China milk scandal: Government says milk free of contamination
10.05.08
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Tests on 609 batches of liquid milk, as sold in 27 cities under 75 different brand names, were all clear of melamine, the chemical at the center of the scandal, according to the product safety watchdog. A further 129 batches of baby milk powder and 212 batches of other kinds of milk powder were also clean.
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Mugabe, Ahmadinejad Criticized for Attending UN Hunger Summit
06.02.08
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The participation of the presidents of Zimbabwe and Iran in a U.N. summit in Rome to combat hunger triggered outrage Monday, a day before world leaders meet to map strategy in the face of skyrocketing food prices that are causing civil unrest and widening malnutrition.
Australia's foreign minister decried as "obscene" Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's participation.
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here are two divergent opinions on this from the BBC's website:
Mugabe, as a human being and a head of state, has every right to attend the Rome summit. The west started to hate Mugabe after he took land from the whites who controlled the fertile land of Zimbabwe illegaly. Shame on the western media to put out biased reports on the Zimbabwe election. The western media started to announce the "defeat" of Mugabe while the vote counting had not even started. Is this professional journalism or propaganda against Mugabe? Let him be a leader as long as his people want him.
Teklu, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This is a travesty to the suffering people of Zimbabwe. The country has a critical food shortage because of Mugabe yet the UN invites him to come to a forum to attack the West. What kind of an organisation is the UN? No wonder George Bush ignored it and invaded Iraq. The UN is the most dysfunctional organisation. They are full of empty useless rhetoric. Mugabe should not have been allowed to go to Rome. In fact he is going to use this chance to have a go at the West whom he perceives to be his principal foes in the battle to mantain his stronghold on Zimbabweans. Shame on the UN, you are full of double-standards, that is why people in Africa will never take you seriously.You are just a joke and you must be ashamed of your performance in Africa.
Sydney, Manchester, UK