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- 'Asia to test human bird flu vaccine this year (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
An experimental H5N1 bird flu vaccine for humans will be tested in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan this year and will involve more than 1,000 people, a coordinator for the project said on Friday.
'Birdsboro council nixes plan to improve Main Bird Park (The Mercury)
Birdsboro residents shouldn?t expect a bandshell or any other improvements at Main Bird Park any time soon, and the borough may be forced to pay nearly $19,000 to the state for killing a park upgrade project that has been planned since 2004.
'Sioux City Journal: - If you line "bird nests" on your spinning reel, it is probably because you have loaded too much ... (Sioux City Journal)
- If you line "bird nests" on your spinning reel, it is probably because you have loaded too much line onto it. Remove some of the line and the problem should be solved Spinning reel spools should be loaded to within 1/16-inch of the lip of the spool, no more.
'Bangladesh slaughters chickens after first bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Authorities in Bangladesh said they had slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens at farms on the outskirts of Dhaka where the country's first case of bird flu was confirmed.
'Saudi Arabia reports first bird flu outbreak in fowl (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Saudi authorities announced Thursday that they had found H5N1 bird flu in captive birds, in the kingdom's first outbreak of the strain of the disease that is dangerous to humans.
'A bird to remember (Sioux City Journal)
Somehow, it seems ironic to me that one pheasant stands out in my memory. And, it was a bird I never even bagged. Yet, not a season goes by that I don't think of him. And, there's been a lot of seasons. I carried a real gun in the field for the first time in 1955.
'Bird flu confirmed in Bangladesh (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Bangladesh confirmed Thursday its first case of bird flu, prompting mass culling of poultry at a farm outside the capital Dhaka, officials said.
'Bangladesh slaughters chickens after first bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Authorities in Bangladesh said Friday they had slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens at farms on the outskirts of Dhaka where the country's first case of bird flu was confirmed.
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