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YANGON, Myanmar: Military-ruled Myanmar
confirmed three more outbreaks of bird flu on Saturday in townships
across Yangon, and urged people to report any suspicious deaths of
birds. The secretive nation had already confirmed Friday the
presence of H5N1 in a suburb of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest town.
The outbreak there killed 68 birds, while 1,500 were slaughtered. No
human cases have been announced in the country.--AFP
AMBON, Indonesia: At least
13 people were injured in a bomb blast in Indonesia’s Ambon island
Saturday. No immediate explanation was given for the blast, but
Ambon and nearby islands have a history of Muslim-Christian
violence.--AFP
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