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- 'Bird flu hits small farms, paves way to new disease (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu could spell the end for small poultry farmers and open the door to more diseases at intensive farms, campaigners said on Thursday.
'Bird flu forces Israeli-Palestinian cooperation (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The discovery of deadly bird flu in both Israel and the Palestinian territories is pushing the two sides to work together despite plummeting relations as Hamas prepares for government.
'Finland orders 5.2 million bird flu vaccine prototypes (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Finland said it had ordered 5.2 million vaccine prototypes against bird flu, enough to cover its entire population, from the Dutch group Solvay Pharmaceuticals.
'EU prolongs Israeli bird flu import ban (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The European Union confirmed and prolonged ban on Israeli poultry imports initially decided last week, after the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu was found in the country.
'Three more cases of bird flu found in Stockholm (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Three new cases of the highly pathogenic strain of H5 bird flu were confirmed in central Stockholm and the wild birds probably carried the H5N1 strain that can kill humans.
'Girl dies of bird flu in Cambodia, seven other suspected cases (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A three-year-old girl has died of bird flu in Cambodia, initial tests showed, and seven other suspected cases have been reported in the first outbreak in the country in two years.
'Jordan on bird flu alert (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Jordan's health ministry declared a state of maximum alert after the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu was discovered in the neighbouring West Bank and Israel.
'China investigating if Shanghai woman died from bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
A woman in Shanghai has died of pneumonia of unknown causes and authorities are testing to see if it was bird flu, a government official told AFP.
'Mexico ministry denies bird flu case on US border (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Mexico's agriculture ministry denied rumors in U.S. commodities markets on Thursday that a case of H5N1 bird flu had been found near the U.S. border.
'FAO gives Mauritania $400 million to prevent bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has granted Mauritania 400 million dollars in emergency aid as part of a scheme to prevent bird flu spreading to North Africa.
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