Bird Flu, the Next Asian Disaster?

In a matter of weeks, Asia has been hit with devastating natural disasters like the cyclone in Myanmar and China's earthquake. Thousands have been killed and millions left homeless. While millions suffer there is another possible disaster spreading throughout Asia, the H5N1 virus or "bird flu". More outbreaks of the virus are spreading from Russia to South Korea leading to quick quarantines and a fear that the virus will infect humans. SOURCES: BBC, U.K; ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Kaizar Campwala - May 17, 2008 - 1:19 PM PDT
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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008

Informative report on bird flu in Asia, as reported by different broadcasters from around the world. It also briefly covers some of the other disasters now plaguing Asia, though I found this diluted the value of the report, by trying to cover too many topics in too little time. But overall, this is a useful introduction to an important issue which has recently been underreported by american media.

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Kaizar Campwala
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