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- 'Solvay aims for first batch of bird-flu vaccine in early 2006 (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Belgian pharmaceutical company Solvay said it aimed to produce its first trial batches of vaccines to combat the lethal H5N1 strain of bird flu in the second quarter of 2006.
'13th Person Dies of Bird Flu in Thailand (AP via Yahoo! News)
A 48-year-old man died of bird flu in Thailand after handling his neighbor's sick chickens, and Taiwan confirmed on Thursday the island nation's first case of the disease in birds smuggled in from China.
'Poultry sales in France drop 20 percent on bird flu fears (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Sales of poultry in French supermarkets have dropped 20 percent in the past five days as consumers reacted with fear to outbreaks of bird flu in countries on the outskirts of the European Union, according to a national federation of supermarket chains.
'EU moves to widen Russian ban after lethal bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
EU member states have approved the extension of an EU ban on bird imports to cover nearly the whole of Russia, after an outbreak of the lethal bird flu south of Moscow.
'Man gets longer prison term to honor Larry Bird (Sports Illustrated)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to -- all because of Larry Bird.
'13th bird-flu death reported in Thailand (International Herald Tribune)
Thailand reported the death of another bird-flu victim on Thursday as Taiwan announced its first cases of the avian disease, discovered amid a smuggled cargo of exotic cage birds.
'Bird flu kills Thai man; fear grows in Europe (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Bird flu has taken another human life, officials said on Thursday -- a 48-year-old Thai man who was the 67th person known to have been killed by a virus steadily creeping from Asia into Europe and toward Africa.
'East Africa girds for potentially devastating bird flu outbreak (AFP via Yahoo! News)
East African nations considered at high risk for outbreaks of a deadly strain of bird flu girded themselves this week for the potentially devastating arrival of the disease.
'Larry Bird Inspires Man's Longer Jail Term (AP via Yahoo! News)
A man got a prison term longer than prosecutors and defense attorneys had agreed to ? all because of Celtics great Larry Bird.
'China faces "grave" bird flu threat: Vice Premier Hui (AFP via Yahoo! News)
China faces a "grave" threat from the bird flu, Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said as the World Health Organisation expressed concern about the latest outbreak of the disease.
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