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Babieca, the ceremonial goat of the Spanish Legion, is in the news ahead of Spain's October 12 national day celebrations. Diario AS spoke with Cristian Vázquez, a legionary corporal who serves as the animal's caretaker, about the goat that traditionally marches at the front of the Legion's parade formation. Babieca is a long-standing symbol of the elite unit and a regular draw at the Madrid military parade.
- 2Food Safety Lawyer Renews Call for Cleaner Leafy Greens▼Put Me Out of the Leafy Green Business, Please. The Beef Industry Did It After I Asked in 2002. I Asked the Lettuce Industry in March 2006, and Six Months Later Came Spinach. Twenty Years, Forty E. coli Outbreaks and 12,883 Cyclospora Cases Later, Here Is
Food safety attorney Bill Marler, whose 2002 appeal to the beef industry was followed by major reforms, says he asked the lettuce industry for similar action in March 2006, months before the deadly spinach E. coli outbreak. Two decades on, he counts forty E. coli outbreaks and nearly 12,883 Cyclospora cases linked to leafy greens, and is renewing his plea for the industry to clean up its supply chain.
- 3Long March 12 rocket launches new Chinese internet satellites▼China's Long March 12 rocket launches new internet satellite group
China's Long March 12 rocket has launched a new group of internet satellites, according to China Daily. The launch adds to the country's growing constellation of satellites intended to provide broadband internet services. The mission was widely reported in Chinese state media, highlighting China's expanding commercial space programme and its push to compete in satellite internet technology alongside similar projects abroad.