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- 'Indonesia Moves to Contain Bird Flu (ABC News)
Indonesia to Force People With Symptoms of Bird Flu to Go to Hospitals
'UAE adopts measures to combat bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The United Arab Emirates decided to ban the import of aquatic birds from Asia as part of measures to prevent a possible outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus.
'United States to press for bird flu action plan in APEC summit (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US President George W. Bush will push for an action plan against bird flu during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum summit in November, a senior US official said.
'Indonesia to Impose Measures for Bird Flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
The government imposed "extraordinary" measures Tuesday to keep a bird flu outbreak that has killed four people in Indonesia from spreading, including the forced hospitalization of people who exhibit symptoms of the disease.
'Poor Asian farmers are weak link in bird flu fight (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Reluctance by poor Asian poultry farmers to report bird flu outbreaks is a weak link in the fight to prevent the deadly disease spreading and causing a human pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Monday.
''Extraordinary' Indonesian bird flu outbreak widens (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Suspected bird flu patients can be forced into hospital under "extraordinary" measures welcomed by the World Health Organization to counter a widening outbreak of the virus in Indonesia, officials said.
'Indonesia Battles Bird Flu Outbreak in Humans (Fox News)
Indonesian government imposed "extraordinary" measures Tuesday to contain a bird flu outbreak among zoo employees.
'World has slim chance to stop bird flu pandemic (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The initial outbreak of a bird flu pandemic may not be very contagious, affecting only a few people, giving the world just weeks to contain the deadly virus before it spreads and kills millions.
'Bird flu pandemic could be impossible to contain after few weeks: WHO (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Any global bird flu pandemic could be impossible to contain a few weeks after the initial outbreak, a World Health Organisation expert warned.
'Indonesia Moves to Contain Bird Flu (AP via Yahoo! News)
The government imposed "extraordinary" measures Tuesday to contain a bird flu outbreak that has killed four people in Indonesia, including the forced hospitalization of people with symptoms of the disease.
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