DUBLIN (Reuters) – Beef containing horse DNA that was supplied by an Irish company to major food companies like Tesco originated in Poland, Ir eland's agriculture department said on Saturday. The British food industry has been rocked by the revelation retailers sold beef products that contained horse DNA, a scandal that has also left Ireland's 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion) beef industry reeling from the knock-on effects. Results of tests showed that Polish ingredients used by Irish burger manufacturer Silvercrest contained 4.1 percent horse DNA, the agriculture department in a statement. … Venezuela's Chavez has overcome respiratory infection - minister
SANTIAGO (Reuters) – ; Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has overcome a serious respiratory infection, but is still being treated for breathing problems after cancer surgery last month, Information Minister Ernesto Villegas told reporters in Chile on Saturday. Chavez has not been seen in public since he underwent his fourth and most serious cancer operation in Cuba on December 11. (Reporting by Fabian Cambero; Writing by Helen Popper; Editing by Peter Cooney) Denmark strolls to easy 4-0 win over young Canadian men's soccer squad
TUCSON, Ariz. – Teenage striker Andreas Cornelius scored three goals as Denmark took advantage of sloppy defending to easily defeat a young, outmatched Canadian side 4-0 in a soccer friendly Saturday afternoon.
Quebec Premier Pauline Marois tries to reassure multinational corporations
LONDON – Quebec Premier Pauline Marois says she has made an effort to reassure multinational corporations concerned about the policies of her Parti Quebecois government.
Egyptians riot after soccer fans sentenced to die
CAIRO (AP) -- Relatives and angry young men rampaged through the Egyptian city of Port Said on Saturday in assaults that killed at least 27 people following death sentences for local fans involved in the country’s worst bout of soccer violence.
AP Interview: CERN chief firmer on 'God particle'
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) -- The world should know with certainty by the middle of this year whether a subatomic particle discovered last summer is a Higgs boson long sought by physicists, the head of the world's largest atom smasher said Saturday. Greek ruling conservatives take lead over leftists: polls
ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece's ruling conservatives have grabbed a narrow lead over the leftist main opposition since securing bailout funds to avert bankruptcy, three opinion polls showed, as most Greeks believe t he country will stay in the euro zone. A survey conducted by MRB pollsters for Sunday newspaper Real News showed that if elections were held now Prime Minister Antonis Samaras's New Democracy party would get 29.2 percent versus 27.8 percent for the anti-bailout SYRIZA party. The ultra-nationalist Golden Dawn ranked third with 11. … Quebec Liberals want province to sign Constitution, at some point
MONTREAL – All three candidates vying for the Quebec Liberal leadership say they want the province to sign the Canadian Constitution -- eventually.
Portuguese teachers protest against education cuts
LISBON (Reuters) – Thousands of Portuguese teachers marched through Lisbon on Saturday to protest against cuts in education imposed as part of th e government's austerity program. Teachers union Fenprof estimated 30,000 teachers marched through Lisbon city center, demanding the resignation of the education minister and protesting against pay cuts and what they called a deterioration in working conditions. "I am here to protect the public school, and, above all, I am here to defend the future of our country and the future of my children who are still growing," teacher Anabela Mendes told … Iraqi Sunnis mourn protesters shot dead by troops
FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) – Thousands of mourners rallied on Saturday at funerals for Sunni Muslims shot by troops in demonstrations against Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki. Troops on Friday shot dead five people in Falluja, in the Sunni-dominated western province of Anbar. Sunnis have taken to the streets since December to protest what they call mistreatment of their minority sect, heightening fears Iraq may return to the Shi'ite-Sunni bloodletting that killed tens of thousands in 2006-2007. … Transportation Safety Board looking for cause of plane crash in Antarctica
Officials from Canada are investigating a plane crash in Antarctica that appears to have killed all three crew members on board.
ECB's Asmussen warns against unilateral forex moves
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank Executive Board member Joerg Asmussen called for international cooperation to address the current debate about competitive currency devaluation, saying central banks are not the ones to solve structural problems. Policymakers in advanced countrie s, particularly Japan and the United States, have been acting aggressively to reflate their economies, which has the effect of weakening their currencies. … French, Mali forces retake airport in city of Gao
KONNA, Mali (AP) -- French and Malian troops regained control of the airport and bridge of the crucial, northern city of Gao on Saturday, marking their biggest adva nce yet in their bid to oust al-Qaida-linked extremists who have controlled northern Mali for months, military officials said. Unions march toward Ontario Liberal leadership convention in Toronto
TORONTO – Thousands of protesters jammed the streets outside the Ontario Liberal leadership convention Saturday afternoon as delegates voted for the party’s next leader and the province’s new premier.
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