Employment News Today 2013 8 July
Man dubbed 'Godfather of Heroin' dies in Myanmar
A former drug kingpin and
business tycoon once dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" by the US
government has died in his home in Myanmar's main city.
Lo Hsing Han's
involvement in the drug trade began more than four decades ago.
The US Department of Treasury, dubbing Lo Hsing Han the
" Godfather
of Heroin," put him on the financial sanctions list in 2008.
Rain stops West Indies-Sri Lanka tie
Rain played the role of a spoilsport when it halted the play
of West Indies-Sri Lanka match at Queen's Park Oval in Port of Spain on Sunday
At the time of stoppage, Sri Lanka were
60/3 after 19 overs with both Lahiru
Thirimanne and Kumar
Sangakkara managing to stabilize the Lankan innings after losing three
wickets early on.
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins German Grand Prix
The 26-year-old German, who also had never won a race in the
month of July, came home narrowly ahead of fast-closing Finn Kimi Raikkonen
and his Lotus team-mate Romain Grosjean
of France. Vettel's win was his fourth this year and the 30th of his career and
it lifted him 34 points clear of nearest rival, Spaniard Fernando Alonso of
Ferrari, in the drivers' championship.
Vettel became the first German to win a German Grand
Prix at the Nurburgring in the history of the Formula One world
championship.
Black Sabbath top British album chart again - after 43 years
first British Number One album in nearly 43 years, a record
interval between chart-toppers, the Official Charts Company said on Sunday.
Black Sabbath were last at the top of the UK chart with
their second album, "Paranoid".
The song, featuring rapper TI and Pharrell Williams, has
sold over 580,000 copies, making it the fifth-best selling single of 2013.
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