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OPINION, 6 Ministerappealsforcalmas Doingthedirty laundryofthe heatwaveclaimsfirstvictim cleanindustries MetOfficedoesnotexpectarepeatoflastsummer’stemperatures MARTÍCRESPO Aforty-eight-yearoldmandiedyes- terday in Ciudad Real, the first vic- NEWS, 4 tim of the heatwave that has seen temperatures climb to 45 degrees in southern Spain. Elena Salgado, the Barcelona’s Spanish health minister, has ap- pealed for calm, adding that “tech- childrenneeda nically speaking one cannot say it is a heatwave”. Meteorological ex- cityfarm perts say they do not believe we will see a repeat of last summer’s long hot summer which left tens of thou- sands of dead across Europe, espe- cially in France. In regard to the method of recording deaths caused by the heat, which last year was con- sideredinaccurate,Salgadosaidthat the basic approach would not change, but that medical services wouldbebetterequippedtoidentify more precisely the cause of death SPORT, 12 and would be able to inform the au- thorities if they considered it to be Europe’supstarts heat-related.(Seepage3) ThegovernmentisanxioustoavoidpanicafterlastyearsheatwavelefttensofthousandsdeadacrossEurope havethelastlaugh MarketsnervousasUS Pistolspriceofticketto onfootball’sstars interestratesettorise thebeautifulgame Investors are bracing themselves for inflation in the American economy. In a welcome departure from the the island. In an attempt to stem the the expected rise in the US interest All the indications point to a rise of selfishness and greed that domin- violence, anyone who wants to see rate, as the Federal Reserve bank 0.25%, up from its current 1 per- ates football, the Brazil national Ronaldo and company play will prepares to increase it for the first cent, which is the lowest figure since team are to play a friendly match in have to give up their weapon as the timeinfouryears,inabidtocontrol 1958.(Seepage10) Haiti in a bid to bring some peace to price of admission. (See page 12)

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