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- 'Russia to host international bird flu conference (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia is to host an international conference on limiting the spread of the deadly bird flu virus, the agriculture ministry announced.
'Human bird flu toll reaches 177 cases, 98 fatalities: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The UN's official tally of human cases of highly pathogenic bird flu has reached 177, with 98 of them fatal, the World Health Organisation revealed.
'Deadly Bird Flu Expands in Africa, Europe (AP via Yahoo! News)
Myanmar reported its first case of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu, and there was a high risk poultry in Afghanistan were also infected, officials said Monday, a day after the virus gained new ground in Europe and Africa.
'Russia to host international bird flu conference (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Russia is to host an international conference on limiting the spread of the deadly bird flu virus.
'EU anti-disease centre calls for bird flu calm, warns of human cases (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The head of the EU's disease control centre said that there was no reason to panic over fears of bird flu even if it was likely that there would be human cases of the virus in the European Union.
'French farmers to slaughter poultry as bird flu fears hit sales (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Poultry farmers in eastern France, whose sales have collapsed after a deadly bird flu outbreak in the region, are set to slaughter up to a million birds from Tuesday.
'First case of bird flu detected in Afghanistan (International Herald Tribune)
The first case of bird flu has been detected in Afghanistan and there's a high risk that tests could prove it to be the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, a U.N. agency said Monday.
'Bird flu spreads to Myanmar, likely in Afghanistan (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Myanmar has reported what is believed to be the secretive country's first case of bird flu, while Afghanistan feared on Monday it was the latest country to discover the deadly virus.
'Afghanistan confirms mild bird flu, 'high risk' of H5N1 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Afghanistan has detected five cases of the H5 type of bird flu virus and there is a high risk it is the deadly H5N1 strain, United Nations and Afghan officials warned.
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