in those countries," he told Reuters.
VOCM says visitors attracted by the coffee shops also spend an estimated 140m euros (£120m) elsewhere in the city every year.
Correspondents say the Dutch justice ministry wants coffee shops to operate like members' only clubs, serving only local residents.
The European Court of Justice ruled last December that Dutch authorities could bar foreigners from cannabis-selling coffee shops because they were combating drug tourism.

Maastricht bans cannabis coffee-shop tourists

Cannabis weighed out in coffee shop Cannabis is widely available in the coffee shops of Maastricht
A ban on some foreign tourists has come into force in the cannabis-selling coffee shops of the Dutch border city of Maastricht.
City authorities say the influx of tourists buying soft drugs is threatening public order and causing major traffic problems.
Coffee shop owners say the ban won't work and will hit the local economy.
However, the ban does not apply to visitors from Germany and Belgium who are the majority of foreign customers.
The move comes ahead of a proposed nationwide crackdown being discussed in the Dutch parliament.
The BBC's Anna Holligan says the ban is being seen as a test case that could be implemented in other Dutch towns and cities.
There are about 700 coffee shops in the Netherlands. The cultivation and sale of soft drugs through them is decriminalised although not legal.
An estimated 6,000 people visit Maastricht's coffee shops every day - most making the quick trip across the border from Belgium and Germany.
But from Saturday, anyone who doesn't hold a Dutch, Belgian or German passport will be told to leave.
Hi-tech security scanners have been set up to check passports and ID cards, and police will carry out random checks.
City authorities say drug tourists pose a threat to public order.
'Revenue lost' But critics of the policy say the ban contravenes EU policies of equality and the freedom of movement.
Marc Josemans, chairman of the Association of Official Coffee Shops Maastricht (VOCM), said the ban would do more harm than good.
"All these clients who are banned from the Dutch coffee shops... have to return to the illegal circuit in their own country, therefore it will become a bigger problem and cause more criminality in those countries," he told Reuters.
VOCM says visitors attracted by the coffee shops also spend an estimated 140m euros (£120m) elsewhere in the city every year.
Correspondents say the Dutch justice ministry wants coffee shops to operate like members' only clubs, serving only local residents.
The European Court of Justice ruled last December that Dutch authorities could bar foreigners from cannabis-selling coffee shops because they were combating drug tourism.

Michael Jackson doctor 'did not tell about propofol'

Doctor Murray's response to a question by Richard Senneff "did not add up", the paramedic said as he gave evidence
A jury has heard that Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray failed to tell paramedics he had been giving the star propofol as they tried to revive him.
Dr Murray said only that he gave Jackson the sedative lorazepam and the singer had no medical conditions, paramedic Richard Senneff testified.
Prosecutors allege Dr Murray lied to paramedics about Jackson's health, and covered up his use of propofol.
Dr Murray pleads not guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Mr Senneff, who was the first member of his paramedic team to enter Jackson's bedroom, said Dr Murray appeared to be agitated and was sweating profusely.
"I knew that we got there very, very quickly. It meant we'd have a good chance of restarting the heart if that was the issue," Mr Senneff said.
But Jackson's skin was cool to the touch and his eyes were open, suggesting his heart had been stopped for more than five minutes, the paramedic said.
"That did not add up to me," he said to the jury.
The paramedic said he made other observations in the 42 minutes he spent trying to revive Jackson, which did not seem consistent with the information Dr Murray was telling him.
He told the court he saw Dr Murray collecting items near Jackson's bed, after the body was taken down to the ambulance.
The doctor also spent some moments alone in the star's bedroom before travelling with the paramedics to the hospital, he added.
'Gross negligence' In the first week of the trial the jury has heard from Jackson's concert promoter, choreographer, personal assistant and security guards.
Prosecutors have scrutinised events during the moments after Jackson stopped breathing, in an attempt to show that the doctor was trying to hide Jackson's use of propofol.
They claim Dr Murray's "gross negligence" of the star while administering the powerful sedative caused Jackson's death.
Dr Murray's lawyers argue that Jackson self-administered the fatal dose of propofol while Dr Murray was out of the room.
Also giving evidence on Friday was Dr Richelle Cooper, the medic in charge of the emergency room at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where Michael Jackson was taken.
"When the paramedics arrived, the patient had no signs of life, was clinically dead," she said.
"I made a determination based on that... to pronounce the patient dead."
If convicted, Dr Murray could face up to four years in prison and lose his licence to practise medicine. The trial resumes on Monday and is expected to last about five weeks.

Michael Jackson doctor 'did not tell about propofol'

Doctor Murray's response to a question by Richard Senneff "did not add up", the paramedic said as he gave evidence
A jury has heard that Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray failed to tell paramedics he had been giving the star propofol as they tried to revive him.
Dr Murray said only that he gave Jackson the sedative lorazepam and the singer had no medical conditions, paramedic Richard Senneff testified.
Prosecutors allege Dr Murray lied to paramedics about Jackson's health, and covered up his use of propofol.
Dr Murray pleads not guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Mr Senneff, who was the first member of his paramedic team to enter Jackson's bedroom, said Dr Murray appeared to be agitated and was sweating profusely.
"I knew that we got there very, very quickly. It meant we'd have a good chance of restarting the heart if that was the issue," Mr Senneff said.
But Jackson's skin was cool to the touch and his eyes were open, suggesting his heart had been stopped for more than five minutes, the paramedic said.
"That did not add up to me," he said to the jury.
The paramedic said he made other observations in the 42 minutes he spent trying to revive Jackson, which did not seem consistent with the information Dr Murray was telling him.
He told the court he saw Dr Murray collecting items near Jackson's bed, after the body was taken down to the ambulance.
The doctor also spent some moments alone in the star's bedroom before travelling with the paramedics to the hospital, he added.
'Gross negligence' In the first week of the trial the jury has heard from Jackson's concert promoter, choreographer, personal assistant and security guards.
Prosecutors have scrutinised events during the moments after Jackson stopped breathing, in an attempt to show that the doctor was trying to hide Jackson's use of propofol.
They claim Dr Murray's "gross negligence" of the star while administering the powerful sedative caused Jackson's death.
Dr Murray's lawyers argue that Jackson self-administered the fatal dose of propofol while Dr Murray was out of the room.
Also giving evidence on Friday was Dr Richelle Cooper, the medic in charge of the emergency room at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where Michael Jackson was taken.
"When the paramedics arrived, the patient had no signs of life, was clinically dead," she said.
"I made a determination based on that... to pronounce the patient dead."
If convicted, Dr Murray could face up to four years in prison and lose his licence to practise medicine. The trial resumes on Monday and is expected to last about five weeks.

Michael Jackson doctor 'did not tell about propofol'

Doctor Murray's response to a question by Richard Senneff "did not add up", the paramedic said as he gave evidence
A jury has heard that Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray failed to tell paramedics he had been giving the star propofol as they tried to revive him.
Dr Murray said only that he gave Jackson the sedative lorazepam and the singer had no medical conditions, paramedic Richard Senneff testified.
Prosecutors allege Dr Murray lied to paramedics about Jackson's health, and covered up his use of propofol.
Dr Murray pleads not guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Mr Senneff, who was the first member of his paramedic team to enter Jackson's bedroom, said Dr Murray appeared to be agitated and was sweating profusely.
"I knew that we got there very, very quickly. It meant we'd have a good chance of restarting the heart if that was the issue," Mr Senneff said.
But Jackson's skin was cool to the touch and his eyes were open, suggesting his heart had been stopped for more than five minutes, the paramedic said.
"That did not add up to me," he said to the jury.
The paramedic said he made other observations in the 42 minutes he spent trying to revive Jackson, which did not seem consistent with the information Dr Murray was telling him.
He told the court he saw Dr Murray collecting items near Jackson's bed, after the body was taken down to the ambulance.
The doctor also spent some moments alone in the star's bedroom before travelling with the paramedics to the hospital, he added.
'Gross negligence' In the first week of the trial the jury has heard from Jackson's concert promoter, choreographer, personal assistant and security guards.
Prosecutors have scrutinised events during the moments after Jackson stopped breathing, in an attempt to show that the doctor was trying to hide Jackson's use of propofol.
They claim Dr Murray's "gross negligence" of the star while administering the powerful sedative caused Jackson's death.
Dr Murray's lawyers argue that Jackson self-administered the fatal dose of propofol while Dr Murray was out of the room.
Also giving evidence on Friday was Dr Richelle Cooper, the medic in charge of the emergency room at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center where Michael Jackson was taken.
"When the paramedics arrived, the patient had no signs of life, was clinically dead," she said.
"I made a determination based on that... to pronounce the patient dead."
If convicted, Dr Murray could face up to four years in prison and lose his licence to practise medicine. The trial resumes on Monday and is expected to last about five weeks.

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