‘Mad Cow-Girl’ and ‘Lord Biro’ take on UK’s Tory Davis (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) Former Conservative MP David Davis wants to make a point about principles. [News Source]

donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) “It’s almost impossible for a human to die of mad cow disease contracted from American beef. Percentage-wise, it’s zero percent,” said Mun Tae-jun, honorary chairman of the Korea Medical Association. [News Source]

Another Canadian mad cow raises ire (North Platte Bulletin) Another mad cow has been found in Canada, spreading alarm through U.S. ranch country. So far, 14 mad cows have been found since 2003 in cattle born in Canada. [News Source]

SKorea’s parliament to open after beef boycott ends. South Korean legislators are set to open parliament after a weeks-long opposition boycott, politicians said Wednesday, amid hopes that protests over the resumption of U.S. beef imports are dying down. [News Source]

South Korea doctors eat US beef to show safe. Sitting at tables with built-in grills, leading South Korean doctors and business executives ate U.S. beef on Wednesday in a bid to dispel public health fears. [News Source]

New form of brain-wasting disease identified (CBC) Researchers in the U.S. have identified the emergence of a new type of brain-wasting disease that resembles Creutzfeld-Jakob, the human form of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Bush, Lee agree to enforce U.S. beef rule (Moldova.org) South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President George Bush agreed Wednesday to stringently enforce safeguards on the importation of U.S. beef.Lee's decision to allow U.S. beef imports to resume has triggered months of street protests and demonstrations in Seoul, where demonstrators say they fear the spread of mad cow disease. In a compromise with opponents, Lee agreed to only allow beef ... [News Source]

Editorial Roundup (AP via Yahoo! News) Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the United States and abroad: [News Source]

South Korean doctors hold U.S. beef-eating event to dispel mad cow disease fears (Evening Standard) Sitting at tables with built-in grills, leading South Korean doctors and business executives ate U.S. beef on Wednesday in a bid to dispel public health fears. [News Source]

South Korean Doctors Eat U.S. Beef To Quell Fears (Manufacturing.net) In a bid to dispel public health fears, top physicians and executives ate American sirloin, telling fellow South Koreans not to worry about getting mad cow disease from eating U.S. beef. [News Source]