Research provides new framework for quantifying risk of avian-borne diseases In 2005 an outbreak of the H5N1 'bird flu' virus in South East Asia led to widespread fear with predictions that the intercontinental migration of wild birds could lead to global pandemic... [News Source]

GCSEs ‘less demanding’ for brightest pupils GCSEs are being undermined by the drive to make subjects more "accessible" to pupils, according to a leading headmistress. [News Source]

HCM City as Vietnam’s largest economic centre Ho Chi Minh City is the most important economic center in Vietnam as it accounts for a high proportion of Vietnam’s economy. Ho Chi Minh City plays an important driving impetus of economy of Vietnam. [News Source]

Study blames gulls, not storks, for bringing in bird flu A study has found that the bird that carried the influenza virus H5N1 into Thailand was a gull, not the openbill stork. [News Source]