Bird flu: Threat persists in five countries

Steinberg on India visit next week
US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg will travel to India next week, a senior US official has said.

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PAKISTAN UNLIKELY TO REPEAT LORD’S GLORY
Pakistan and England are unlikely to hold the key to the ICC World Twenty20 – but as shock winners and ignominious flops of the last tournament, their fortunes will again merit attention.

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Bird flu: Threat persists in five countries
Rome, April 16 : The deadly H5N1 avian flu virus has been eradicated in almost all the 63 countries it infected at the peak of the world outbreak in 2006, but persists in five countries and poses a continuing threat to global animal and human health.

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