<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" lang="EN-GB">An association of Swiss vegetable farmers is demanding 6.6 million francs ($8.2 million) of compensation from the government for losses incurred during the recent E. coli epidemic in Germany.</span></p>
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<p>Switzerland has identified a third person infected with a rare strain of the E. coli bacteria that has killed 18 people in Europe, authorities said Friday.</p>
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