Dead pigs dumped by more than one farm

Dead pigs dumped by more than one farm by reutersAfter one farmer admitted to dumping thousands of dead pigs into the river, Chinese officials now say he may not have been the only source.

State media had said the 6,000 pig carcasses dredged from a river supplying tap water to Shanghai came from Jiaxing City, in the Zhejiang province

But on Friday local Chinese officials said the pigs may not all come from Jiaxing.

The city's deputy mayor said ear tagging on the pigs showed some of the carcasses originated from other areas.

China's state television, CCTV, has put the official number of dead pigs pulled out of the river at 8,000

Authorities found traces of a common pig virus in some of the rotting animal corpses dredged up this week.

Industry insiders say farmers likely dumped them a common habit in an industry which has no system of compensation for losses from disease.

International Space Station crew land safely in Kazakhstan

International Space Station crew land safely in Kazakhstan by euronews-enThree International Space Station (ISS) crew have returned to earth safely.

The Russian Soyuz capsule carrying them landed in the Kazakhstan steppes a day later than planned due to poor weather conditions.

The Russo-American trio Kevin Ford, Oleg Novitskiy and Evgeny Tarelkin had spent 144 days aboard the space station and clocked up 61 million miles in space.

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At least 17 dead in crash on Dead Sea Highway

At least 17 dead in crash on Dead Sea Highway by reutersA deadly bus crash on Jordan's Dead Sea Highway kills at least seventeen people.

Dozens of others injured when the bus collided with a truck.

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TAHA KHATIB, WHO WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT, SAYING:

"At the time of the crash some people were thrown from the windows. About six people flew through windows, some here and some there, these people all survived. We came here and we forced open the doors and we started pulling out the people from inside the bus. Some people we pulled out were dead, others were alive."

One passenger blamed the driver.

(SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TUFAHA BASSAM, CRASH SURVIVOR, SAYING:

"We were going back home, and the bus was driving at a high speed, and then it flipped over, that's what happened. Excessive speed caused this."

Police say the bus was carrying about 50 Palestinian passengers who were on their way to the West bank after a pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Union workers march against austerity in Spain

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STORY: Hundreds of Spaniards took to the streets in Madrid on Saturday to protest against the economic crisis and European Union pressure to implement austerity measures in the country.

Under the slogan "Europe is for the people, not the markets" the union workers marched from Espana square to Sol square in central Madrid, chanting against PM Mariano Rajoy and the austerity polices introduced by the ruling People's Party.

Since taking office in December 2011, Rajoy has announced a series of unpopular measures designed to slash 65 billion euros from the public deficit by 2014.

Last year he announced a 3-point hike in the main rate of Value Added Tax on goods and services to 21 percent and cuts in unemployment benefits and civil service pay leading to a second general strike in less than 12 months.

The government has trimmed the budget by tens of billions of euros this year and last, cutting public sector wages and limiting

Berlusconi returns for Senate vote

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STORY: Large crowds lined up the street outside the Italian Senate on Saturday as senators inside voted for a new speaker of the upper house.

The crowds broke into jeers and chanted "buffoon" as former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi arrived at the Senate in the early evening.

Earlier on Saturday, judges ruled that a hearing in the tax fraud trial related to Berlusconi's Mediaset broadcasting empire could be delayed until March 23 due to the eye problems that kept the 76-year-old media magnate in hospital all week.

Berlusconi sported sunglasses as he arrived at the Senate, surrounded by security.

Berlusconi faces a long string of legal battles over the next few weeks, starting with the trial in which he is accused of paying for sex with former nightclub dancer Karima El Mahroug, better known under her stage name "Ruby", when she was a minor. He denies the charge and El Mahroug also denies ever having sex with him.

Italy's centre-left wins presidencies of Senate and...

Italy's centre-left wins presidencies of Senate and... by euronews-enPiero Grasso of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) has been elected President of Italy's Senate. He is a former anti-mafia prosecutor.

Laura Boldrini, from the "Left Ecology Liberty" party that is allied with the PD, has been voted in as President of the Chamber of Deputies. She is a former journalist and ex-spokesperson for the United Nations.

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Prince Charles meets Saudi officials

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STORY: Britain's Prince Charles, on a royal visit to Saudi Arabia, met members of the Saudi royal family and Saudi state and military officials on Saturday in the capital Riyadh.

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, are on a nine-day visit to the Middle East arrived in Saudi Arabia on Friday.

The royal couple's trip comes less than a week after Saudi Arabia executed seven men for armed robbery despite an appeal for clemency by United Nations human rights investigators.

The royal couple's Middle East visit started in Jordan, where they toured ancient ruins and met religious leaders. They also visited the King Abdullah refugee camp near Jordan's northern border with Syria, which houses 1,200 people.