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Indonesia slaughters birds, awaits flu tests - AFP Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:15:46 GMT

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Indonesia slaughters birds, awaits flu tests
AFP - 4 hours ago
MEDAN, Indonesia (AFP) — Hundreds of chickens and ducks have been slaughtered to contain a suspected bird flu outbreak in Indonesia as 13 people with ...
13 people show bird flu symptoms The Press Association
Indonesia testing 13 for bird flu in Sumatra village Reuters India
13 People Hospitalized With Bird Flu Symptoms TopNews
International Herald Tribune - Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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Farmer charged in bird flu case - BBC News Fri, 08 Aug 2008 09:42:45 GMT

Farmer charged in bird flu case
BBC News, UK - 11 hours ago
A Suffolk farmer whose business was at the centre of a bird flu outbreak has been charged with breaching regulations intended to limit its spread. ...
Farmer fined after bird flu breaches Ipswich Evening Star
Farmer in court over bird flu breaches Fenland Today
Bird flu farmer faces court action East Anglian Daily Times
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GPs might take flight in bird flu crisis - The Australian Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:03:45 GMT

GPs might take flight in bird flu crisis
The Australian, Australia - 5 hours ago
A SIGNIFICANT minority of GPs might stay at home and decline to treat patients in the event of a bird flu pandemic, for fear that they or their families ...
Bird Flu: Govt Disinfects Farms - This Day Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:46:48 GMT

Bird Flu: Govt Disinfects Farms
This Day, Nigeria - Aug 7, 2008
Following the report of new cases of Avian Influenza alsoknown as Bird Flu in some states in Northern Nigeria, the Avain Influenza Project in Nasarawa State ...
Possible Bird Flu cluster in Indonesia has doctors worried Blogger News Network
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Bird flu claims one in Indonesia - Independent Online Mon, 04 Aug 2008 09:59:47 GMT

Bird flu claims one in Indonesia
Independent Online, South Africa - Aug 4, 2008
Jakarta - The death toll from bird flu in Indonesia has risen to 112 after a 19-year-old man died from the virus last week, a health ministry official said ...
Bird flu kills Indonesian teenager Belfast Telegraph
Bird flu claims 112th Indonesian victim Bangkok Post
Man dies of bird flu in Indonesia Xinhua
The Associated Press - Reuters
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Listening needed to communicate bird flu risks - Jakarta Post Wed, 06 Aug 2008 03:19:06 GMT

Listening needed to communicate bird flu risks
Jakarta Post, Indonesia - Aug 5, 2008
Rather than being satisfied with the various kinds of one-size-fits-all "Beat The Bird Flu" campaigns, journalists need to lend their ears more to the ...
Bird flu hits one more Vietnamese province - Xinhua Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:14:22 GMT

Bird flu hits one more Vietnamese province
Xinhua, China - Aug 5, 2008
5 (Xinhua) -- Bird flu has stricken Vietnam's central Quang Ngai province, raising the total number of affected localities in the country to three, ...
NIGER-NIGERIA: Border on high-alert for bird flu Reuters AlertNet
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No compensation yet for Bird Flu victims - The Statesman Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:27:46 GMT

No compensation yet for Bird Flu victims
The Statesman, India - Aug 5, 2008
MALDA, Aug 5: The Malda district administration at present is not in a position to compensate a sum of Rs 500 to each bird flu victim who handed over ...
GPs refuse to treat bird flu patients - NEWS.com.au Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:48:52 GMT

GPs refuse to treat bird flu patients
NEWS.com.au, Australia - Aug 4, 2008
By Tory Shephard BIRD flu will hit Australia but some GPs will refuse to treat patients - preferring to keep themselves and their families safe, ...
3:55 pm - State All Clear from Bird Flu - KARK Wed, 06 Aug 2008 21:03:53 GMT

3:55 pm - State All Clear from Bird Flu
KARK, Little Rock - Aug 6, 2008
State livestock and poultry officials say Arkansans can have complete confidence in the system that worked to quickly contain the bird flu outbreak back in ...