Fate of Anne Frank tree hangs in balance

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An Amsterdam official called on Tuesday for a delay to the felling of a chestnut tree that Anne Frank could see as she hid from the Nazis.

A court was due to rule later on Tuesday on a move by conservationists to stop the felling of the 150-year-old tree, ordered for Wednesday because of fears it could fall as a fungal disease has spread through most of the trunk.

Marijke Vos, city environment councillor, asked the district responsible to delay cutting the tree down after Amsterdam was swamped with messages of protest from around the world.

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