Place: Mato Grosso do Sul

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QUIRKY WORLD ... Refugee ‘hero’ returns €150k found in cupboard

GERMANY: Police in the town of Minden say a 25-year-old man who arrived last year as a refugee is their “hero of the day” after he found some €150,000 — and handed it to authorities.

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Newborn dies after doctors get into fight

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Baby dies as delivery room doctors brawl

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Brazil beef exports fall 23%

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Gunmen and helicopter attack Brazilian prison

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Gunmen and helicopter attack Brazilian prison

Countries agree to zone of control

While further progress on the lifting of the restrictions on exports from three states in Brazil is awaited, Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay have agreed to international control of a 15km zone of intensive Foot and Mouth Disease surveillance along their common borders

Sat, 14 Apr, 2007

EU delegation heads for Brazil

Another review of the EU restrictions on imports of beef from Brazil is being undertaken this week, the outcome of which will be critical for the beef trade in Europe into 2007.

Wed, 18 Oct, 2006

National Farm Plan Scheme welcomed

Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) Committee chairman Martin Gavin said the delay in the implementation of the National Parks and Wildlife Farm Plan Scheme for farming and developmental restrictions imposed in SAC areas had led to many of the problems which farmers had experienced over the last number of years.

Thu, 23 Feb, 2006

Brazilians hope EU to ease ban

BRAZILIAN authorities are hoping that the EU will partially lift a ban on their beef exports, after epidemiologists from Europe completed a 10-day inspection of the South American country’s beef industry last weekend.

Thu, 09 Feb, 2006

EU-15 countries to increase beef imports in 2006

FALLING production in the EU promises to make 2006 another buoyant year for Irish beef exports.

Thu, 24 Nov, 2005

Brazilian beef exports already down by 30 to 40%

BRAZILIAN beef exports have already slumped 30 to 40%, says the country’s Association of Meat Export Industries.

Thu, 03 Nov, 2005

Brazil ban will continue

SOURCES in Brazil this week envisaged beef bans of up to 12 months, after new cases of foot and mouth were found.

Thu, 27 Oct, 2005

Brazilian meat banned

Indonesia and Switzerland have barred the import of Brazilian meat, raising to 43 the number of countries that have restricted imports since an outbreak here of foot-and-mouth disease, the government said yesterday.

Tue, 25 Oct, 2005

Brazil defends animal health policies

MORE than half of Brazil’s beef exports to the EU have been brought to a halt for at least 60 days due to four foot-and-mouth cases in Mato Grosso do Sul, the country’s second biggest beef producing state.

Thu, 20 Oct, 2005

Brazilian beef ban to boost Irish prices

THE outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Brazil and the subsequent ban on beef imports from affected regions of that country have boosted cattle prices in Ireland, according to farm leaders who are monitoring developments.

Sat, 15 Oct, 2005

Brazilian meat banned

Argentina and Chile suspended imports of Brazilian meat yesterday, joining 28 other countries that have banned Brazilian meat imports after an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, the government said.

Fri, 14 Oct, 2005