■ United Staets
Cow escapes slaughter
A cow that escaped last week from a Montana slaughterhouse, leading workers and police on a six-hour chase, will be spared following a wave of popular support, officials said on Tuesday. Del Morris, manager of Mickey's Packing Plant in Great Falls, said he decided to let the cow live the instant he saw it cross the Missouri River. Town residents will now decide through a telephone poll whether the cow will remain a resident of Montana, where it will live out its life on pastural land surrounding the packing plant, or be shipped to an animal sanctuary in Seattle.
■ Bolivia
US denies coup claim
The US embassy on Wednesday described the theory that the embassy is conspiring to overthrow Bolivia's leftist President-elect Evo Morales as "ridiculous." Morales himself said he believed the claim, but associates said they had seen no evidence of a plot. "The Bolivians have chosen Evo Morales and have said that he will be their president and we're going to respect that decision," Susan Doman, US embassy information officer, said. Doman did not mention Hugo Chavez, but her statement came a day after the Venezuelan president said, "I'm sure the United States embassy in Bolivia has already started the conspiracy against Evo."
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