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11/08/2011

French press review 11 August 2011

President Nicolas Sarkozy gets low marks for his reaction the economic crisis so far - even from Le Figaro. The price of peaches - and other fruit and veg - plummets.

07/07/2011 - Egypt - France

Egypt denies responsibility for E coli outbreak

The Egyptian agriculture ministry denies that it is the source of the recent E coli outbreak in Europe, contradicting the European Food Safety Agency which said on Tuesday that fenugreek seeds ...

02/07/2011 - France

French woman dies from E coli-caused disease

A 78-year-old French woman has died from a deadly kidney disease caused by E coli, French regional health officials said Saturday.

26/06/2011 - France - UK

British beansprout alert in France after Bordeaux E coli outbreak

A 78-year-old woman is in a “worrying” condition in a Bordeaux hospital after being admitted among seven people feared to have the E coli virus.

25/06/2011

French press review 25 June 2011

E coli hits Bordeaux, thousands expected on Paris's Rainbow parade after Sarkozy's party blocks gay marriage, sex tourism thrives in Morocco despite French scandal, France rundown military efforts ...

17/06/2011 - France

French E coli child victim in serious condition

One of the seven French children hospitalised with E coli was in a serious condition Friday, according to hospital sources.

16/06/2011 - France

Seven French children hospitalised with E coli

Sevenchildren have been hospitalised in northern France with E coli infections after eating meat that manufacturers said came from Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands.

10/06/2011 - Germany

Beansprouts are source of deadly E coli outbreak

Germany says contaminated beansprouts are the source of the deadly E coli which has claimed the lives of at least 30 people.

08/06/2011 - Euroean Union

Worst of E coli over, Germany says, as cases reported in France

The worst of the E coli outbreak is over, German Health Minister Daniel Bahr said on Wednesday

EU farmers want compensation for loss of sales
07/06/2011 - European Union

Spain wants Germany to pay for false killer cucumber accusation

European Union agriculture ministers are holding a crisis meeting on Tuesday in Luxembourg to discuss the outbreak of the deadly E coli bacteria which has left 23 people dead.

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