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- 'Farmer dumps 10,000 chicks in bird flu flap (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An Egyptian farmer abandoned 10,000 newly hatched chicks to their fate on a desert road east of Cairo fearing they might be infected with the deadly bird flu virus, a police official said Wednesday.
'Bird flu claims another life in China (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A Chinese woman infected with bird flu has died, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday, and Indonesia treated a chicken seller suspected of contracting the virus.
'China announces seventh bird flu death (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China has announced that a 29-year-old woman has died from bird flu, bringing the number of human fatalities in the country to seven.
'North Korea discovers human case of bird flu: activist (AFP via Yahoo! News)
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has alerted his regime to fight bird flu after at least one person was infected with the virus in Pyongyang last month, a human rights activist here said.
'Indonesia reports another bird flu case as WHO warns over markets (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A 22-year-old chicken seller is Indonesia's latest bird flu case, an official said, as the WHO warned that traditional markets must clean up their act to curb the spread of the virus.
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