donga.com[English donga] (donga.com) Eight out of 10 domestic experts on police administration say that Korean police lag behind advanced nations in terms of proper responses to public unrest. [News Source]

Rural lawmakers, cattle groups work to block beef imports from Argentina (The Hill) Farm-state lawmakers have introduced legislation to prevent the Bush administration from allowing imports of meat from Argentina into the United States. [News Source]

Canada scores high in food safety rankings. Consumers should be reassured that Canadian industry and government regulators are doing their part to monitor the risks, protect consumers and ensure they have access to safe, high-quality food products, according to a new study. [News Source]

Not so shining moment (AsiaMedia) Tom Plates' article " Koreans who deserve to be proud " is missing the biggest story to come out of Korea this spring, the Mad Cow Disease Protests. This story should not be making Koreans proud. This incident has shown just how unreliable some parts of the Korean media are. [News Source]

Canada says it could cut funding for mad cow tests (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is considering whether to stop paying farmers to identify cattle suspected of having mad cow disease, an official with the CFIA said on Wednesday. [News Source]

The sharp end of knife crime (St Albans Observer) ANOTHER week, another young life lost in our capital city. [News Source]

Isle of Wight: David Icke came 12th in Haltemprice and Howden by-election (Isle of Wight County Press) By David Newble - Wednesday, July 16, 2008 FORMER professional footballer and TV sports presenter David Icke has failed in his bid to become an MP after coming 12th in the recent Haltemprice and Howden by-election. [News Source]

Farm doctors are a rare breed (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) CHICAGO -- More than a dozen noisy animals were waiting when veterinarian Brian Gerloff hurried into the sprawling barn in McHenry County, Ill. Sick cows swayed, heifers needed pregnancy tests and several pigs bound for a petting zoo required check-ups. [News Source]

Kim Komando: Let your computer help fight disease (Florida Today) Most of us have been touched in some way by diseases such as cancer, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Seemingly daily, there's more grim news about food shortages and climate change. But you can help make a difference and it doesn't cost your time or money. [News Source]