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- 'Singapore, Preparing for Bird-Flu, Stockpiles Drugs (Update1) (Bloomberg.com)
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Singapore, preparing for a possible bird-flu pandemic, has stockpiled enough of Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu drug to treat 10 percent of the city's 4.2 million people.
'Philippines bans exotic bird imports on flu fears (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
The Philippines on Wednesday banned imports of wild birds as pets from 11 Asian countries to guard against the spread of bird flu.
'Unease over bird flu pecking order (Sydney Morning Herald)
On alert ? a quarantine officer at Sydney Airport. The Federal Government should roll back the "culture of secrecy" surrounding how life-saving drugs will be rationed in the event of a bird flu pandemic, Labor says.
'SACRAMENTO U.S. preparing for bird flu to arrive from eastern Asia Migrating wildfowl expected to bring virus to (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sacramento -- As world health leaders step up their warnings about a dangerous strain of bird flu in Asia, U.S. scientists are warily scanning the skies to the far north for signs of the virus in migrating waterfowl that cross continents and make their seasonal trips to the southern reaches of the United States.
'Bird Sanctuary project to bring back native species, vegetation (Newport Daily News)
MIDDLETOWN - A large clearing at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Middletown is not a sign of future development, but historic restoration.
'At least 54 people suspected of contracting bird flu in Indonesia (AFP via Yahoo! News)
At least 54 people were being treated for suspected bird flu in Indonesia, where the disease has already claimed six lives.
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