Belarus Kills Smuggled Parrots Over Bird Flu Fears 01/27/2008 - 14:49 / Reuters Veterinarians fearing cases of bird flu have destroyed 275 parrots brought into ex-Soviet Belarus illegally by a smuggler on a bicycle, a newspaper reported on Friday. comments: 0
Polish Customs Strike Halts Traffic at Belarus, Ukraine Border 01/27/2008 - 14:47 / Earthtimes Wildcat strikes by Polish customs workers brought to a halt international traffic at selected Belarusian and Ukrainian border check points, officials in Minsk and Kiev said Friday. Automobiles and lorries were stuck in lengthening queues in both directions at the Varshavsky Most and Domachevo crossing sites, a pair of heavily-used road transit points on the Polish-Belarusian border, said Belarus customs spokesman Aleksander Tishchenko, according to Belapan news agency report. comments: 0
