But he said the nations must decide for themselves how to deal with ethnic tensions. In his first visit to the region, Powell praised Macedonia's government for trying to develop a new political framework to resolve differences among rival factions. Despite various independence movements in the Balkans, Powell said the United States wants to keep borders where they are. Scientists at the Imperial College School of Medicine in London have called for a policy of ''ring culling,'' a system in which all livestock within about a mile of an infected animal are killed. It since has affected cows and sheep and has spread to parts of France, Ireland and the Netherlands.
Affected animals develop blisters on the mouth, nose, feet and teats.
The disease causes fever, shivering, weight loss and reduces milk yield. Among young animals, the disease is frequently fatal, but mature animals usually survive. This article published in the Athens Daily News on Friday, April 13, 2001. send this story to a friend discuss this story email the editor opyright 2001 Athens Newspapers Inc.