Officials confirm Japan's third outbreak of bird flu, farm operator under fir...
NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 02-29-2004 Dateline: TOKYOJapan's agriculture minister on Sunday slammed a senior poultry industry executive for failing to report the deaths of tens of thousands of chickens on his farm, where officials have confirmed the country's
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Roundup: Japan mulls special efforts to tackle bird flu outbreak
Roundup: Japan mulls special efforts to tackle bird flu outbreak TOKYO, March 2 (Xinhua) - The Japanese government decided Tuesday to set up a special task force of bureau chiefs from nine ministries and agencies to implement measures to prevent further spread of bird flu. The task force of 14
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Japan to cull 180,000 chickens after detecting signs of bird flu
HIROKO TABUCHI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-04-2005 Dateline: TOKYOAuthorities have detected signs of bird flu at a farm in northern Japan and plan to kill 180,000 chickens, a local official said Friday.Antibody tests on 80 chickens showed that they had been exposed to a bird flu
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Hong Kong bans poultry from bird flu-hit Canadian province; Japan asks visito...
WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-22-2005 Dateline: HONG KONGHong Kong slapped an import ban on poultry from a western Canadian province that reported a bird flu case Tuesday, while Japan began asking travelers to disinfect their shoes to prevent the virus from entering the
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Bird flu in Japan unrelated to Southeast Asian outbreaks, official says
HIROKO TABUCHI, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-09-2005 Dateline: TOKYORecent bird flu cases in northeastern Japan are probably unrelated to the deadly H5N1 virus strain that has ravaged Southeast Asian poultry stocks since 2003 and killed 63 people in the region, an official said
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Bird flu epidemic may yet strike again; United Nations warns there's no easy ...
Don't declare victory any time soon in the war on bird flu, the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned Asian countries anxious to get their poultry industries back on track: it could take years to eradicate the infection. Thailand, which apparently didn't take that warning seriously, nor a
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China reports 3 suspected cases of bird flu in humans; Japan considers boosti...
ALEXA OLESEN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-06-2005 Dateline: BEIJING, ChinaChina said Sunday it had asked for outside help to test three possible cases of bird flu in humans, and reported that its latest outbreak among poultry lies along a migration route for wild birds.As North Korea
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Japan Confirms Third Bird Flu Outbreak
NATALIE OBIKO PEARSON, Associated Press Writer AP Online 02-29-2004 Dateline: TOKYOA masked police stands guard at a road block as Kyoto prefectural government officials in protective suits work near a chicken farm where Japan's third bird flu case was reported in Tanba, western Japan, Saturday,
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China says bird flu is a "serious epidemic," Japan joins Canadian poultry ban
WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-22-2005 Dateline: HONG KONGChina called bird flu a "serious epidemic" and pledged to step up measures to fight the deadly virus Tuesday, while Japan joined Hong Kong, Taiwan and the U.S. in slapping a ban on poultry from a western Canadian
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China calls bird flu a "serious epidemic," Japan joins Canadian poultry ban
WILLIAM FOREMAN, Associated Press Writer AP Worldstream 11-22-2005 Dateline: HONG KONGChina called bird flu a "serious epidemic" and reported three new outbreaks of the deadly virus in different parts of the country on Tuesday, while Japan joined Hong Kong, Taiwan and the U.S. in slapping a ban on
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