Customers return as Chipotles reopen
SEATTLE – Customers returned to Pacific Northwest Chipotle restaurants on Wednesday as the chain reopened after an E. coli outbreak that sickened about 45 people in Washington state and Oregon.
Matt Gilham, 34, said he wasn’t particularly concerned about the health scare connected to 11 restaurants in the two states but not the one where he picked up his lunch on Wednesday.
“These things just happen from time to time,” said Gilham, who stopped by the restaurant with his team from work.
EU shows disapproval of Israeli settlements
JERUSALEM – The European Union’s decision Wednesday to start labeling Israeli products made in the West Bank delivered a resounding show of international disapproval over Israel’s expansion of Jewish settlements and raised the pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to renew peace efforts with the Palestinians.
Israel condemned the measure as unfair and discriminatory, but it appeared helpless to stop its growing isolation over the settlement issue and its treatment of Palestinians. Relations with the EU in particular have deteriorated in recent years due to disputes over the settlements.
Associated Press
