Posts Tagged ‘Europe’
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daily news roundup
Monday, February 20th, 2006
Ever thought the fries at McDonald’s tasted funny? Well guess what, they have admitted their fries contain milk and wheat ingredients. Withholding that information was not only unfair to consumers, but could also prove risky to people such as those with celiac disease who are now suing. And how about all the vegans out there, [...]
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EU Services Directive
Monday, February 20th, 2006
I was over at Margot Wallstrom’s (Vice-President to the European Commission) blog the other day. Her latest post started off with a joke on the bird flu, and I quote:
A: I’m immune to this bird flu, you know
B: What do you mean?
A: I’ve been married to a “fowl” chick all my life!
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Eurovision inspires Amerivision
Sunday, February 12th, 2006
The NBC is set to launch the American equivalent of the Eurovision Song Contest. Eurovision is Europe’s longest standing song contest with participant countries from across the continent competing every year. Each country is represented by an artist or band, and the contest is staged in the previous year winner’s home country. Eurovision is [...]
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Protection against Bird Flu
Sunday, February 12th, 2006
Bird flu has found the way into the European Union via migratory birds. Wild swans in Italy (Sicily) and Greece (in the north of the country) as well as in Greece’s neighboring Bulgaria have been verified as infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, by a UK laboratory. Other countries with verified [...]
