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- 'Bulgaria, untouched by bird flu, fears spread from neighbours (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bulgaria, sandwiched between Romania and Turkey, is on high alert to prevent an outbreak of bird flu, Agriculture Minister Nihat Kabil told parliament but said that no cases of the potentially deadly disease had been detected so far.
'Bird flu: French politicians demand tougher WHO intervention (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Two members of a French parliamentary probe into bird flu demanded the UN's health watchdog be given the statutory right to intervene in countries where dangerous epidemics have broken out.
'Turkey battles to weaken grip of deadly bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Turkey stepped up efforts on Wednesday to halt an outbreak of deadly bird flu as a U.N. body warned that the virus risked becoming firmly established there and posed a serious threat to neighboring countries.
'Two More Bird Flu-Related Deaths in China (Washington Post)
BEIJING, Jan. 11 -- The World Health Organization announced Wednesday that two more people have died of bird flu in China, raising to five the number of those who have succumbed here to the deadly H5N1 virus.
'Estonia to inspect all poultry farms for bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Estonia's veterinary service has begun inspecting the Baltic state's poultry farms for bird flu amid warnings from global health authorities that a lethal form of the viral illness that has swept across Turkey could threaten other countries.
'New findings challenge bird flu assumptions (International Herald Tribune)
There is a possibility that human bird flu is not as deadly as has been thought, and that there may be many mild cases that have gone unreported.
'WHO Fears Turkish Bird Flu Will Spread (AP via Yahoo! News)
International agencies warned against panic but cautioned Wednesday that Turkey's neighbors may be unable to keep out the bird flu that has infected at least 15 people across the country in the last week.
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