A Palestinian policeman was killed in a clash near the isolated Jewish settlement of Netzarim, south of Gaza City. Also, one Palestinian was killed and another wounded when Israeli forces opened fire as they tried to enter Gaza by climbing a border fence. The Agriculture Department will add 60 beagles to the 50 it now has to inspect baggage for contraband food products, officials said Thursday. It is expected to take up to 18 months to have all the new dogs and human handlers in place. Travelers are supposed to disclose whether they have been on a farm and are barred from bringing many food products into the country because of the diseases and pests they can carry.
People visiting affected farms can bring the disease in on their shoes.
Bush told reporters that nonproliferation programs are being reviewed to determine their usefulness. Mortar shells struck a village just inside Kosovo on Thursday, killing at least two civilians including an Associated Press Television News journalist, as fighting intensified between Macedonian forces and ethnic Albanian militants. NATO-led international peacekeepers set up a field hospital to treat at least 16 wounded, and American soldiers searched for other possible victims in Krivenik. The attack on the village came as Macedonia's government said a successful army offensive had driven back the rebels, who maintain they are fighting for greater rights and recognition for ethnic Albanians in the Slav-dominated country. But the rebels suggested they were merely regrouping in the rugged and largely inaccessible hills.