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- 'Japan and China join forces to combat bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Japan and China have joined forces to study bird flu and other infectious diseases through an exchange of researchers, despite strained political ties between the Asian powers.
'No sign of human bird flu transmission in Indonesia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Experts have failed to uncover evidence of bird flu spreading between humans in a remote area in Indonesia where three people have been infected with the virus, the WHO has said.
'WNBA notes: Storm's Bird likely to play in playoff decider; Sun's Douglas doubtful (USA Today)
WNBA All-Star point guard Sue Bird is expected to play while wearing a mask to protect her injured nose Tuesday night when her Seattle Storm meet the Los Angeles Sparks in the third and deciding game of their first-round WNBA playoff series. Bird was hit in the nose by an inadvertent elbow in the final minute Sunday.
'Indonesia girl tests positive for bird flu - official (Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News)
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 6-year-old Indonesian girl tested positive for bird flu on Tuesday, a government official said, as the World Health Organisation ruled out human transmission in a village with a series of confirmed and suspected bird flu cases.
'Bird should play in series finale (The Olympian)
Sparks in the third and deciding game of their first-round WNBA playoff series. Bird, who averaged 11.4 points and 4.8 assists during the regular season, was hit in the nose by an inadvertent elbow in the final minute Sunday and left the Staples Center court with her bloody face in a towel.
'Two dead owls at Dutch zoo probably not infected with bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two owls found dead at Rotterdam zoo earlier this month were probably not infected with the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu as initially suspected, the Dutch agriculture ministry has said.
'Bird Cleared to Play in Game 3 (NBA.com)
In the SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER, Mark Bergin writes that "when Storm guard Sue Bird took an elbow to the nose in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 78-70 loss to the Sparks, a rush of doubt and terror outdid the stream of blood, sweat and tears pouring down her face.? On Monday, "the medical opinion of a specialist who examined her labeled the injury a contusion,? and "cleared Bird to play tonight
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