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More intense B. flu efforts urged

17 - Time of essence in bird flu fight, warn experts gathered in Beijing. Bird flu experts meeting in Beijing warned on Tuesday (January 17) that there was no time to lose in


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Girl, 12, becomes 4th bird flu death

infected with the H5N1 strain of bird flu , officials said Monday, marking the fourth Turkish child to die of the disease and the country's 20th human case. Experts awaited the


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Airbus Still No. 1 in Passenger Jet Market (AP)

AP - A December sales surge kept Airbus on top of the global passenger jet market in 2005, the company said Tuesday — bettering Boeing Co.'s orders and deliveries in a record year by both measures.

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California Executes Oldest Inmate (AP)

AP - California executed its oldest death row inmate early Tuesday, minutes after his 76th birthday, despite arguments that putting to death an elderly, blind and wheelchair-bound man was cruel and unusual punishment.

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Russia, China want talks not sanctions on Iran (Reuters)

Reuters - Russia and China made clear on Tuesday they did not favor UN sanctions to induce Iran to scale back its nuclear program, advocating more negotiations.

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Experts urge haste on bird flu

of defense against human cases of bird flu . The donation of 2 million courses is meant for poor countries that have human outbreaks. A donation made last year of 3 million courses


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Donors' conference on bird flu opens in Beijing

Bank says is needed to tackle bird flu and prepare for a potential pandemic in humans. "We're talking about a tremendous amount of money here for an issue that is clearly of global


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SWISS drug maker Roche is donating enough Tamiflu for another two million people to the World...

WHO, at a donors' conference for bird flu in Beijing. She said Roche will donate enough for two million people but did not give any more details. One course of the antiviral drug


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Cheney Meets Egyptian President Mubarak (AP)

AP - Vice President Dick Cheney met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday for talks on the political process in Iraq and the West's standoffs with Syria and Iran.

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Harney: Hospital hygiene standards unacceptable

in Irish hospitals as unacceptable. Hospitals Bird flu Golden Globes Execution Hijacked car British demilitarisation to be completed ahead of schedule The British Army has said its


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