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- 'Eritrea slaps total ban on bird imports to prevent avian flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Eritrea has issued a total ban on bird imports in an effort to stave off an outbreak of a deadly strain of avian flu that has spread from Asia to Europe and is feared will soon hit Africa.
'Companies across Asia bracing for bird flu catastrophe (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Just two years after the SARS outbreak sent Asian economies into intensive care, companies across the region are bracing themselves for the vastly more malignant threat of a bird flu pandemic.
'Obscure remedies promoted to fight bird flu (Stuff)
Swallowing silver, rubbing eggs and injecting vitamin C in vast quantities are all being promoted as possible cures for bird flu.
'Bird flu looms over Rwanda veterinary conference (AFP via Yahoo! News)
More than 80 African government ministers and veterinary experts are to gather for a conference on animal diseases overshadowed by growing fears of an outbreak of bird flu on the continent.
'Zimbabwe on high alert after bird flu warning (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Zimbabwe is on high alert following warnings of the possible arrival of a virulent strain of bird flu in Africa.
'Why hasn't bird flu infected more people? (Chicago Sun-Times)
HANOI, Vietnam -- One of the many mysteries of bird flu is that it has not infected more people like Ha Thi Quynh. The woman in her late 30s holds up a plump, live goose by its feet at Hanoi's largest poultry market.
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