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Iraq bans poultry imports from 24 countries over avian flu threat
Iraq has extended a ban on imports of frozen and live poultry products to cover two dozen countries, including China and South Africa, the government said on Sunday. Baghdad last month restricted poultry imports from France, where an outbreak of avian flu has been reported. The agriculture ministry could not be contacted for immediate comment,…
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Mexican drug boss ‘Chapo’ Guzman loves his mom, feels no remorse
Guzman was recaptured on Friday in northwest Mexico six months after a brazen prison-break. “With respect, and from my point of view, it’s a person who’s not looking for problems in any way,” he told Penn in a video recording, after meeting the actor at an undisclosed location weeks earlier in Mexico to pact an…
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Jon Stewart joins NYC mayor in honoring 9/11 first responder
NEW YORK (AP) — Jon Stewart says he was only a “wingman” to a cancer-stricken Sept. 11 firefighter who helped stage a last-ditch congressional fight to secure future health care for first responders.