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- 'Jakarta: Bird flu kills housemaid (CNN.com)
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) -- A Jakarta housemaid who had looked after a pet eagle has died from bird flu, marking Indonesia's 72nd confirmed death from the virus, a health-ministry official said on Wednesday.
'Indonesia confirms another bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu has killed another Indonesian, taking the nation's death toll to 72, the highest number of casualties of any country, a health official said Wednesday.
'Bird flu hits new poultry farms in Kuwait (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu has hit a new commercial poultry farm in the Gulf state of Kuwait leading to the culling of at least 200,000 more layer chickens, the health ministry said on Tuesday.
'Rescuers pluck man, pet bird from tree (AP via Yahoo! News)
It took a Coast Guard helicopter to rescue a man and his pet cockatoo from the heights of a pine tree after he got stuck trying retrieve the $2,000 bird.
'Kuwait hospitalises four Asians for suspected bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Four Bangladeshi workers who had been culling chickens infected with bird flu were admitted to hospital in Kuwait with flu-like symptoms Tuesday, the health ministry said.
'Bird flu tests on four Asians in Kuwait 'positive' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Preliminary tests for bird flu on four Bangladeshi workers who had been culling chickens infected with the disease were "positive," a Kuwaiti medical source told AFP.
'Bird flu tests 'positive' on four Bangladeshis in Kuwait (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Preliminary tests for bird flu were positive on four Bangladeshi workers who had been culling infected chickens in Kuwait, a medical source said on Wednesday, but they have not been officially confirmed.
'Coast guard plucks man, pet bird from tree (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The U.S. Coast Guard plucked a man and his pet bird from a 75-foot (23-meter) tree on Tuesday evening after he became stranded while trying to coax the creature out of the branches.
'Indonesia's bird flu death toll at 72 (AP via Yahoo! News)
A 23-year-old woman has died of bird flu, raising the country's toll to 72, a Health Ministry official said Wednesday.
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