Published 22 September 2009, doi:10.1136/bmj.b3870
Cite this as: BMJ 2009;339:b3870

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Violations in eastern Congo may amount to war crimes: Two reports by UN peacekeepers and human rights experts have said that a series of gross violations, including arbitrary executions and sexual violence, carried out in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo by government forces and the militia group known as CNDP could amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity. The Goma general hospital alone treated 17 cases of rape attributed to men in uniform.

Three farms in England are closed after E coli O157 outbreak: The World of Country Life in Devon and White Post Farm in Nottinghamshire were closed on 18 September as precautionary measures after cases of Escherichia coli O157 were linked to them. The number of cases of the infection linked with Godstone Farm in Surrey, the first farm to be closed, is 64 (BMJ 2009;339:b3795, doi:10.1136/bmj.b3795). Nine children who visited the farm remain in . . . [Full text of this article]


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