U.S. responds to foot-and-mouth outbreak with beefed up checks
USDA inspectors increase presence at major ports and add 100 personnel to curb spread as travelers from Britain and Europe face enhanced questioning. Dogs like Dulles beagle Quincy detect prohibited items while officials urge public caution, noting the disease does not affect people but devastates cloven-hoofed animals.
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USDA
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U.S
Davidowitz
Agriculture Department
Britain
Europe
Washington
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Paul Duboudin
British Tourist Authority
New York
Dulles
Quincy
Disease prompts EU meat bans across world
Nations from Australia to Latvia imposed bans on European Union meat and livestock after foot and mouth disease was found in France and Britain. Japan Estonia and Latvia joined bans on French imports as France, Belgium, Spain and Portugal faced restricted borders. The U.N. FAO warned no country is safe as global trade and movement fuel spread. The United States and Canada banned EU live stock and products in response.
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Latvia
European Union
France
Britain
New Zealand
South Korea
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Japan
Estonia
Belgium
Spain
Portugal
Claude Thieblemont
French Federation of Meat Industries and Commercce
Netherlands
Product Board For Livestock,Meat and Eggs
Europe
U.N. Food Agency
Yves Chaneau
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Veterinary Health Department
Canada
West Bank roadblock overrun as protests flare
Palestinians briefly overran a Ramallah roadblock as anger over Israeli travel restrictions grew. Israel's security cabinet eased limits in its first meeting under Prime Minister Sharon, pledging to allow raw materials and movement based on security. One Palestinian was killed in Gaza amid clashes and conflicting accounts of the incident.
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West Bank
Israel
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Gaza
Shimon Peres
Peres
Security Council
New York
Jerusalem
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IRA resumes contact with independent disarmament panel
The Irish Republican Army said it has resumed direct talks with an independent disarmament commission after a yearlong break. Decommissioning of weapons is a core point of the 1998 Good Friday agreement, and failure to resolve the issue could jeopardize Northern Ireland’s power-sharing government.
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Irish Republican Army
Disarmament Commission
IRA
Northern Ireland
Beijing seeks talks with U S on defense shield plan
Beijing's top arms control official Sha Zukang said China hopes to talk Washington out of deploying an anti missile defense shield. He argued shield plans could trigger an arms race and disrupt the global strategic balance reached after many years.
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China
United States
Beijing
Washington
Sha Zukang
Deputy Bashir Kodzoyev shot on Moscow street near Red Square
A pro Kremlin deputy in Russia's lower house Bashir Kodzoyev was shot in a central Moscow attack near Red Square. He was hospitalized with a chest wound while his driver died, police said.
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Moscow
Bashir Kodzoyev
Red Square
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