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Germany closes 4,700 farms for dioxin checks Germany closes 4,700 farms for dioxin checks
BERLIN ' Germany closed more than 4,700 farms and related businesses for safety checks late Thursday after tests on suspicious feed confirmed the presence of a cancer-causing dioxin. "4,709 farms and... (photo: AP / Rob Carr) Khaleej Times
Animal   Cancer   Germany   Photos   Wikipedia: Dioxin
Aerial view of the Pentagon Pentagon faces $78 billion spending cut
will have to cut spending by $78 billion over the next five years, Defense Secretary said Thursday, forcing the Army and the to shrink the number of troops on active duty and eventually imposing the... (photo: US Navy / Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway.) Newsday
Defense   Economy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: The Pentagon
An Egyptian boy in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Jan. 7, 2011, during a candlelight vigil in mourning for the victims of a bomb attack outside a Coptic church in Alexandria which killed 21 Christians about a week earlier. After Bombing, Egypt Faces Its Sectarian Divide
CAIRO — A deadly suicide bomb blast outside a church in Alexandria on New Year’s Eve has forced the government and religious leaders here to acknowledge that Egypt is increasingly plagued... (photo: AP / Ahmed Ali) The New York Times
Bombing   Egypt   Photos   Sectarian   Wikipedia: 2011 Alexandria bombing
Coptic Pope Shenouda III, left, leads Christmas Eve Mass at the Coptic cathedral in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Egypt Christians mark mournful Christmas Eve Mass
MAGGIE MICHAEL Associated Press= CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Christians packed churches Thursday for mournful Christmas Eve Masses, weeping and donning black in place of colorful holiday clothes, under a... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) The Guardian
Bombing   Christmas   Egypt   Photos   Wikipedia: Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
President Barack Obama listens as his new White House Chief of Staff William Daley makes a statement in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011. Barack Obama appoints William Daley as chief of staff
Recruitment of William Daley, a JP Morgan Chase executive for seven years, lends White House a more business-friendly face William Daley, centre, with Barack Obama in 2008. Photograph: Chip... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) The Guardian
Appointment   Obama   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: William Daley
A man comes out of a Baja Fresh restaurant with his hands up Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011 in Chandler, Ariz. Police: Lone suspect behind 2 Arizona shootings
Get the latest details on this story from CNN affiliate KPHO. (CNN) -- Authorities in Chandler, Arizona, said they believe the gunman who held hostages at a restaurant is the same man who fled into a... (photo: AP / Matt York) CNN
Arizona   Crime   Photos   Police   Wikipedia: Chandler, Arizona
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