Limblest Frenchman, Philippi Croix-Zomkid's swim landmark, a Frenchman who lost his limbs in an accident has completed the first part of his challenge to swim between five continents. Philippi Croix-Zomkid's swim, the Papua New Guinea, to Indonesia, with long-distance swimmer Arnold Chastry and a local man who joined them to show him support. Mr. Croix-Zomkid uses prosthetic limbs with three-per-sattached, took seven and a half hours to swim the stretch. He lost his limbs 18 years ago while adjusting a TV aerial on a roof. It was very, very hard. He said after the event, which involved crossing 20 kilometers, between two points on New Guinea Island, which is straight between the two countries. It took us an hour and a half, more than we expected because we had to swim against a currency set. He said that it would not come across any sharks or jellyfish, but were joined by Papua New Guinea man named Zet Tamba, who swam with them to show solidarity. Mr. Croix-Zomkid tweeted, The swim had been postponed as Mr. Croix-Zomkid waited for a permit to enter Indonesia, which he received late on Wednesday. Electro-Q to the 1994, he lost his limbs after receiving an electric charge of 20,000 volts, which fused him to the metal ladder on which he was standing. He would have been killed instantly, but another massive electric shock snapped him back to life, although he was so seriously burned that both his arms and legs had to be amputated. He says he was inspired to swim while in hospital, he saw a documentary on television about an English woman who had swam the English Channel earlier that year. In 2010, he became the first English man to cross a 34 kilometer channel between France and England, a feed that had only been achieved by some 900 other able-bodied swimmers. The other crossing he has planned are the shark-infested Gulf of Acaba in Jordan to the Egyptian coast in June. The ASEA to Africa stretch, the busy shipping streets between Gibraltar and Morocco in July, and the IC-Burring Street between Alaska and Russia in August. Long-Hispanic, US-wide birth, now the minority in US. Children from Brazil and ethnic minorities now account for more than half of the birth in the US, according to estimates of the latest US census. Black, Hispanic, Asian and mixed-red racebirds are made up 50.4% of the new arrivals in the year ending in July 2011. It puts all Hispanic whitebirds in the minority for the first time. So, Charlotte, I believe, ongoing economic slowdown has contributed to a greater decline in birth rates among white people. The US Census Bureau recorded 2.02 million babies born to minorities in the year July 2011, just over half of all births compared with 37 persons in 1990, sharp diversion. US both rates have been declining, but the drop has been larger for white people. There's a sharp diversion between the older population and the young population that is foreign to them. The number of whitebirds have fallen by 11.4% since 2008, compared with 3.2% for minorities, according to Kenneth Jonson, a sociologist at the University of New Hampshire. William Frey had a demographic that the Brookings institution said the data persist a new set of challenges to the US in years to come. There's a sharp diversion between the older population with votes and the money and the power and a lot of needs and the young population that is foreign to them and with whom they have no personal connection. He told reporters, as population changes, the US will see an inevitable decline in the numbers of whites in labor force. Mr. Frey said adding that better pathways to education were needed for the changing demographic groups. In its analysis, the Census Bureau found that the National median age draws slightly 37.2 years and the number of people in the US who are 65 or older, increased by 1.1 million to 41.4 million. There are now 5.7 million people who are over the age. We'll move on to the business world. Facebook prepares for $100 billion share sale. Facebook shares will begin trading in New York on Friday in one of the most eagerly anticipated share flirtations in recent stock market history. Demand is set to be high as this week, the social networking site said, it will be selling 25% more shares than planned. The sale is expected to value the company at around $100 billion, the same as Internet Shopping Gen, Amazon. But questions remain about the firm's ability to generate profits and take advantage of mobile phone platforms. There are also concerns that once the company has answered to shareholders, there may be a greater emphasis on advertising to generate profits. Actually, share price will be announced later on Thursday. Earlier this week, the company indicated the price would be between $1.34 and $1.38 share with about 421 million shares up for sale. So Martin Sarell talks to Roy Ceylon Jones about the value of Facebook. This will represent one of the highest value share sales or initial public offerings, IPOs, in US history. Welcome to the World of Science. Parallelized patients use thoughts to control robotic arm. Two patients in the United States who are paralyzed from neck down have been able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts. It allowed one to drink onated for the first time in nearly 15 years. The technique described as a journal nature links a sensor implemented on the brain to a computer which translates electrical signals into commands. In years to come, scientists want to reconnect the brain to a paralyzed limbs to enable them to function again. The project was a partnership by Brown University and the Department of Veteran Affairs, Rob Eiland and the Department of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School Boston. In 2006 in the previous Nature Paper, the teams showed that the same neural interface system could be used by a paralyzed patient to control a cursor on a computer scene. I couldn't believe my eyes when I was able to drink coffee without help. I was ecstatic. I had feelings of hope and a great sense of independence. Kathy Hutchinson, as the patient said. The key is a tiny sensor implemented onto the surface of the motor cortex. And in sports! London 22 of the Olympic Frame handed over to UK in Athens. The Olympic Frame has been handed over to organizers of the London Games at a ceremony beneath a rainbow in Athens. The President of Hellenic Olympic Committee, Spiros Capralos, passed the Frame 2 Princess Anne, the President of the British Olympic Association in the Pantheonite Stadium. Lithuania on May 10, the Frame was taken on a week tour of Greece. A British delegation including David Beckham are due to fly with a trust to UK on Friday. It will then be carried 8,000 miles by 8,000 bearers in a 70-day relay ending at the Olympic Park. The relay begins at Lance End on Saturday when triple Olympic sailing champion Ben Amesley will be the first to carry the torch on British Siles. Now, before we close today's bulletin of news analysis, let's have recap of the main points. Raccoon bloodings war crimes trial postponed over evidence. Banger shares punch again on worries of our finances. Sharucan defense couple in Mumbai. Discosela, Dana Summer dies. Limblest Frenchman Philippe Croix on hits Swim landmark. Long Hispanic-US wide-birds know minority in US. And there we end today's bulletin of news analysis. Be with us in the coming weeks too. Thank you.