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Tripoli, Libya - The UN nuclear chief said Monday that his visits to four once-secret nuclear sites proved that Libya had been in the early stages of a weapons program before it dismantled its efforts. Mohammed ElBaradei said the equipment and technology had come from a number of countries. The inspections follow leader Moammar Gadhafi's decision to abandon his country's attempts to produce weapons of mass destruction. Beijing - China on Saturday announced its first suspected SARS case since July, saying the patient was hospitalized in the southern province where the virus is believed to have originated. The man, a 32-year-old television station employee, was listed in stable condition Sunday, a government official said. Washington - Meat from a Holstein sick with mad cow disease could have reached retail markets in eight states and one territory, but still poses no health risk, Agriculture Dept. officials said Sunday. Dr. Kenneth Petersen, an Agriculture Dept. veterinarian, said investigators have determined that some meat from the diseased dairy cow slaughtered Dec. 9 in Washington state could have gone to Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana and Guam. Earlier, officials said most of the meat went to Washington and Oregon, with lesser amounts to California and Nevada, for distribution to consumers.
