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Would you put your baby or toddler outside in the freezing cold for their lunchtime nap? Most Nordic parents wouldn't give it a second thought. For them it's part of their daily routine.

In Stockholm on winter, the temperature is -20C and is still common to see children left outside by their parents for a sleep in the pram.

Their mothers say that it's good for their babies to be in the fresh air as soon as possible, especially in the winter when there are lots of germs going around is when the kids seem healthier.

This isn’t a recent action, in Stockholm is like a tradition, the children have been sleeping outside since they were born.

Many babies sleep better outdoors in the fresh air than in their bedroom. Sleeping outdoors is not dangerous for a baby. One may gradually start going outdoors when the baby is two weeks old.

 

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Give horsemeat-tainted food to poor - German minister

Germany's development minister has suggested food tainted with horsemeat should be distributed to the poor.

A member of the governing CDU party said that we can't just throw away good food, he agreed to consume the horsemeat but the opposition didn’t agree with the idea.

Meanwhile, traces of horse DNA have been found in six tones of minced beef and 2,400 packs of lasagne bolognese seized from a company in Italy. These products were packed by Italian group called Primia.

The health ministry said Primia had used meat from another company in Brescia and originally supplied by two other companies, also based there.

It is the first positive test in Italy since the scandal erupted last month.

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An investigation has been launched into the safety of a ski-lift after a teenage girl died when she fell during a school trip to Italy.

Poonam Bhattal was a pupil at Guru Nanak Sikh Academy in Hayes in west London.

Skibound, which organized the trip, said she was involved in an incident on a chair-lift on Friday in Claviere. She fell head down fint.

The director of the ski school has said the safety bar on the lift was down when the girl fell.

Before she fell down she grabbed the safety bar and the man in charge of ski-lift saw this and he stopped the lift, but it was too late.

Speaking on BBC Radio Berkshire, Marco Steffanini said: "Now there is an investigation in progress to understand how she can fall down with the safety bar closed."
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