31.   Before meeting Putin, the EU leaders debated the spread of foot-and-mouth disease, expressing solidarity with farmers affected by mass slaughters of animals.

32.   Britain is considering the mass slaughter of cattle after reports mad cow disease may be linked to cases of the human brain disorder Creutzfeldt Jakob disease.

33.   Buddhist monks chanted and prayed Sunday as Hong Kong continued its mass slaughter of chickens, ducks and pigeons in an attempt to stamp out avian influenza.

34.   Britain has been trying, so far unsuccessfully, to eradicate the disease through mass slaughter of animals that might have been exposed to infection.

35.   Britain has suspended its cattle cull following new scientific research which questions the value of the mass slaughter program in eradicating mad cow disease.

36.   But many farmers have reacted angrily to the order, believing the mass slaughter to be premature at best.

37.   But Japan banned Taiwanese pork imports after an outbreak of foot and mouth disease forced mass slaughter of herds last year, and wholesale prices have fallen by half.

38.   Chicken farmers, retailers, poultry and government workers involved in the mass slaughter of chickens can attend the centres.

39.   Concerned over the prospect of mass slaughter, President Benjamin Mkapa gathered East African regional leaders Tuesday to discuss ways of dealing with ethnic violence in neighboring Burundi.

40.   Clinton suggested the United Nations play an expanded role in preventing mass slaughter and dislocation.