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- 'Bird flu fear pares National Zoo petting farm (Chicago Sun-Times)
WASHINGTON -- The National Zoo has removed the chickens and ducks from its children's petting farm to prevent the possible spread of bird flu from the animals to humans.
'China reports new bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China announced a new bird flu outbreak in its northwestern Ningxia Huizu Autonomous Region.
'New laws tackle bullies, bird flu and tax breaks (Montana Standard)
Bird flu worries are roiling states up North, school bullies are being targeted out West, and tax breaks are coming from West Virginia to Wyoming. New laws taking effect Saturday offer a glimpse at the domestic challenges facing the nation, and the answers its state lawmakers offer in response.
'Police seek help in hunt for rare bird (AAP via Yahoo!7 News)
Police are appealing for public help to locate a rare exotic bird stolen from a pet store in Melbourne.
'China reports new bird flu case in poultry (AP via Yahoo! News)
China has suffered a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry, a news report said Saturday, as experts tried to determine whether a Chinese man died of the disease in 2003, two years before the country reported any human cases.
'New laws tackle bullies, bird flu, taxes (AP via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu worries are roiling states up North, school bullies are being targeted out West, and tax breaks are coming from West Virginia to Wyoming.
'CORRECTED: Top bank plans for bird flu staff crisis - FT (Tiscali)
Please read in fourth paragraph.... The H5N1 strain of bird flu has killed at least 74 people in China and Southeast Asia since 2003...instead of ....killed at least 84 people.....
'Bird flu case in eastern Nigerian state (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The most lethal strain of bird flu has been detected in the eastern Nigerian state of Taraba, bringing to 15 the number of states, out of a total of 36, to be affected by the virus, a state official said.
'China reports new bird-flu outbreak (Lowell Sun)
BEIJING (AP) -- China has suffered a new outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu in poultry, a news report said yesterday, as experts tried to determine whether a Chinese man died of the disease in 2003, two years before the country reported any human cases.
'Bird flu virus found in NW China province (People's Daily)
China has discovered H5N1 bird flu virus in poultry in the northwestern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) has said.
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