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"Colleagues, as you know, on 26 December 2003, in the ancient city of Bam in Iran, at least 30 000 people lost their lives as a result of an earthquake. Many thousands were injured and tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people in that city and region have been displaced. I wish to place clearly on the record of this House our sympathy for all the victims of this earthquake, and our determination to show practical solidarity with them and their communities in the weeks and months to come.
I should like also to turn our attention to the accident, on 3 January 2004, involving an Egyptian charter plane, which crashed in the Red Sea killing 148 people. I have already conveyed, on behalf of Parliament, our condolences to the families of the victims and to the French authorities.
Out of respect for the victims, both of the earthquake – a horrendous natural disaster – and of the air traffic accident, I ask you to observe a minute's silence.
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Colleagues, I should like to point out to you that last night, here in this building in Strasbourg, a water leak occurred in a warm-water boiler situated on the floor above our Chamber. The water leaked into the suspended ceiling of the Chamber and some of it fell on Members' seats and desks. I regret to inform colleagues in the Socialist Group that yours was the target zone.
The leak was discovered at around 4.30 this morning by the European Parliament services, who immediately took the necessary steps to safeguard the Chamber and the fittings and to seek to localise and stop the leak. The technical services and the contractors have cleared away the water from the suspended ceiling and dried it out, cleaned up the furniture and checked the technical equipment for interpretation and electronic voting. I have been assured by our technical services that there is no danger in respect of the suspended ceiling, nor any threat of collapse. To the best of our knowledge, there was no substantial damage to the voting or interpreting equipment, other than the 11 systems and stations that have been replaced in the course of this afternoon. Therefore, the Chamber should be fully operational. If there are any operational problems, please inform the services as a matter of urgency so that they can be addressed."@en1
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