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- 'Jakarta bans backyard poultry from February 1 to fight bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Backyard poultry will be banned from Jakarta from February 1 in an effort to fight bird flu, which has already killed four people in Indonesia this year, city governor Sutiyoso has said.
'Hong Kong confirms dead bird had H5N1 strain (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A dead bird found in Hong Kong was infected the fatal H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second bird in the territory to test positive for the virus this year, an agricultural official has announced.
'Egypt detects new human bird flu case (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Doctors in Egypt have detected a new human case of the H5N1 bird flu, the 19th in the country so far, health ministry spokesman Abdel Rahman Shaheen told AFP.
'144616. Move over Larry Bird, here comes Dirk Nowitzki. (The Plain Dealer)
Dirk and Bird are the only players in NBA history to have 20 PPG, 9 RPG, and make 75 3-pointers in a single season. Nowitzki has done it four times compared to Bird's three ... and in four fewer seasons.
'DISEASE ALERT Govt set to use vaccine to counter bird flu (The Nation)
Bird-flu vaccine looks set to become a supplementary measure in the country's fight to stem the spread of the deadly disease. A committee met yesterday evening to decide how to use the vaccine on fowl.
'WHO vigilant about bird flu in Asia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Senior World Health Organisation (WHO) officials have said that they are maintaining vigilance over bird flu outbreaks in Asia, even though they were following a largely known pattern so far.
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