Protester Attacks Draghi At News Conference

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 15 April 2015 | 23.11

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The president of the European Central Bank has been interrupted at a news conference by a protester shouting "end ECB dictatorship".

Mario Draghi was outlining the bank's latest monetary policy thinking when a lone woman jumped onto the desk above Mr Draghi and showered him with items including what looked like confetti and sheets of paper.

The bank suspended the video feed of the news conference as security officials grabbed her but she flashed a V for victory sign and smiled as two men in grey suits took her away holding her arms and legs.

Mr Draghi, who had held up his hands as protection, looked shocked but was apparently unhurt and continued his presentation shortly afterwards.

The Reuters news agency reported that activist group Femen was claiming responsibility for the incident on Twitter - although some reports suggested the protester was believed to have left the feminist movement.

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Speculation on the woman's motive could also focus on the renewed financial troubles in Greece, which has yet to secure additional bailout funds from its creditors, including the ECB.

Some activists accuse the bank of trying to enforce budget austerity measures on eurozone countries, such as Greece, that are under financial bailout programmes.

There is likely to be an investigation into how she managed to get into the news conference.

The bank's Governing Council had earlier left the ECB's benchmark interest rates on hold following signs its policy tools, including quantitative easing, were having a positive effect on demand in the eurozone economy.

But Mr Draghi sought to play down market speculation the ECB would scale back its QE plans as a response, saying he was "surprised" by such talk.

He insisted the bank expected to fully implement its €1tn government bond-buying programme until September 2016, as previously announced.

"Our focus will be on the full implementation of our policy measures," he said but added that the programme was "flexible enough" to be adjusted if necessary.

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Thousands of DVDs of a Hollywood film about a plot to assassinate the North Korean leader have been sent into the country via helium balloon.

North Korean defector-turned-activist Lee Min-Bok said he had undertaken four launches since January, the last being on Saturday.

Each time, he tied bundles of The Interview DVD and anti-Pyongyang leaflets to the balloons, and then released them from the back of a lorry.

"I launched thousands of copies and about a million leaflets on Saturday, near the western part of the border," Mr Lee told AFP news agency.

Pyongyang has described the comedy about a fictional CIA plot to assassinate leader Kim Jong-Un, as a "wanton act of terror" .

Mr Lee carried out the launches secretly at night, in remote areas and, although he was watched by local police, he was not stopped.

"The police would have no right to stop me from doing this," Mr Lee said.

"I am always being tailed by police," he added.

South Korea has asked activists to avoid provoking its neighbour but insisted it cannot act against individuals who have the right to express themselves.

Its Unification Ministry said: "Our stance is that we continue to acknowledge the freedom of individuals to publicise their opinions."

North Korea has been more proactive.

Border guards tried to shoot down one balloon launch last October resulting in an exchange of heavy machine gun fire with guards on the South Korea side.

North Korea have threatened "merciless retaliatory strikes" and issued their own condemnatory statement through their state-run news agency.

"The South Korean puppet authorities are egging despicable confrontational villains on to flock to the areas along the Military Demarcation Line and scatter leaflets slandering the DPRK.

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Prison Guards 'Staged Gladiator-Style Fight'

Prison guards allegedly created a "gladiator-like scenario" to let two handcuffed inmates fight before a corrections officer shot one dead and wounded the other.

The trainee officer at High Desert State Prison fired four shotgun blasts according to the lawsuit filed at a Nevada state court by the family of the dead prisoner, 28-year-old Carlos Manuel Perez Jr.

Lawyer Cal Potter, representing the family, claimed the shooting on 12 November was an execution.

He said guards had staged the fight by allowing two inmates to encounter each other in a shower hallway in administrative segregation (ad seg) - where prisoners are supposed to be kept apart for their safety.

"Officers know they will see a fight if they release ad seg inmates that are supposed to be in walk-alone status," he said.

"Defendants ... refused to intervene. On the contrary (they) created a gladiator-like scenario and allowed the inmates to fight."

The lawsuit names two corrections officers and a shooter, said to be a trainee, by their last names only.

It alleges wrongful death; excessive force; deliberate indifference to Perez's medical needs; negligent training and supervision; and intentional infliction of emotional distress. It seeks unspecified damages in excess of $30,000 (£20,000).

Perez was serving 18 months to four years for hitting a man in the head with a two-by-four piece of wood in downtown Las Vegas in 2012.

The Clark County coroner ruled his death a homicide, after finding he died of gunshot wounds to the head, neck, chest and arms.

The other inmate, Andrew Jay Arevalo, 24, survived with gunshot wounds to the face, according to his attorney, Alexis Plunkett. She said her client told her that he and Perez were handcuffed when they were shot.

Arevalo is serving two to six years in prison after being jailed in June 2013 for burglary.

Ms Plunkett said she planned to file an excessive force lawsuit over the coming weeks on Arevalo's behalf.

Mr Potter represents Perez's brother, Victor Perez, and mother, Myra Perez, both of Reno, and two children, aged 3 and 2.

The lawyer said Perez's family was given conflicting statements during initial meetings with prison administrators after his death, and were not told Perez had been shot.

"They were devastated three days later when they went to the mortuary and learned that Carlos had ... multiple gunshot wounds to his face and upper body," he said.

Deputy prisons chief Brian Connett has insisted the state Department of Corrections is a responsible steward of the safety and security of guards and inmates.

He has said the shooting came in response to two inmates fighting at the prison, which houses around 3,500 inmates. The three accused corrections officers remain on paid leave pending action by the attorney general.

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Hundreds Of Flights Cancelled By France Strike

Hundreds of flights to and from Britain have been cancelled due to a strike by air traffic controllers in France.

No frills airline Ryanair said it had axed more than 250 services while British Airways has warned of significant delays for the next 48 hours.

Departure and arrivals boards at Heathrow suggested most European flights were either delayed or cancelled, affecting tens of thousands of passengers during the Easter break.

Easyjet has axed 160 flights, including 36 to and from the UK.

The airline said in a statement: "We can assure our passengers we are doing everything possible to limit the inconvenience of this strike on them."

British Airways said: "Unfortunately there will be some knock-on delays to other parts of our short-haul network as a result of the strike action, given how much airspace in Europe will be affected. We are sorry for any disruption to customers' travel plans."

Ryanair hit out at those on strike. In a statement the airline said: "It's grossly unfair that thousands of European travellers will once again have their travel plans disrupted by the selfish actions of a tiny number of French ATC workers."

Passengers voiced their frustration on Twitter:

John Reynolds tweeted "Another great example of @Ryanair customer service - they tell you at 5.30pm that your flight is cancelled then close all comms down!"

While Darren Sutton asked Ryanair via twitter "my flight today has been cancelled and nothing available until Monday. What do I do now I'm stuck in Spain with no money or hotel?"

The effects of the strike have been felt far beyond France. Dave Garwood tweeted "daughter stranded in Marrakesh as Ryanair flight cancelled".

The moves by airlines were a response to advice from the French aviation authority, the DGAC, which had urged companies to cut their flights to and from France by 40%.

Airlines have warned the action will have a knock-on effect for short and medium-haul flights across Europe, due to the large number of flights that normally use French airspace.

The strike has been called by France's largest Air Traffic Controllers union, the SNCTA, in a dispute over working conditions.

The union is planning further action on 16-18 April and 29 April to 2 May.

The SNCTA delayed a strike planned a strike for 25-27 March due to the Germanwings crash in the French Alps.

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Amazon Founder To Launch Spaceship This Year

Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos is to launch a spaceship which could one day take passengers into Earth's orbit.

His space firm Blue Origin has finished testing the rocket engine which will power the New Shepard craft - and if the test flights are successful then it could be used to fly three people to a height of 62 miles.

The liquid-oxygen fuelled rocket will be attached to the main capsule for the maiden voyage later this year, which will take off from the company's Texas facility near Van Horn.

Dozens of unmanned flights are likely to take place before paying passengers would be allowed on board.

Tickets for future suborbital flights are not yet on sale, and Blue Origin has not released any pricing information.

It is likely to begin flying commercially within 10 years.

Meanwhile Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo will resume test flights later this year after a fatal accident in California in 2014.

Other companies such as SpaceX are skipping suborbital space flight - part-way around the world - in favour of developing programmes for full orbital flight.

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White House System Hacked By Russians - Report

Russian hackers who compromised computers in the US State Department used the foothold to target the White House computer system, it is claimed.

Computer experts allegedly backed by the Russian government penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system, CNN and other US news networks cited senior officials as saying.

Information access reportedly included real-time non-public details of the president's schedule. The information is not classified but still highly sensitive.

The hackers routed their attacks through computers around the world to hide their origins, but investigators say tell-tale codes point to hackers working for the Russian government.

National Security Council spokesman Mark Stroh would not confirm the exact details of the case, but said "any such activity is something we take very seriously".

It is alleged that suspicious activity was noticed on the White House computer systems back in October.

One official was quoted by CNN as saying the Russian hackers have "owned" the State Department system for months despite efforts to lock them out.

The Obama administration admitted the State Department computer intrusion when it happened last year, but said it would not comment in detail on the new claims.

Last week Mr Obama signed an executive order approving the first sanctions programme against cyberattackers who pose a "significant threat" to American interests.

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Two Israeli Soldiers Injured In Stabbing

Two Israeli soldiers have been injured in a stabbing near a settlement in the West Bank, with the attacker killed shortly afterwards, the Israeli army has said.

An army spokeswoman said: "There was a stabbing attack near Shilo junction. Two people were stabbed and taken to hospital. The terrorist was targeted and killed by IDF (Israel Defence Forces) forces."

The incident happened on route 60, the main road linking the cities of Ramallah and Nablus.

Military sources told AFP one of the soldiers was in a serious condition after being stabbed in the neck.

The other soldier was said to have suffered light to moderate injuries.

Emergency services confirmed paramedics were called to a report of a stabbing near the entrance to the Maale Levona settlement near Shilo.

A statement said: "Paramedics are transferring a young man of around 20 to (Jerusalem's) Shaarei Tzedek hospital in serious condition with a stab wound to his upper body."

Palestinian security sources said they have sent an ambulance to pick up the body of the attacker.

There was a similar wave of attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem towards the end of last year, but the violence has mostly subsided.

Palestinians demand the West Bank, which was captured by Israel from Jordan in the 1967 war, as part of their future state and object to an Israeli presence there.

Soldiers and Jewish settlers are often targeted by militants.

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Gas Chamber Views Trigger Le Pen Family Rift

The leader of France's far-right National Front party, Marine Le Pen, said she will "oppose" her father standing in upcoming elections, in a major party and family rift.

The row emerged after a series of controversial comments by Jean-Marie Le Pen, including over Nazi gas chambers.

Marine Le Pen said her father's position appeared to sit somewhere "between a scorched earth strategy and political suicide".

She added she would oppose him standing in December's regional polls at a party meeting taking place on 17 April.

Mr Le Pen, the founder of the FN, last week reiterated his belief that gas chambers were a mere "detail" of the Second World War.

This is an assertion he has made repeatedly over nearly three decades, earning convictions for hate speech along the way.

Speaking of her "deep sadness," his daughter said she would call a top brass meeting at the party "to discuss with him how to best protect the political interests of the National Front."

"His status of honorary president does not allow him to take the National Front hostage, to make such crass provocations that appear aimed at harming me but which unfortunately hit the entire movement, its officials, candidates, members and voters very hard," she said.

Since taking over the FN in 2011, Marine Le Pen has sought to make the party a more palatable alternative for mainstream voters.

The strategy helped lead the FN to first place in last year's European elections in France and a quarter of the votes in the first round of local polls last month.

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Briton Held After Girl's Hong Kong Death Fall

The British father of a teenager in Hong Kong has been arrested after she plunged to her death from an upmarket apartment block.

Nick Cousins, and the girl's Filipina mother, were arrested on suspicion of "ill-treatment or neglect of a child or a young person".

Police emphasised that there was "no suspicious element" in the 15-year-old girl's fatal fall.

Mr Cousins, 58, is the managing director of the Hong Kong office of British multinational Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT), one of the world's leading insurance brokers.

The girl's mother is a 53-year-old Philippine national, the consulate in the Hong Kong said, adding that they were still ascertaining her identity.

She is reported to be a former domestic helper, according to local media.

Mr Cousins has been released on bail but the teenager's mother was still in police custody on Wednesday afternoon.

The 15-year-old plunged from the 21-storey apartment block in upmarket Repulse Bay in the early hours of Tuesday morning, police said.

The teenager's mother has also been accused of overstaying her visa, while Mr Cousins was accused of aiding or abetting the overstay.

The couple were not married, Hong Kong police said.

JLT confirmed Mr Cousins had lost his eldest daughter "in tragic circumstances".

"We are giving Nick our full support through this difficult time and he will be on extended compassionate leave until further notice," the statement said.

Police said that the teenager was pronounced dead at the scene after a security guard found her lying on the ground.

"It was suspected that the subject fell from a height," police said without confirming which floor.

"We learned that the subject was probably upset about some daily life issues," the spokesman said in an email to the AFP news agency.

Local media reported that she had locked herself in a bathroom before her death.

Residents of the Repulse Bay neighbourhood expressed their dismay.

"I was shocked because she (the teenager) would always say 'Hi' to me. She was friendly," a domestic helper said.

She was often in the complex's playroom or at the pool with her younger sister, said the helper.

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Litvinenko Suspect: Death 'Suicide By Accident'

One of two ex-KGB agents suspected of using a radioactive poison to kill a former spy in London has said the victim may have accidentally poisoned himself.

Alexander Litvinenko died three weeks after after meeting the two agents at a London hotel on 1 November 2006.

Speaking at a Moscow news conference, Dmitry Kovtun said Mr Litvinenko may have already been contaminated before another meeting they had in October that year.

He suggested the former spy had accidentally poisoned himself, calling it a "suicide by accident".

"I am sure he was dealing with polonium without realising," Mr Kovtun said.

"Maybe at some point there was a leak of this polonium and it was gradually storing in his body. There were outbreaks, like on 16 October when he was vomiting."

Sky's Moscow Correspondent Katie Stallard said people would find the suggestion hard to believe, particularly considering the coincidence around the timing of it.

Police have said a "massive trail" of radiation followed Mr Kovtun and his co-accused, Andrei Lugovoi, across London.

Traces were found in each of the hotel rooms they stayed in, restaurants they visited and even on their plane seats back to Moscow.

The former KGB agent did not deny he and his colleague had met Mr Litvinenko on 16 October 2006 at Itsu restaurant in London, but said Mr Litvinenko had told them he was feeling unwell and had been sick the night before.

Mr Kovtun suggested he had been contaminated when the group shook hands.

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Gallery: Police Photo Evidence From Litvinenko Inquiry

A graphic showing the levels of contamination in the bathroom of room 848 at the Sheraton hotel in London's Park Lane where Andrei Lugovoi, one of the men suspected of killing Mr Litvinenko, stayed just days before he was poisoned

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US Soldier Killed In Afghan Insider Attack

An Afghan soldier was shot dead after opening fire on American troops - killing one and wounding seven others - in a failed assassination attempt on a senior US diplomat.

The attack took place after a meeting between Afghan provincial leaders and Donald Yamamoto in the compound of the provincial governor in Jalalabad.

According to sources, a convoy was leaving the compound when the Afghan soldier opened fire on the last car using a vehicle-mounted machine gun.

Mr Yamamoto, who was recently appointed as special advisor to Afghanistan, had already left the compound by this stage and was unharmed.

General Fazel Ahmad Sherzad, police chief for eastern Nangarhar province, said American troops immediately returned fire, killing the Afghan soldier.

The motive for the attack was not immediately known.

An Afghan interpreter working with the US troops had previously said no American soldiers had died in the incident.

It is the second insider attack in the country this year, after an Afghan soldier killed three American contractors on 29 January.

The Western-backed Afghan government's 13-year war against the insurgents has intensified as both sides seek to strengthen their positions ahead of possible peace talks.

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'Cannibal Cop' Given Eight-Year Jail Sentence

Written By Unknown on Rabu, 01 April 2015 | 23.11

A German former policeman who murdered a man he met on a cannibalism fetish website has been sentenced to eight years and six months in jail.

Detlev Guenzel, 57, killed his willing victim before cutting the body into small pieces and burying them in the garden of his bed and breakfast guest house.

There was no evidence that he ate any part of Polish-born business consultant Wojciech Stempniewicz.

The crime took place at the defendant's home, a B&B inn in the mountain town of Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau near the Czech border, in November 2013.

The men had come across each other a month earlier on a website for slaughter and cannibalism fantasies which billed itself as the "#1 site for exotic meat" and boasted more than 3,000 members.

Former police forensic handwriting expert Guenzel, 57, went on trial in August last year.

Dresden chief prosecutor Andreas Feron told the trial: "He killed and dismembered him to get sexual stimulation."

Guenzel retracted a confession originally made to police in which he admitted killing Mr Stempniewicz by cutting his throat.

An autopsy determined that the cause of death was asphyxiation and it was alleged Guenzel took a knife, then an electrical saw, to Mr Stempniewicz's body.

The defence team argued that the victim, who had long expressed a death wish, hanged himself in Guenzel's custom-designed "S&M studio" in his cellar.

The men's email exchanges had the title "Schlachtfest", the German word for a country feast after the slaughter of a pig.

Defence lawyer Endrik Wilhelm told the trial in August: "In our eyes, and in the eyes of our client, it is about a suicide."

The defendant, who has children from the first of his two marriages, the second of which was to a man, sat impassively with arms folded as the verdict was read out.

Presiding judge at the sentencing at the regional court in the eastern city of Dresden Birgit Wiegand said: "He was found guilty of murder and disturbing the peace of the dead."

State prosecutors had wanted a jail sentence of 10-and-a-half years.

Lawyers representing the family of Mr Stempniewicz, 59, had requested a 15-year sentence, which is typically the maximum in a German murder case.

But prosecutors said they stopped short of this demand because he said he wanted to die.

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Palestinian Man 'Tricked' Into Selling Banksy

A Palestinian man has said he has been tricked into selling a potentially valuable work by Banksy for just over £100.

Sky News reported that the British graffiti artist sneaked into Gaza and left behind four murals on destroyed buildings in February.

One of the artworks, titled Bomb Damage, showed Greek goddess Niobe on a door which was the last remaining part of a two-storey house belonging to the Dardouna family.

Unaware of the work's value, Rabie Dardouna said he was duped into selling the door to a local artist for just 700 shekels, or about £118.

Banksy's works have sold for hundreds of thousands of pounds.

"I did not know that it was this valuable. I heard it can be sold for millions," Mr Dardouna said. "Now I want the door back."

He added he did not know who the British artist was and initially did not pronounce Banksy's name correctly.

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Gallery: Banksy Goes Undercover In Gaza

Graffiti artist Banksy has gone undercover in Gaza to make a film about the war-torn area

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Dozens Killed In Yemen Factory Bombing

An explosion at a factory in western Yemen has killed up to 37 people, as Saudi-led air strikes continue on Shia rebels in the country.

A provincial governor said 80 others were injured at the dairy in Hodaida, a port city on Yemen's Red Sea coast.

It is not clear whether the factory was hit directly by an air strike, or the explosion was triggered by rockets fired from rebel bases at a nearby army camp.

Residents say the aerial bombardment began shortly after midnight on Wednesday, and led to the plant being largely destroyed.

Yemeni officials suspect the factory may have been being used to store rebel weapons, according to sources quoted by the Associated Press.

The incident appears to be one of the biggest instances of civilian deaths since Saudi Arabia and other countries in the region began a military campaign against Houthi rebels loyal to Yemen's former leader Ali Abdullah Saleh.

The Saudis and their allies are seeking the reinstatement of President Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi, who fled the country last week after being displaced by the rebels.

The Houthis began their offensive in September, seizing the capital Sanaa, and placing President Hadi under house arrest.

Violence has also continued in the southern city of Aden, with gunfire and several loud explosions heard throughout the night.

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London Mafia Mobster's Sentence 'Extinguished'

A mafia gangster who was due to be extradited to Italy from the UK has been told he no longer has to serve his sentence.

Domenico Rancadore, known as "The Professor", hid out in Britain for more than 20 years until he was discovered living in west London in 2013.

Italian authorities wanted the 65-year-old returned to his native country because they said should spend time in jail for being head of an organised crime group.

He lost his battle against extradition in February but it emerged on Wednesday that the punishment he was due to serve has been "extinguished" since last October.

His solicitor Karen Todner said: "Domenico Rancadore's sentence in Italy extinguished due to age of conviction.

"I have sent a consent order for the discharge of Rancadore to the Crown Prosecution Service to sign."

Before his arrest, Rancadore was living in Uxbridge with his family under the name Marc Skinner.

After a year-and-a-half long extradition battle, the Sicilian was told he must return to Italy to serve his seven-year sentence.

He was never convicted of murder but was tried in his absence in 1999 for "association with the Mafia" because he was a member of the Cosa Nostra.

The mobster claimed he came to England out of fear in 1995 as he wanted to give his "children a good life" and that he felt "their life wasn't secure" in Italy.

He was first arrested on a European arrest warrant at his semi-detached London home in August 2013.

His lawyers initially defeated an attempt to extradite him on human rights grounds in March 2014 but they failed at a second attempt this year.

It is understood that under Italian law, although a conviction stands, a sentence expires once a period of more than double the time of the penalty has passed.

With a seven-year sentence, the 14-year period would have elapsed some time last year.

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Video Captures Final Moments Of Alps Crash

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Mobile phone footage taken from inside the Germanwings flight during its final moments has reportedly been recovered from the crash site in the French Alps.

European newspapers Paris Match and Bild have reported that the video, which Sky News has not seen, was discovered on a mobile phone found among the wreckage of flight 4U 9525.

Paris Match, which has not published the video, reported: "The scene was so chaotic that it was hard to identify people, but the sounds of the screaming passengers made it perfectly clear that they were aware of what was about to happen to them.

"One can hear cries of 'My God' in several languages."

The newspaper added that metallic banging can be heard in the footage, before the screaming gets louder and the video ends.

A lead investigator into the crash later called on anyone with footage of the disaster to hand it over to authorities.

Prosecutor Brice Robin said videos were not yet an official part of the probe, but that anyone with footage "must hand it over immediately to investigators".

It comes after Lufthansa revealed the co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing the Germanwings plane told officials at a training school he had gone through an "episode of severe depression".

Andreas Lubitz, 27, informed instructors in 2009 that he had to break off from his pilot training for several months because of his illness.

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Gallery: Tributes Laid Near Crash Site

A memorial, carved in French, German, Spanish and English, in memory of the victims of the Germanwings Airbus A320 crash, in the small village of Le Vernet, French Alps

The chapel prepared for the families of the victims and the medico-legal tents for investigators at Seyne les Alpes near the crash site

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Investigators gathered near the scene

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Emergency crews stand aside as relatives pay their respects at the memorial for the victims

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After resuming training six years ago, he provided the school with medical documents which showed he had gone through a "previous episode of severe depression," Lufthansa said.

Dusseldorf state prosecutors said on Monday Lubitz had been treated for suicidal tendencies before getting his pilot's licence.

Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr said it will take a "long time" to establish the events that led to the crash.

"We are learning more every day about the causes of the accident," he said in a statement near the crash site on Wednesday.

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Gallery: The Victims Of The Germanwings Crash

American Emily Selke, a recent graduate, was on the plane with her mother Yvonne. Raymond Selke has described his wife and daughter as 'amazing people'. Pic: Facebook

Iranian sports journalist Hussein Javadi was on his way to Austria to cover a football match. A friend said he was 'a kind, loving, caring man'. Pic: Maysam Bizær/Hossein Javadi

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"It will take a long, long time for all of us to understand how this could happen."

He refused to answer questions on what Lufthansa knew about Lubitz's mental health.

French President Francois Hollande said on Tuesday all 150 victims of the plane crash will be identified by the end of the week.

This contradicted an earlier report in Bild that said the relatives of the victims may have to wait months for their loved ones to be identified, with no guarantees they will all be found.

The head of the Criminal Research Institute at France's National Gendarmerie told the newspaper it would take forensic teams between two and four months to complete the DNA identification process.

The violence with which the Airbus A320 crashed into the mountainside in the French Alps last week has severely hampered the identification of the remains of those on board.

Recovery teams scouring the crash site have said not a single body has been found intact.

Some 78 different DNA profiles have been isolated so far from around 400 body parts, although none have been directly linked to the victims.

Family members have been asked to provide forensic teams with DNA samples to help in the identification.

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