Bird deaths shut down downtown Austin. Police shut down 10 blocks in downtown Austin for several hours Monday after 63 birds were found dead in the street. [News Source]

Austin looks for answers after dead birds litter downtown area. Public health officials were scratching their heads over what killed more than 60 grackles, pigeons and sparrows found dead along Congress Avenue near Texas' Capitol on Monday morning. [News Source]

Vietnam and UN step up bird flu fight as virus spreads (AFP via Yahoo! News) Vietnam and UN agencies have launched a new 16-million-dollar phase in their battle to fight bird flu, as more deadly poultry outbreaks were reported in the country's south. [News Source]

Central localities urged to actively cope with bird flu (Nhan Dan) An agriculture official has asked central provinces and cities to take strong measures to monitor and contain possible bird flu outbreaks after the disease had reoccurred in southern localities. [News Source]

Indonesia: Boy Has Bird Flu; 6 Others Tested (New York Times) A new human cluster of avian flu cases could be emerging in a suburb of the capital, Jakarta, according to Indonesian news reports. One case of H5N1 flu, the country?s 75th, was confirmed by the Health Ministry over the weekend; it was in a 14-year-old boy who had reportedly buried a flock of backyard ducks that died suddenly. He was alive but using a respirator to breathe. A local radio station ... [News Source]