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December 8, 2008 Monday
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DUBLIN - CONTAMINATED Irish pig meat may have been exported to up to 25 countries, Ireland's chief vet said on Sunday, as shops at home and abroad cleared out pork products amid fears of a cancer link.

'We believe it's in the order of 20 to 25 countries. It's certainly less than 30,' Mr Paddy Rogan said in comments quoted by the Irish media.

 
New deal for Afghanistan

WASHINGTON - US president-elect Barack Obama called for a grand new approach to fighting terror in South Asia starting with the promise of a better life for dirt-poor Afghans.

Military means alone would not suffice, he said in an NBC interview broadcast on Sunday, while pressing India and Pakistan to heal their divide over Kashmir following the recent massacre by extremists in Mumbai.

   
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