Tesco Plc, Britain's biggest grocer, said on Tuesday it withdrew its line of frozen meatloaf after it tested positive for between 2 to 5 percent horsemeat. The company said it pulled from its shelves Tesco Simply Roast Meatloaf 600g packs made between October 2012 and January 2013 at Eurostock in Craigavon, Northern Ireland. Tesco said
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New Mickey Mouse cartoons will come to TV this summer when the Disney Channel premieres a series of short cartoons featuring the comic antics of the 85-year-old children's character with contemporary touches. The 19 cartoons, each a couple minutes long, are being produced with 2D animation to pay homage to the artistry of Walt Disney
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In a return to the national political stage, former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder criticised his successor Angela Merkel for failing to build on his welfare reforms and raising Berlin's euro zone crisis bill by acting too slow and too late. The 68-year old Schroeder, a Social Democrat (SPD), has kept a low profile since being
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Legislation on tax avoidance going through Britain's parliament will not address the kinds of corporate tax minimisation that are of the greatest concern to the public, a parliamentary committee said on Wednesday. The "General Anti-Abuse Rule" (GAAR), part of a wider finance bill, would grant Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs – Britain's tax authority –
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About 80 million Americans suffer from heart disease, the nation's No. 1 killer, and most are on multiple drugs. Some cardiologists think prescribing has gotten out of hand. The criticism was voiced by a number of leading heart doctors who attended the annual scientific sessions of the American College of Cardiology, held on March 9-11
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After a first inconclusive vote, Cardinals began the process of choosing a new pope in earnest on Wednesday, praying for inspiration at the start of the first full day in a conclave to choose a leader to face a major crisis in the Catholic Church. The 115 cardinal electors attended a morning Mass in the
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Houston based Noble Energy will start confirmation drilling in the third trimester of 2013 in block 12 of Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), according to Energy Minister George Lakkotrypis. He made the statement on Tuesday after meeting representatives of the company who are in Cyprus, adding that “this morning we had a meeting with Noble
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The technocrats of the Troika continued on Tuesday morning their meetings with Finance Ministry officials, at the Finance Ministry, on issues related to the Cyprus Memorandum, according to CNA sources. The meetings between the two sides will continue this afternoon. Meanwhile, CNA sources said that the Troika and Finance Ministry are expected to reach an
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Shipments of Apple Inc's iPads will fall behind the growing variety of tablets running Google Inc's Android platform for the first time this year as smaller-sized devices catch on with more consumers, research firm International Data Corp (IDC) said on Tuesday. iPad shipments are expected to account for 46 percent of the market in 2013,
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Full national accounts figures have revised down the contraction in the fourth quarter to a seasonally adjusted 3.3% from a previous flash estimate of 3%. On a non-seasonally adjusted basis real GDP declined by 3.4% over the same quarter of 2011. The decline was broadbased. Cystat reported that negative growth rates were recorded for construction,
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