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- 'Fine over bird eggs in underwear (Sunday Mail)
A SMUGGLER of native bird eggs who intended "to surprise his girlfriend" with the contraband in his underpants has escaped a jail sentence of up to 10 years but was instead fined $25,000.
'Singapore to conduct large-scale drill to cope with bird flu (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News)
_ Singapore will conduct a large-scale drill later this week to ensure the country's medical facilities and entry checkpoints are well-oiled to cope with an outbreak of bird flu, the Health Ministry said Monday.
'Bird flu update: 17 July 2006 (SciDev.net)
Below is a roundup of the key developments on the spread of the bird flu virus (H5N1) and the threat it poses to human health. Each title is a link to the full article.
'Bird Flu Death Raises Indonesia's Toll to 42 (TechNewsWorld.com)
The death toll of bird flu in Indonesia rose to 42 after a World Health Organization laboratory confirmed another human bird flu death, making the sprawling nation move closer to becoming the world's hardest hit nation by the virus, the health ministry said on Monday.
'Indonesia falling short on bird flu (International Herald Tribune)
Culling poultry stocks in areas infected with bird flu is easier said than done, a top Indonesian Health Ministry official said Monday, as the sprawling nation moved closer to becoming the world's hardest hit by the virus.
'Indian lab develops local bird flu vaccine (AFP via Yahoo! News)
India has developed a local version of an animal vaccine to combat the deadly strain of bird flu that spread to the country in February, the agriculture ministry has said.
'Bird flu pandemic could claim $800bln in first year alone - WHO (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
STRELNA (near St. Petersburg), July 17 (RIA Novosti) - A bird flu pandemic could inflict hundreds of billions of dollars in economic losses within a year, an assistant director-general of the World Health Organization said Monday.
'Death lifts bird flu toll (Sunday Mail)
ANOTHER Indonesian has died of bird flu, edging Australia's northern neighbour closer to a grim milestone - the most human deaths from the virus.
'Indian Scientists Develop Vaccine for Bird Flu (Slashdot)
William Robinson writes "Indian Scientists have succeeded in developing a vaccine against the bird flu disease that has affected poultry business in many parts of the world. This was formally announced, and ICAR Director-General Mangala Rai described this as a big step forward in tackling the highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly called the bird flu. Indonesia, who has recently reported
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