South Korea: U.S. Beef Is Blocked (New York Times) South Korea halted imports of beef from the United States after a shipment from Cargill was found to contain a bone part banned as a precaution against mad cow disease. [News Source]

South Korea effectively halts U.S. beef imports after banned parts found in recent shipment (Lincoln Journal Star) SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea has effectively suspended U.S. beef imports over mad cow concerns after a recent shipment was found to have contained banned parts, a news report said Thursday. [News Source]

Quarantine Inspections on U.S. Beef Suspended (donga.com) U.S. beef imports to South Korea have been temporarily suspended after South Korean authorities found spinal material that may cause mad cow disease in a shipment of beef. [News Source]

South Korea stops imports of U.S. beef (Houston Chronicle) South Korea has blocked U.S. beef imports after banned body parts found in a box shipped by a U.S. meat packer. TThe Agriculture Ministry say it violated rules designed to reduce the risk of Mad Cow disease. [News Source]

LIVESTOCK HIGHLIGHTS: Top Stories Of The Day (CattleNetwork.com) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--A recent shipment of U.S. beef to South Korea was found to contain vertebral column, material that is prohibited by the country due to fears about mad-cow disease, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said Wednesday. [News Source]

Unauthorized material in U.S. beef bound to S. Korea. Unauthorized animal parts have been found in a box of U.S. beef shipped to South Korea, just as the United States pushes for a full reopening of the Asian market for U.S. meat, the Bush administration said on Wednesday. [News Source]

South Korea halts U.S. beef imports. South Korea has effectively suspended U.S. beef imports over mad cow concerns after a recent shipment was found to have contained banned parts, a news report said Thursday. [News Source]

South Korea Suspends US Beef Imports (IWon - Money) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has effectively suspended U.S. beef imports over mad cow concerns after a recent shipment was found to have contained banned parts, a news report said Thursday. [News Source]

South Korea suspends US beef imports (AP via Yahoo! News) South Korea has effectively suspended U.S. beef imports over mad cow concerns after a recent shipment was found to have contained banned parts, a news report said Thursday. [News Source]

A fantasy comes to life (Orlando Sentinel) With its intimacy, 'Pericles' draws you into a marvelous world. At the start of Mad Cow Theatre's Pericles, actor Tommy Keesling holds a conch shell to his ear, and you hear the sounds, at once gentle and tempestuous, of the sea. [News Source]