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  		<title><![CDATA[Indonesia Defends Its Fight Against The Bird Flu]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Under fire for having the largest death toll from the  bird flu , Indonesian officials maintained that they are aggressively fighting the virus, and have vaccinated or killed almost 300 million chickens in two years. Indonesian Welfare Minister Aburizal Bakrie adds that his nation has yet to...]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Indonesia Passes Vietnam As Nation With Most Bird Flu Deaths]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Indonesia has surpassed Vietnam this week as the country with the highest confirmed number of bird flu-related human deaths. The number of deaths from avian flu is now forty-three. Vietnamese authorities have reported no cases of  bird flu  in humans this year. Vietnam presently has forty-two...]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Bird flu monitoring expands nationally 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Monitoring of wild migratory birds to prevent a deadly  bird flu  virus is expanding to cover the entire nation and U.S. territories in the Pacific.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Bird flu monitoring expands nationally 
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - The government on Wednesday expanded its monitoring of wild migratory birds for a deadly  bird flu  virus to cover the entire nation and U.S. territories in the Pacific.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Cambodia enlists Buddhist monks to help fight bird flu 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Cambodia has enlisted the help of Buddhist monks and teachers in its drive to prevent a fresh outbreak of  bird flu , the UN children's agency and government officials said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[1st H5N1 Case Dates Back To 2003 In China]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[China's top health officials confirmed on Tuesday that the first lab-verified death from  bird flu  on the mainland of China took place in late 2003. The November 2003 case was two years before the October 2005 case in the Hunan Province, where a 9-year-old boy was incorrectly identified as the...]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Indonesia defends bird flu fight 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP -  Indonesia , which has had more human deaths from  bird flu  than any other country, defended its fight against the virus Wednesday, saying it had slaughtered or vaccinated almost 300 million chickens since 2004.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[China confirms human bird flu case from 2003 
    (Reuters)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    Reuters - China confirmed on Tuesday that the 
country's first human case of the H5N1  bird flu  virus was in 
late 2003, two years earlier than originally reported, 
prompting the U.N.'s health agency to call for greater 
transparency.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Bird Flu In Indonesia Claims 43 Victim]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Indonesia has confirmed reports of its human  bird flu  death toll now reaching 43. The disease's latest victim is a 16-year-old boy who died last Monday according to health ministry officials.
                    
                
                
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  		<title><![CDATA[China says first case of human bird flu was in 2003 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - China has said its first confirmed human death from  bird flu  was in 2003, two years earlier than previously reported, suggesting the disease may have been present on the mainland before re-emerging in the rest of Asia.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Indonesia bird flu toll 'hits 43']]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Indonesia marks its 43rd  bird flu  death, which if confirmed by the WHO makes it the worst affected country.]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Indonesia records 43rd bird flu death 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - A 16-year-old Indonesian boy died from  bird flu  on Monday, officials said citing local test results. If confirmed, the death would bring the country's tally to 43, the highest in the world.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Thailand confirms 16th bird flu death 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Thailand has reported its 16th  bird flu  death after test results confirmed that a 27-year-old man had died from the H5N1 virus, an official said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Closer study of H5N1 strains needed: expert 
    (Reuters)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    Reuters - A leading virologist has urged 
countries battling new H5N1  bird flu  outbreaks in animals to 
analyze the genetic makeup of the virus to trace its origins 
and better arm themselves to combat the disease.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Bird flu reappears in Germany 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - A swan found dead in Dresden zoo in eastern Germany was infected with the deadly H5N1  bird flu  virus, the first such case in the country in nearly three months, local authorities said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Indonesia Intensifies Bird Flu Fight In North Sumatra]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[The Indonesian government on Thursday vowed to intensify its campaign against the  bird flu  in the North Sumatra, after three people were reported to have contracted the H5N1 virus in the region. Coordinating Minister for People's Welfare Aburizal Bakrie said the government will draw up special...]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Suspected Indonesian bird flu cases test negative 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Six suspected  bird flu  patients in  Indonesia , one of the nations hardest hit by H5N1, have been cleared of carrying the deadly virus.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Three children suspected of bird flu in Indonesia 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Three children in Indonesia, one of the nations hardest hit by  bird flu  deaths, have been hospitalized on suspicion of having the virus, a senior health official said.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Indonesia Issues Bird Flu Alert]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Health officials in Indonesia issued a  bird flu  alert Wednesday after seven people from the same village were confined to the hospital on suspicion of  bird flu . Health ministry official Runizar Ruesin said the group is from Karo district in Northern Sumatra province, where seven members of one...]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Test Shows Pandemic Bird Flu May Have Trouble Spreading]]></title>
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[Bird Flu may have trouble spreading from human to human, after a test shows the process is more difficult than previously believed. Researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) attempted to combine the H5N1  bird flu  with the common cold and found the virus had great...]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Thai PM seeks to ease fears of economic fallout from bird flu 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Prime Minister Thaksin Shinwatra has insisted that the government could control the latest outbreak of  bird flu , amid mounting concerns for critical industries like tourism and poultry exports.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Tourism fallout feared from Thai bird flu outbreak 
    (AFP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AFP - Thailand's tourism industry has urged the government to wipe out the latest outbreak of  bird flu  before October, when peak season begins for the 12-billion-dollar business.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Flu viruses don't transmit easily in test 
    (AP)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Scientists combined genes from the notorious Asian  bird flu  with human flu but weren't able to create a strain that could be easily spread.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Flu viruses don't transmit easily in test 
    (AP)
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	  	<link>http://livepress.com/go/?130532</link>
  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    AP - Scientists combined genes from the notorious Asian  bird flu  with human flu but weren't able to create a strain that could be easily spread.  ]]></dc:description>
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  		<title><![CDATA[Tyson Foods reports quarterly loss 
    (Reuters)
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  		  		<dc:description><![CDATA[    Reuters -  Tyson Foods  Inc. , the nation's 
top meat producer, reported a quarterly loss compared with a 
year-earlier profit on Monday due to large meat supplies and 
disruptions in beef and chicken exports due to mad cow disease 
and  bird flu .  ]]></dc:description>
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