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- 'Nigeria tries TV jingles, anything to chip away at ignorance of spreading bird flu (International Herald Tribune)
In the battle against bird flu in Africa, officials are quickly finding that ignorance of it is their greatest enemy, and that the cure, accurate information, is not easy to deliver.
'Bird flu-hit Nigeria tries to douse panic with media blitz, TV feasts (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Officials in Nigeria's bird flu-stricken north are doing their utmost to convince people not to cross chicken off their menus and televising banquets showing top officials feasting on poultry.
'China bird flu girl, 9, still critical (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A 9-year-old Chinese girl diagnosed with bird flu was still listed in critical condition on Sunday as health authorities tried to prevent the disease from spreading.
'France tries to reassure as bird flu guts poultry farm sector (AFP via Yahoo! News)
France is stepping up measures to reassure consumers and contain the spread of bird flu after the discovery of the deadly disease in commercial poultry hit its farming sector hard.
'Bird flu's sweep worries health officials (USA Today)
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.
'Major outbreak of bird flu is possible, China warns (International Herald Tribune)
The Chinese agriculture minister warned of a possible "massive bird flu outbreak" as China announced two new human cases of the H5N1 flu strain, raising to 14 the number of human infections reported in China since October.
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