German investigators looking into the contamination of animal feed with dioxin say it's now been found in pork. The chemical had already been detected in eggs and poultry. Several hundred pigs at a farm in northern Germany were slaughtered after levels of dioxin were found to be 50% above permitted levels. From Berlin, here's Tristana Moore.
The farm used contaminated animal feed that has been traced back to a company in northern Germany which distributes oil for use in animal feed production. Government officials say polluted fats may have been used in making up to 150,000 tonnes of animal feed, which ended up in hundreds of farms all over Germany. While government experts insist the dioxin levels are not dangerous, consumer groups accuse the authorities of playing down the risk to human health and are calling for tougher regulations to be imposed on the animal feed industry.
The online social networking site MySpace is to cut nearly half its global workforce. Around 500 jobs will go in the company, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. MySpace has been eclipsed in popularity by Facebook, but its founder Mark Zuckerberg is also facing problems. A court in San Francisco is hearing a fresh claim by two brothers, Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who say they invented Facebook.
European astronomers have given a jubilant account of what they say are stunning discoveries made by the Planck space telescope. In its quest to search for more clues to the origin of the Universe, it's identified 15,000 new objects, among them clusters of galaxies that are some of the largest structures ever seen in the cosmos.