Bird flu death toll rises in Indonesia (UPI) GARUT, Indonesia, Jan. 21 (UPI) -- The fifth human death in Indonesia in two weeks from avian influenza has prompted officials to launch a campaign against backyard chickens. [News Source]

Bird Flu (News From Bangladesh) Early this week Thailand suffered its first outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu virus in six months. This year Vietnam also faced a rash of the same outbreaks and Indonesia, the world capital of Bird Flu, had four human deaths due to the same flu. [News Source]

Prophet of doomsday: Stephen Hawking, eco-warrior. "In a world that is in chaos, politically, socially and environmentally, how can the human race sustain another 100 years?" So asked the most famous scientist on the planet, the newest recruit to the mission to save the Earth. [News Source]

Organic farmers fight animal tags. The Northeast Organic Farming Association is backing state legislation that would stop the use of federal money for a national livestock identification and tracking program. [News Source]

2,000 bird-flu suspect poultry culled at Lao border (MCOT) NONG KHAI, Jan 21 (TNA) – Thai health officials in this Mekong River province bordering Laos, some 615 kilometres northeast of Bangkok, have culled more than 2,000 poultry suspected to have been stricken with the deadly avian influenza -- bird flu. [News Source]