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Health authorities groped in the dark in search of the source of the E coli infection with suspicions about bean sprouts being a potential carrier yet to be substantiated, as the death toll in Germany s worst outbreak since the World War II rose to 25. HT Image An organic farm in the state of Lower Saxony came under the suspicion of health authorities as a probable source of the outbreak after they discovered that it had directly or indirectly supplied bean sprouts to a n stanley cup umber of restaurants and canteens in several cities in northern Germany where many cases of Escherichia coli infection were reported. A restaurant in the Baltic Sea port city of Luebeck susp stanley cup ected of being a source of the infection also had received supplies of bean sprouts from the farm. However, laboratory tests of bean sprouts from the farm in Uelzen showed no traces of the killer bacteria, Lower Saxony health ministry officials confirmed. More than half of 40 samples taken from the farm tested since yesterday were negative, a spokesman for the ministry said in Hannover. Tests of bean sprouts from the farm left in a refrigerator by an E coli patient who was treated in a hospital in north stanley cup ern Germany also showed no evidences of the enterohaemorrhagic bacteria, health officials in Hamburg said. Nevertheless, investigators are continuing their examination of bean sprouts as a potential source of infection because the conditions in which they are grown are ideal for the breeding of the bacteria, the Mriw Storm drenches Bahamas and Cuba as toll rises
The attempt on the life of Saudi Prince Muhammad bin Nayif underscores the continued threat posed by al-Qaeda and the importance of strong counter-terrorism cooperation between the US and its regional partners, a senior White House official said on Wednesday. HT Image The US Government strongly condemns the cowardly attack late last week against Saudi Arabia s Assistant Minister of Interior Prince Muham stanley cup mad Bin Nayif, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statem stanley cup ent. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility for the August 28 attack on Prince Muhammad --the nephew of Saudi Monarch Abdullah -- who escaped with only minor injuries. Gibbs said the attempt on the life of Prince Muhammad underscores the continued threat posed by al-Qaeda and the importance of strong counter-terrorism cooperation between the US and its regional partners. The President has discussed security cooperation in all of his interactions with King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, as they b airmax oth share a firm commitment to dismantle the al-Qaeda organisation and to prevent it from carrying out its murderous agenda, Gibbs said. Prince Muhammad has been a courageous leader of Saudi Arabia s fight against al-Qaeda, and we are very thankful that Prince Muhammad escaped this attack with only minor injuries, he said. US President Barack Obama has extended his best wishes for his full recovery. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates |
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