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- 'Indonesia records 20th bird flu fatality (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia's bird flu toll has hit the 20 mark with confirmation that a 27-year-old woman had succumbed to the H5N1 virus, the health ministry said.
'Indonesia confirms 20th human bird flu death (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu has killed its 20th human victim in Indonesia, a 27-year-old woman, according to tests by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, an Indonesian health ministry official said on Saturday.
'Five new people quarantined in Malaysia for suspected bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Five people have been quarantined in Malaysia with suspected bird flu virus as chicken sales plunged 30 percent following a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 virus.
'EU seeks to soothe trade tensions over bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The European Union urged its trading partners on Saturday not to over-react to an outbreak of bird flu in France after Japan suspended all French poultry imports and threatened a similar ban on the Netherlands.
'India reports second bird flu outbreak in poultry, expands cull zone (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Animal health officials have expanded the zone for slaughtering chickens in western India after the discovery of a second outbreak of bird flu, government officials said.
'Bird Flu's Sweep Worries Health Officials (AP via Yahoo! News)
For years after its appearance in 1997 in Hong Kong, the current bird flu virus seemed corralled in a few east Asian countries. But in the past four months, it has spread across Europe and into Africa, bringing to 31 the number of countries with sick birds.
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