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LONDON: Germany, Finland, Singapore and New Zealand joined a growing list of countries banning the import of British beef, following an announcement by the British Health Secretary Thursday that the deaths of 10 people from Creuztfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), an incurable brain condition, may be linked to "mad cow disease", a bovine brain sickness that has been infecting British herds for the past decade. France, Belgium, Sweden, Portugal and the Netherlands announced the ban Thursday. The ban will result in a severe blow to British beef and dairy farmers. France called for a meeting yesterday of the European Union...
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