Malaysia issues top bird flu alert (AFP via Yahoo! News) Malaysia has issued its highest-level warning on the possibility of another bird flu outbreak in the country after the disease emerged in several regional nations. [News Source]

U.S. not scared enough of bird flu, Senate told (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Bird flu poses as big a threat to the world as ever, and people need to worry about it more, U.S. senators and health leaders agreed on Wednesday. [News Source]

Avian flu crops up in Europe again (CIDRAP) Jan 24, 2007 (CIDRAP News) – Hungary today announced an H5N1 avian influenza outbreak at a goose farm, signaling the first appearance of the disease in Europe this winter. [News Source]

Bird flu season hits Asia, despite clampdown. Bird flu has recently flared up in eight countries in Asia and the Middle East. [News Source]

New Miyazaki governor tells bureaucrats to take countermeasures against bird flu. Newly-elected Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru instructed top prefectural government officials on Wednesday to implement appropriate bird flu countermeasures following a suspected outbreak in Hyuga. [News Source]

Another outbreak of bird flu feared in Miyazaki. An outbreak of bird flu is suspected at another poultry farm in Miyazaki Prefecture, just 60 km from the farm in Kiyotake that was decimated by the high virulent H5N1 strain two weeks ago. [News Source]

Flood of solutions. The present drought is the result of three discreet overlaying factors: the one-year El Niño dry which is showing signs of breaking down; the sustained but unexplained sequence of dry years since 2001; and the underlying gradual warming trend since 1974. [News Source]

Hong Kong supermarket apologises for fish blunder. Hong Kong's largest supermarket chain apologised Wednesday when it emerged 14 people had fallen ill after eating fish incorrectly labelled by the stores. [News Source]

Bird flu returns to EU with confirmed case in Hungary (AFP via Yahoo! News) Hungarian authorities reported an outbreak of bird flu in the south-east of the country, the first instance of the virus in the EU since August, the European Commission said. [News Source]

H5N1 bird flu confirmed in Hungary: EU (Reuters via Yahoo! News) An outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5NI strain of bird flu was confirmed in Hungary on Wednesday, the European Commission said. [News Source]

KSU and KDHE establish avian influenza hotline (Dodge Globe) toll-free hotline for people to report concerns or ask questions regarding avian influenza, also known as "bird flu." The hotline number is 800-566-4518. [News Source]

Ness presents own defense to Buyat pollution charges. President of gold mining company PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR) Richard Ness testified in his own defense Tuesday, telling Manado judges the government's against him for pollution was flawed and illegal. [News Source]