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- 'Bird reserve to be open to public (BBC News)
A boardwalk and two hides are to be built at a bird reserve to enable public access, thanks to a lottery grant.
'Thailand confirms second bird flu outbreak (Channel NewsAsia)
BANGKOK : Thai officials Sunday ordered the slaughter of 300,000 chickens after the second outbreak this year of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was discovered on a farm in the northeast.
'India claims bird flu halted (Great News Network)
New Delhi - Three months after the bird flu outbreak, India has declared itself free of the bird flu.
'BIRD-FLU OUTBREAK Officials cull 300,000 fowl (The Nation)
More than 1,200 livestock offi-cials yesterday slaughtered as many as 300,000 fowl in Nakhon Phanom where a bird-flu outbreak has been detected. Culling commenced immediately following the discovery of the virus at an egg producer. It is the first case this year of the disease in commercial birds.
'New bird flu outbreak along Thai-Lao border (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The H5N1 bird flu virus has been found in the Thai northeast bordering Laos, prompting culling of 310,000 hens after the virus killed a teenager elsewhere in the country last week, the Agriculture Ministry said on Sunday.
'Bird flies the coop... (The Times of India)
...to freedom and beyond. Model Nicolette Bird would love to take a joyride to Bollywood but not until she is ready for it.
'Japan team to use monkeys for bird flu tests (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A team of Japanese reseachers plans to use monkeys for testing the effectiveness of a vaccine against the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus.
'Thailand confirms second bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Thai officials have ordered the slaughter of 300,000 chickens after the second outbreak this year of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was discovered on a farm in the northeast.
'Door-to-door effort turning up new bird-flu cases in Indonesia (The Columbus Dispatch)
CANGKURAH, Indonesia ? Indonesia, the world?s latest hot spot for bird flu, appears to be taking steps at last to beat back the spread of the disease in its poultry flocks.
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