Bangladesh’s bird flu-suspect farm owner safe from danger (People’s Daily) The bird flu-suspect poultry farm owner in Bangladesh's western Rajshahi district and his wife and son, who were quarantined on suspicion of avian influenza infection, were released from hospital Sunday after pathological tests in the capit ... [News Source]

Smuggled chicken to blame for return of bird flu? (The Times of India) Smuggling of poultry for trade, from bird flu free districts of West Bengal into the affected districts, may have caused the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus to resurface in West Bengal. [News Source]

Japan closer to bird flu vaccine. Japanese researchers today said they had paved the way to develop an all-round vaccine to protect people from bird flu, including potential mutations that could set off a global pandemic. [News Source]

Fresh bird flu outbreak in India (BBC News) Vets in India begin culling tens of thousands of chickens to combat a fresh outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal. [News Source]

EGYPT: New human bird flu case raises fears (IRIN) CAIRO, 10 March 2008 (IRIN) - An eight-year-old boy from Fayyum province was diagnosed with avian influenza on 8 March, bringing to four the number of human cases in the past two weeks and raising fresh fears of a pandemic. [News Source]

Fresh bird flu outbreak in India (BBC News) Vets in India begin culling tens of thousands of chickens to combat a fresh outbreak of bird flu in West Bengal. [News Source]

EGYPT: New human bird flu case raises fears (AlertNet) Source: IRIN An eight-year-old boy from Fayyum province was diagnosed with avian influenza on 8 March, bringing to four the number of human cases in the past two weeks and raising fresh fears of a pandemic. [News Source]

Bird flu resurfaces in West Bengal, culling begins (Calcutta News) West Bengal is gearing up to start culling operation after a fresh outbreak of bird flu has been confirmed in a district, almost a month after officials claimed that the avian flu had been controlled with the culling of around four million birds. [News Source]

Universal bird flu vaccine hopes raised (News Interactive) JAPANESE researchers today said they had paved the way to develop an all-round vaccine to protect people from bird flu, including potential mutations that could set off a global pandemic. [News Source]

Japan eyes all-round bird flu vaccine (AFP via Yahoo! News) Japanese researchers said Monday they had paved the way to develop an all-round vaccine to protect people from bird flu, including potential mutations that could set off a global pandemic. [News Source]

Fresh Outbreak Of Bird Flu In India (Nasdaq) (RTTNews) - A fresh outbreak of avian flu has been reported over the past few days in parts of the eastern state of West Bengal in India, just weeks after the successful completion of culling operations in the wake of an outbreak that spread to more than half the districts of the State. [News Source]