Kim Jong Il Inspects Company of KPA Unit (Korean Central News Agency) Pyongyang, August 11 (KCNA) -- General Secretary Kim Jong Il inspected a company of KPA Unit 669 honored with the title of O Jung Hup-led 7th regiment. [News Source]

A Simple Test to Detect Nervous Tissue in Beef (New York Times) Researchers are developing a test to check for the tissue that often carries the human variant of mad cow disease. [News Source]

Bacteria, our friend. A little dirt, and the bacteria that's in it, is actually critical to human health. [News Source]

S.Korea resumes U.S. bone-in beef sales after 5-year suspension. The U.S. bone-in beef returned to South Korean store shelves on Monday after a nearly five-year suspension. [News Source]

KOSPI Could Add To Gains On Tuesday (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - The South Korean stock market has finished higher in three of the last four sessions, and now the KOSPI is tipped to extend those gains and move slightly further to the upside when the market opens on Tuesday. [News Source]

KOSPI Could Add To Gains On Tuesday (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - The South Korean stock market has finished higher in three of the last four sessions, and now the KOSPI is tipped to extend those gains and move slightly further to the upside when the market opens on Tuesday. [News Source]

KOSPI Could Add To Gains On Tuesday (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - The South Korean stock market has finished higher in three of the last four sessions, and now the KOSPI is tipped to extend those gains and move slightly further to the upside when the market opens on Tuesday. [News Source]

Africa: Uganda, Kenya Still Fighting Over Chicken Exports (AllAfrica.com) Further bilateral trade negotiations on Uganda's poultry and beef exports have stalled following Kenya's failure to present the full risk assessment report on a study carried out by the Kenyan Veterinary Services on hygiene of Ugandan products. [News Source]

Physical Activity Slows the Progress of Parkinson’s in Study (Senior Journal) Aug. 11, 2008 - Parkinson’s, another of those diseases that primarily strike senior citizens, is known as a disease that causes the progressive decline of physical and cognitive function, but recent research suggests that regular exercise may impede the progression of this incurable disease. [News Source]

Trade assn. to help plug Neb. beef to Japan (Kearney Hub) GRAND ISLAND (AP) — Nebraska’s beef industry has teamed with a U.S. trade association to get help marketing its Japan-bound exports. [News Source]