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Turkey football clubs relocate to Cyprus because of bird flu scare
Turkey football clubs relocate to Cyprus because of bird flu scare NICOSIA, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) - The recent bird flu scare in Turkey has prompted some foreign football teams to relocate their season training breaks from Antalya, Turkey to Cyprus. According to local press reports on Sunday, five top

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Cyprus steps up measures to prevent bird flu
AP Worldstream 09-14-2005 Dateline: NICOSIA, Cyprus Cyprus has instructed farmers to keep their poultry indoors to prevent the spread of bird flu to the island following an outbreak in Russia, the government veterinary service said Wednesday. Cyprus receives millions of migratory birds every year

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Cyprus to ban duck-hunting to prevent bird flu
Cyprus to ban duck-hunting to prevent bird flu NICOSIA, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) - The Cypriot government decided on Monday to ban duck-hunting as a further measure to prevent bird flu, which has killed three people and sickened 14 in Turkey. Speaking to the press, Agriculture Minister Eftymios Efthymiou

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Deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Turkish Cyprus
Deadly bird flu strain confirmed in Turkish Cyprus BRUSSELS, Jan. 29 (Xinhua) - The presence of the deadly H5N1 bird flu strain in the northern part of Cyprus has been confirmed, said the European Commission on Sunday. The commission, the executive body of the European Union (EU), and the Turkish

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Cyprus increases precautionary measures after H5N1 bird flu cases in north
GEORGE PSYLLIDES, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 01-29-2006 Dateline: LIMASSOL, Cyprus Cyprus was tightening controls to prevent bird flu Sunday after tests on birds from the northern part of the island revealed they had died of the deadly H5N1 strain of the virus, a senior government

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Cyprus free of bird flu now
Cyprus free of bird flu now NICOSIA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) - Cyprus reassured on Wednesday that no panic in Cyprus over the avian influenza was justified for the time being. Speaking at a joint press conference, Cypriot Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment Efthymios Efthymiou

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EU bird flu experts begin work in northern Cyprus
EU bird flu experts begin work in northern Cyprus NICOSIA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) - Two EU bird flu experts have started work on Monday in the Turkish-controlled areas of Cyprus after the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus was detected among ill birds last week. George Neofitou, head of the Veterinary Services,

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Cyprus takes measures to prevent outbreak of bird flu
Cyprus takes measures to prevent outbreak of bird flu NICOSIA, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) - The Cypriot government said on Tuesday that all necessary measures are being taken to prevent an outbreak of bird flu on the island after four people died of the disease in neighboring Turkey. Cypriot Minister of

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Cyprus taking measures to prevent bird flu infection
Cyprus taking measures to prevent bird flu infection NICOSIA, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) - There is no reason of concern in Cyprus after Turkey had founded bird flu cases, Health Minister Andreas Gavrielides said here Thursday. Gavrielides told the press that his ministry is taking all necessary measures in

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Cyprus president urges for calm after bird flu detected in north
Cyprus president urges for calm after bird flu detected in north NICOSIA, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) - Cypriot President Tassos Papadopoulos on Tuesday urged for calm on the island after the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu was detected in the Turkish Cypriot north. Papadopoulos said that the Greek Cypriot

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