PETA warns of factory farm filth and bird flu (Business Standard India) In the midst of avian flu outbreak in Darjeeling, the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals India (PETA) has released graphic undercover video footage of crowded and filthy conditions of chicken and egg factory farms, warning that this was reason for the spread of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu. [News Source]

Indonesia agrees to hand bird flu information to new online database (AP via Yahoo! Malaysia News) Indonesia says it will start sharing all information about its bird flu cases with a new global database, a move experts say will help monitor the disease following the country's yearlong standoff with the World Health Organization. [News Source]

Indonesia to provide bird flu data online (AP via Yahoo! News) Indonesia's health minister said Thursday she would start sharing all genetic information about her country's bird flu virus with a new global database, to monitor whether the disease is mutating into a dangerous pandemic strain. [News Source]

Indonesia to provide bird flu data online (The San Luis Obispo Tribune) Indonesia's health minister said Thursday she would start sharing all genetic information about her country's bird flu virus with a new global database, to monitor whether the disease is mutating into a dangerous pandemic strain. China, Russia and other nations that have long withheld influenza virus samples and DNA sequencing data from international databases are also taking part in the ... [News Source]