VIENNA/AMSTERDAM – Dutch prince Johan Friso was in critical condition in hospital after he was buried in an avalanche while skiing off-piste in the Austrian Alps yesterday, authorities said.
Queen Beatrix’s middle son was pulled unconscious from the snow about 20 minutes after the incident and resuscitated, the mayor of the upscale western resort of Lech told the Austria Press Agency.
The prince was skiing with a companion away from marked ski runs when the mass of snow, 30 metres wide and 40 metres long, hit them about midday, the agency said. – (Reuters)
Student jailed over Facebook hacking
LONDON – A British student, who hacked into Facebook’s internal network risking “disastrous” consequences for the website, was jailed for eight months yesterday in what prosecutors described as the most serious case of its kind.
Glenn Mangham (26), a software development student, admitted infiltrating Facebook from his parents’ house in York in England last year, sparking fears at the US company it was dealing with major industrial espionage.
“Fortunately, this did not involve any personal user data being compromised,” said London’s chief prosecutor. – (Reuters)