Chicken litter draws a crowd. North Carolina electric plant could use chicken waste as a fuel. [News Source]

Experts say vaccine fights avian flu strain in birds. Researchers have successfully produced a vaccine for domestic fowl against the H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus for the first time. [News Source]

Cages next to cleanliness in fighting avian flu. As Jakarta makes a start this week on the vaccination of over 150,000 birds city-wide with an aim to wipe out bird flu, residents are being asked to keep their birds in cages. [News Source]

WHO official challenges China’s handling of bird flu. A top WHO official questioned China's practice of reporting only confirmed cases of bird flu in humans, suggesting that greater transparency about cases the government is investigating might help alleviate public anxiety. [News Source]

Analysis: bird flu may threaten animals. United Nations officials warn bird flu is a potential threat to biological diversity and a wide range of species including rare and endangered animals. [News Source]

A bird flu watcher develops a following through the internet. Henry L. Niman is a sort of macabre bird watcher, trailing the deaths of chickens, ducks and pigeons late at night by the glow of a computer monitor in the office of his suburban Pittsburgh home. [News Source]