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Article: The world this week.(News Summaries)(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2001
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Hoping to halt the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, Britain called in the army to help with the mass slaughter and burial of sheep and cows on and around infected farms. The British also got EU approval for vaccination, a (possible) stopgap to allow time for the slaughter. The Dutch are already using it.
See article: Foot-and-mouth disease
In northern Macedonia, troops blasted buildings and woods round Tetovo and near the border with Kosovo, claiming a victory over ethnic-Albanian rebels. Western governments voiced support for Macedonia, but urged political concessions to the ethnic Albanians. In Kosovo, Hans Haekkerup, the Danish official who runs the ...