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...Danube delta wetlands, across the Black Sea from Turkey. In the village of Ceamurlia de Jos, Romanians began killing 50,000 fowl. Local farmers wept as they watched their livelihoods destroyed. Romanian poultry products and Turkish live birds were immediately banned by the European Union, as governments sought to allay fears that a pandemic was imminent. E.U. officials emphasized that keeping domestic and wild birds apart is crucial to biosecurity, meaning that in high-risk areas, chickens and other fowl may be housed inside. "This has not caught us by surprise," said Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner, Markos Kyprianou...
...movie, already a hit at the Toronto Film Festival, honors and expands the old formula. The townsfolk are preparing for the Giant Vegetable Competition held each year by Lady Tottington (Helena Bonham Carter). To allay the villagers' fears that their supersize tomatoes and zucchini may be ravaged by rabbits, Wallace invents a gizmo that captures the critters without hurting them--much to the disapproval of Lady T.'s slimy suitor, Victor Quartermaine (a perfectly pompous Ralph Fiennes), who would rather blast the bunnies to bits. Soon the locals have a larger, more vicious threat: the mysterious, vegemaniacal Were-Rabbit...
...facilitated visits by top Western politicians. Ahmadinejad had said from the outset that opening of relations with the U.S. was not on his list of priorities, and as regards Europe, he has said Iran's policy will be based on Iran's national interest. But he has tried to allay fears by professing a foreign policy of ?peace and moderation,? and while he is unlikely to go to great lengths to enhance relations with the West, Ahmadinejad will likely seek to avoid confrontation...
...denials did little to allay growing Western convictions that Damascus supports and facilitates terrorism, even if it does not actively conduct attacks, in its fight against Israel and Jerusalem's Western allies. In France, parliamentary support for the conservative government's stance on terrorism seemed to falter last week as suspicions hardened in some quarters that Syria may have abetted the bombers. A raucous debate erupted last Wednesday after Premier Jacques Chirac told the National Assembly, "There can be no discussion, direct or indirect, with terrorists." Opposition deputies sharply questioned the government's appeals to Syria for help in tracking...
Experts were quick to allay any public concern that such an accident might set off the missile warheads. A nuclear device, unlike older conventional explosives, cannot be detonated simply by a physical shock. The fission and then fusion reactions that must occur to explode an H-bomb can take place only if the weapon is armed electronically, which cannot happen accidentally. The warheads in the damaged tube "were obviously blown apart in the force of the explosion," says Vice Admiral Powell Carter Jr., director of the Joint Staff. Whether their remnants burned up or sank to the bottom...