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0 Comments | Insight on the News, Dec 24, 2001 | by John Elvin

* According to testimony from Iraqi scientists interviewed by experts of the U.N. Special Commission, the country had enough germ weapons on hand to kill every human being on the planet, and much of that arsenal survived the Persian Gulf War bombing attacks (From the book, Germs, Biological Weapons and America's Secret War, quoted in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer).

* Dinner parties, barbecues and other social functions are responsible for 88 percent of reported cases of food poisoning in Great Britain, with the primary culprit being chicken that is undercooked, poorly stored or cross-contaminated (study by the United Kingdom's Public Health Laboratory, reported by New Scientist magazine).

* KFC (formerly Kentucky Fried Chicken) now dominates the fast-food market in Beijing, having opened its 70th outlet in that city (reported by Asia Pulse Internet news).