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- 'Waimea-Koke'e bird count is Dec. 30, with training Dec. 27 (The Garden Island)
Before dawn next Friday, Dec. 30, avid bird-lovers and volunteers will make the drive up the winding mountain road to Koke'e State Park, or a shorter drive to Waimea's Lucy Wright Park, by 7 a.m., to help count birds in the Koke'e Natural History Museum's Annual Christmas Bird Count.
'US health agency says China open on bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
China and the United States are cooperating on efforts to understand deadly bird flu, a major shift from Beijing's handling of SARS, U.S. National Institutes of Health director Elias Zerhouni said on Tuesday.
'China to Host Bird Flu Funding Summit in January, Official Says (Bloomberg.com)
Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) -- China will host World Bank and European Commission representatives in Beijing in January for talks to coordinate the funding of measures to counter bird flu around the globe, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said today.
'EU raises farmer compensation in battle on bird flu (AlertNet)
BRUSSELS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - EU farm ministers agreed on Tuesday to increase compensation payments to poultry owners for costs incurred in fighting against bird flu and focus on lower-risk strains to stop the virus spreading, officials said.
'Bird flu fears fail to dampen appetites at Spanish poultry feast (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Europe might be on high alert for bird flu, but the scare has failed to put off appetites in the eastern Spanish town of Vilafranca del Penedes, where pre-Christmas tradition centres around a feast of poultry consumption.
'French experts reduce possible bird flu death toll (AlertNet)
PARIS, Dec 20 (Reuters) - The arrival of a bird flu pandemic in France might cause up to 80,000 deaths, a third less than what was estimated in an initial governmental study released in January 2004, a spokeswoman from France's Health Watch Institute (INVS) said on Tuesday.
'UN Official Challenges Indonesia to Prepare for Bird Flu Pandemic (RedNova)
UN official challenges Indonesia to prepare for bird flu pandemic JAKARTA, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations on Monday asked Indonesia to step up efforts to prevent possible bird flu pandemic that may kill millions of people and cause massive economic losses and social difficulties.
'Turkey gobbled up despite bird flu fears (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Sales of turkeys are strong in supermarkets, despite concerns over bird flu, retailers said on Tuesday.
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