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area of mountains and desert close to Iran’s border with Pakistan and so far at least the casualty toll appears to be relatively low. Iranian state television announced that the earthquake had been felt throughout the Gulf such was its power with some skyscrapers in Dubai being evacuated.
Thousands of genetic tests carried out across the European Union have found that almost 5% of processed beef products on sale have been contaminated with horsemeat. Laboratories also find that only one in 200 samples contain traces of horse drug bute. The EU Commission for Health Tonio Borg said food safety had not been compromised.
“The incidents of the presence of bute in the horsemeat were extremely low, less than 0.5%. And also the fraudulent link within the percentage was an original 4.6%. Still this has been a serious violation of the labeling in this nation and we intend to impose and to propose new measures.”
The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has expressed alarm on the deteriorating security situation in the Central African Republic. There’s been further violence in the capital Bangui where members of the Seleka Movement which seized power last month have clashed with elements loyal to the former President Francois Bozize.
American Airlines has grounded all its flights in the US after a computer malfunction. The airline said a problem had occurred in its reservation system. The flights will be grounded until Tuesday afternoon. Queues are already building up at airports.