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- 'Pledges at bird flu conference headed to exceed $1.9 billion US: official (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
BEIJING (CP) - Alarmed by the spread of bird flu beyond East Asia, countries pledged nearly $2 billion US Wednesday to fight the disease, far exceeding expectations at the fundraising conference in Beijing.
'Iraqi Kurds guard against bird flu after suspect death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 14-year-old girl has died in Iraqi Kurdistan after showing symptoms of bird flu, spurring emergency measures to keep the illness at bay although tests on the victim have so far proved negative.
'Iraqis Investigate Possible Bird Flu Death (AP via Yahoo! News)
Doctors are investigating if the bird flu virus was responsible for the death of a 15-year-old girl in Kurdistan near the border with Turkey and Iran, an Iraqi Health Ministry official said Wednesday.
'Funds promised to fight bird flu, new deaths probed (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
International donors pledged $1.9 billion on Wednesday for a global fund to combat bird flu, while Iraq tested a dead teenage girl for the virus.
'World pledges $1.9 billion to fight bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
International donors pledged almost $2 billion to help the global bird flu fight on Wednesday, in the largest single fundraising effort ever to combat a virus that doctors fear could kill millions if it mutates.
'Bird-Flu Pledges Exceed Expectations (AP via Yahoo! News)
Alarmed by the spread of bird flu beyond East Asia, nations pledged nearly $2 billion Wednesday to fight the disease, far exceeding expectations at the fundraising conference in Beijing. The United States alone promised $334 million.
'STMicro to market chip to detect bird flu (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
STMicroelectronics is planning to market a disposable laboratory microchip that can confirm within about an hour a human case of bird flu at a limited cost, the European chip maker said on Wednesday.
'Turkish child dies of suspected bird flu-report (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An 11-year-old Turkish girl died on Wednesday of suspected bird flu, state-run Anatolian news agency said, citing a senior hospital official.
'World pledges $1.9B to bird flu fight (CNN.com)
Nations attending a bird flu meeting in the Chinese capital of Beijing had pledged $1.9 billion to fight the disease, a U.S. official said, exceeding expectations set by the World Bank.
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