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Brazil: Three dead in suspected Christmas cake poisoning

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Summary
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77% Informative

Arsenic found in blood of one of three women who died after eating a Christmas cake.

Five members of the same family fell ill after eating the cake at a gathering in Rio Grande do Sul state.

The woman who made the cake is the only one believed to have eaten two slices of the cake.

Police have sent the cake for testing, and several out-of-date food items were also found.

VR Score

75

Informative language

72

Neutral language

81

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

49

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

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not detected

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not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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