Outbreak in Europe blamed on 'super-toxic' strain
 03.06.2011 3:54  7 views  0 comments
LONDON – Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new. But while suspicion has fallen on raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce as the source of the germ, researchers have been unable to pinpoint the food responsible for the frightening illness, which has killed at least 18 people, sickened more than 1,600 and spread to least 10 European countries. An alarmingly large number of victims — about 500 — have developed kidney complications that can be deadly. Chinese and German scientists analyzed the DNA of the E. coli bacteria and determined that the outbreak was caused by "an...
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In pictures: Anja Niedringhaus' Sarajevo
03.06.2011 3:52 9 views 0 comments
Photographer Anja Niedringhaus' first experience of war photography came during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Here we present a selection of her pictures from the besieged city of Sarajevo. You can read an interview with her by following the link below this gallery. Anja Niedringhaus: "I was on my way back from the airport in Sarajevo in 1995 and by chance I noticed this old man...
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Photo gallery: Jimmy Fallon becomes the voice of the Universal Studios tour
03.06.2011 3:25 6 views 0 comments
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Photo gallery: Shania Twain gets star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Sylmar fatal stabbing victim is identified
03.06.2011 3:25 6 views 0 comments
By C.J. Lin, Staff WriterPosted: 06/02/2011 05:16:26 PM PDTUpdated: 06/02/2011 05:18:07 PM PDT A man killed in a stabbing in Sylmar was identified...
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Photo gallery: Jaycee Dugard's kidnapper Phillip Garrido gets 431 years in prison
03.06.2011 3:25 8 views 0 comments
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MI6 cooks up confusion for terrorists
03.06.2011 2:53 8 views 0 comments
LONDON (AFP) – Would-be terrorists searching the Internet for tips on how to build bombs were instead taught how to bake the perfect cupcake after an intervention by MI6, the Telegraph reported Friday. Intelligence agency MI6 launched the...
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New MRSA 'superbug' found in cow's milk: scientists
03.06.2011 2:53 5 views 0 comments
LONDON (AFP) – An entirely new strain of the drug-resistant MRSA superbug has been found in cow's milk and people in Britain and Denmark, a study published on Friday said. The previously unseen variant "potentially poses a public health problem," said lead researcher Mark Holmes, senior lecturer in preventive veterinary medicine at Britain's Cambridge University. There was no general threat to the safety of pasteurised milk and dairy products, but people working with animals could be at risk, said the study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. Dubbed a...
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Fire at Chevron oil refinery in Wales
03.06.2011 2:53 7 views 0 comments
LONDON – An explosion caused a fire at a Chevron oil refinery in Wales on Thursday and the company was trying to account for all of its employees at the site, officials said. Ambulance officials confirmed there...
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Creating Cumbria's musical hill
03.06.2011 2:52 8 views 0 comments
Five hundred musical instruments, powered only by the wind, have been installed in Cumbria to create what is billed...
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MRSA 'superbug' is found in British milk
03.06.2011 2:12 7 views 0 comments
A new strain of MRSA has been discovered in British milk, scientists report today. The superbug, resistant to antibiotics, has been isolated from samples of milk taken from farms around the country and has also infected humans. It is the first time MRSA has been found in farm animals in the UK. Experts said that as virtually all milk sold in Britain is pasteurised, drinking it or eating...
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Mladic 'treated for cancer in 2009'
03.06.2011 2:12 2 views 0 comments
The lawyer representing the former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has said he has a document proving the war crimes suspect has been battling cancer and was treated at a Serbian hospital in 2009. Milos Saljic said...
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Strauss-Kahn affair prompts backlash against French sexism
03.06.2011 2:12 6 views 0 comments
The so-called "affaire DSK" has generated a backlash against the casual sexism which has long been accepted as a way of life in France, with female politicians beginning to speak openly about the daily barrage of sexist remarks that they face from male colleagues in the National Assembly. French women's support groups have also registered an increase of up to 600 per cent in complaints about sexual harassment since the former French presidential front-runner, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was arrested for attempted rape in New...
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Outbreak in Europe blamed on `super-toxic' strain
03.06.2011 1:58 7 views 0 comments
LONDON (AP) -- Scientists on Thursday blamed Europe's worst recorded food-poisoning outbreak on a "super-toxic" strain of E. coli bacteria that may be brand new. But while suspicion has fallen on raw tomatoes, cucumbers and lettuce as the source of the germ, researchers have been unable to pinpoint the food responsible for the frightening illness, which has killed at least 18 people, sickened more than 1,600 and spread to least 10 European countries. An alarmingly large number of victims - about 500 - have developed kidney complications that can be deadly. Chinese and German scientists analyzed the DNA of the E. coli bacteria and determined that the outbreak was caused by "an entirely new,...
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U.S. police shoot fake alligator
03.06.2011 1:53 8 views 0 comments
KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters Life!) – Police in a suburb in the state of Missouri recently encountered one tough alligator -- or so they thought. Officers in Independence, a Kansas City suburb, responded to a call on a...
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People in Moscow react to the ban on veg from the EU
03.06.2011 1:52 6 views 0 comments
The BBC asked people on...
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E. coli strain behind Europe food scare identified - health watchdog
03.06.2011 1:01 8 views 0 comments
Tweet - The European Union's watchdog for disease prevention said Thursday that lab tests had identified the strain of a lethal E. coli germ that had caused an amplifying food scare. In a statement, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said the "causative agent" was a member of a group of bacterial strains called Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli, or STEC. The tests that pinpointed the strain were conducted by the World Health Organisation's (WHO) reference...
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PREVIEW: Fear of future overshadows Portuguese elections
03.06.2011 0:44 7 views 0 comments
Lisbon - Engineer Nuno is not looking forward to the parliamentary election in Portugal on Sunday. 'I'm afraid of the future. For myself, my family and my country,' says the 38-year-old. Like many in the country, he is struggling to survive after three years without a job. He nevertheless intends to use his right to vote in the poll in which 9.6 million people are eligible to vote. The election is being held two years ahead of schedule, after caretaker Prime Minister Jose Socrates resigned over parliament's rejection of his fourth austerity package in March. Portugal's borrowing costs subsequently...
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Chevron UK fire affects process tank, truck: Fire department
02.06.2011 23:52 6 views 0 comments
LONDON (Reuters) – A fire at a Chevron oil refinery in south Wales on Thursday affected a...
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Italy adjourns Berlusconi trial
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A court in Milan has adjourned the trial of Silvio Berlusconi, the Italian prime minster, accused of corrupting his former tax lawyer. Berlusconi, who did not attend Saturday's hearing, is on trial for allegedly paying $600,000 to David Mills, a British tax lawyer, in exchange for false testimony during two trials in the mid-1990s. Mills' parallel trial for the same crime was thrown out by Italy's appeals court on Thursday because the statute of limitations had expired, even though judges decided the crime had taken place. Italian law sets a 10-year limit for prosecution of judiciary corruption crimes and terms for Berlusconi's trial are set to expire in early 2011. Berlusconi's lawyers...
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