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- 'Big Bird to get a bigger Mott U-M to begin construction on new hospital this month (Ann Arbor News)
Big Bird isn't going away, he's just going to be a little harder to get to for awhile.
'NIGERIA: Tracking bird flu (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN In the small, dusty village of Birnin Yero all of Ibrahim Alkeri's eight chickens have died in the past month. The village is next to Sambawa Farms in northern Kaduna State where Africa's first case of bird flu was discovered early this year. Across Africa, bird flu has hit Nigeria, the continent's most populous country, hardest.
'Bird flu has deadly friends - health experts (The Star Online)
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Bird flu may be the tip of the iceberg.
'China bird flu strain dispute all in the name (AlertNet)
Source: Reuters By Lindsay Beck BEIJING, Dec 8 (Reuters) - A dispute between China and the authors of a paper on bird flu centres on the name of the strain identified, not its existence, scientists said on Friday, ...
'Donors pledge fresh $476 mln to fight bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! India News)
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Foreign donors on Friday pledged a total of $475.9 million in additional funds to support the global fight against bird flu, officials said.
'MacMullan: Is it time for Larry Bird to take over the Pacers? (ESPN)
Jackie MacMullan talks with Larry Bird and Donnie Walsh of the Pacers as they contemplate the Legend's future in the executive suite.
'Donors promise 475 million dollars to fight bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
International donors have pledged 475 million dollars towards the global fight against bird flu, less than the minimum requirements listed by the United Nations, UN official David Nabarro announced.
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