Village ways fuel bird flu spread in rural Egypt (Reuters via Yahoo! News) When Attia Abdel-Hamid Hassan notices the chickens or ducks that he keeps at home in Egypt's Nile Delta starting to wobble on their feet, he puts them in a sack and drowns them in an irrigation canal. [News Source]

DAI wins USAID contract to fight bird flu (BizJournals) Project-management company DAI has received a contract from the U.S. Agency for International Development to combat avian influenza. [News Source]

Indonesia won’t share bird flu samples without deal with WHO (USA Today) Indonesia will not share bird flu samples with the World Health Organization without a legally binding agreement promising the virus won't be used to develop an expensive commercial vaccine, the health minister said Tuesday. [News Source]

Task force offers training on preparing for avian flu (The Patriot-News) A local group will hold free training sessions this month and in April to help families know what to do if an avian flu epidemic breaks out. The Cumberland County Pandemic Action Community Task Force has scheduled several public sessions. [News Source]