About 1 million people have been forced to flee because of fighting between rebel and government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday, adding it was investigating reports of camps being looted and torched.
The United States has received $1.5 billion from Libya as payment for victims of terrorist attacks, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Congress on Friday.
Two Israeli television channels have dropped plans to air full-length versions of telephone interviews they conducted with the man who assassinated Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
A fatal listeria outbreak linked to its Toronto processing plant hit Maple Leaf Foods Inc. hard in the third quarter, but the company’s private polling suggests consumers are ready to start buying its processed meat again.
“Since September we’ve had continuous consumer reporting,” chief executive officer Michael McCain said in an interview yesterday. “Recent information would [...]
CARTHAGE — Recently discovered cases of E. coli in southeast Iowa and one in Hancock County have public health officials searching for a source.
On Thursday, Illinois Department of Public Health spokesperson Melanie Arnold said the Hancock County case was confirmed as E. coli.
She said health officials have determined that one of the two confirmed Iowa [...]
Eight children in three Colorado mountain counties have tested positive for the same type of E. coli bacteria, with two of the children being hospitalized with complications.
State and local health officials are investigating possible sources of exposure, including deer and elk droppings, as well as common behaviors, activities, foods and drinks.
“We are doing a comprehensive [...]
Two confirmed cases of E. coli and three possible cases have been reported in Halton Region, four of them connected to Johnathan’s Family Restaurant in Burlington.
The links to the restaurant became apparent late yesterday afternoon after it was found eating there was a common factor in four cases, said Mary Anne Carson, director of Halton [...]
TRELLEBORG, Sweden — A court in Trelleborg, Sweden, has ruled that a woman’s diarrhea was not a sufficient reason for her to break the posted speed limit while driving.
The district court rejected the 49-year-old woman’s argument that she was forced to drive 53 mph in a 43 mph zone because of her digestive issues, Swedish [...]
Amy and I are at the University of Wisconsin in Madison — and Im struck by how food safety things seem the same.
Amy got invited to speak at a French conference, and we didnt know if wed embark on the 10-hour drive this late in the pregnancy, but she said yes, so I tagged along.
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Suspected U.S. missiles from two unmanned drones killed 21 people Friday in northwest Pakistan, local and intelligence officials said.