Germany closes 4,700 farms as dioxin crisis widens
BERLIN, Jan 7, 2011 (AFP) - German officials said
Friday they had shut 4,700 farms and destroyed more than 100,000
eggs, as a widening crisis over tainted animal feed rocked the
country, with authorities suspecting illegal activity.
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Special exemptions to be written into Freedom of
Information Act:
Royal Family granted new right of secrecy
Letters, emails and documents relating to the
monarch, her heir and the second in line to the throne will no
longer be disclosed even if they are in the public interest.
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MQM party to rejoin Pakistani PM Gilani’s coalition
Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has
pulled his government back from the brink, persuading a former ally
to rejoin the coalition. The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), which
walked out this week, relented a day after Mr Gilani defied the IMF
with a climbdown on fuel price rises.
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