http://bird.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for bird en Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:39:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022876 unknown@Netscape.com Last month Vietnam reported its first human case of H5N1 virus infection in a year and a half, a 30-year-old man in a province neighbouring Hanoi who became sick after helping slaughter chickens at a friend's wedding. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 11:39:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022876poultryWorkerinfectedwithbirdFluNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2015732 unknown@Netscape.com Four people in Britain who tested positive for a mild strain of bird flu should serve as a reminder that a virus other than the feared H5N1 strain could also provoke a flu pandemic, experts say. Tue, 29 May 2007 20:52:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/20157324peopletestPositivebirdFlubritainNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1875449 unknown@Netscape.com First came the bird flu. Now China's pigs are succumbing to a violent infection. Is a human disease next? Mon, 14 May 2007 01:09:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1875449chinabirdFluavianpigNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1586403 unknown@Netscape.com THE ONION RADIO NEWS with Doyle Redland reporting: South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford spoke out today in favor of changing the state bird from the California wren to anything else following the ninth unprovoked wren attack this year. Tue, 24 Apr 2007 12:08:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1586403satirenewstatebirdToBeAustraliankiwiNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1178078 unknown@Netscape.com Indonesia insisted Tuesday that it only will resume sharing bird flu virus samples with the World Health Organization if the body stops providing them to commercial vaccine makers. Tue, 27 Mar 2007 08:09:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1178078IndonesiafirmbirdFluvirusDisputeNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1108042 unknown@Netscape.com States that rely on tourism and entertainment for much of their economy would likely be the hardest hit during a severe influenza pandemic. Nevada and Hawaii are at the top of the list, according to a report released Thursday. Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:10:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1108042birdFluHurttouristAreasHardestNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1073391 unknown@Netscape.com More bird species in the USA are ranging farther north and even staying there for the winter in a possible sign of adaptation to global warming, ornithologists and conservation groups say. Some indicators come from the recent Great Backyard Bird Count, which found more swallows, orioles and other common birds in uncommon locations. Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:38:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1073391ClimatechangebirdspeciesterritoryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1047562 unknown@Netscape.com As the peregrine falcon is one of Britain's rarest birds, the chances of the average urban pigeon recognising it might be thought slim.Particularly when it is made of fibreglass, packed with electronics, and incapable of moving, apart from turning its head and flapping its wings. Sun, 18 Mar 2007 09:28:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1047562RobobirdNews http://web2announcer.com/go/766253 unknown@Netscape.com The nation's first vaccine against bird flu is even less effective than previously thought, according to Food and Drug Administration documents released Monday. Mon, 26 Feb 2007 21:03:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/766253FDAtestsbirdFluvaccineEffectivenessNews http://web2announcer.com/go/654186 unknown@Netscape.com The United Nations health agency has reported "encouraging progress" in producing vaccine against human bird flu which, in worst case scenario, could mutate to cause pandemic with the potential of killing millions. Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:45:08 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/654186birdFluvaccineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/654191 unknown@Netscape.com Officials in Russia say tests have confirmed the presence of a sub-type of the H5N1 bird flu strain in poultry in two villages near Moscow. The testing of dead birds in a third area is still being carried out. "How can we not be worried," said a resident in one of the villages affected. "Of course we are worried about this case. We t Mon, 19 Feb 2007 13:50:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/654191H5N1russianbirdFluNews http://web2announcer.com/go/645405 unknown@Netscape.com Genetic tests of North American birds show what may be 15 new species including ravens and owls -- look alikes that do not interbreed and have wrongly had the same name for centuries, scientists said on Sunday. Sun, 18 Feb 2007 19:56:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/645405birdspeciesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/523839 unknown@Netscape.com South Korean quarantine officials began slaughtering hundreds of thousands of poultry after a fresh outbreak of bird flu in a province near the South Korean capital, the agriculture ministry said Saturday. The outbreak -- the sixth in South Korea in recent months -- was caused by the H5 strain of the virus, but further tests were needed to deter Sat, 10 Feb 2007 07:44:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/523839birdFluNews http://web2announcer.com/go/515862 unknown@Netscape.com The Food Standards Agency confirmed today that it was investigating the possibility that turkey meat contaminated by bird flu at a Bernard Matthews poultry farm has entered the human food chain. Fri, 09 Feb 2007 20:01:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/515862SciencehealthbirdFluhumanfoodchainNews http://web2announcer.com/go/488896 unknown@Netscape.com Indonesia, the country hardest hit by bird flu, signed a preliminary deal Wednesday with U.S. drug manufacturer Baxter Healthcare Corp. to develop a human bird flu vaccine. Wed, 07 Feb 2007 08:58:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/488896IndonesiasignsbirdFluvaccinedealNews http://web2announcer.com/go/446279 unknown@YahooMyWeb.com No description for this story Sun, 04 Feb 2007 21:42:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/446279iraqwarugnbaghdadwaronterrordel.icio.us ekkotvLocationsterrorismgroupblogNewsiraquisaliveinbaghdadcagequeenslandwildbirdsbirdfoodWildlifeAustraliajuliussulphur crested cockatoocockiesparrotsone wingvetcockatoocockatooswildlife permitnational parks and wildlifephotographytamper proof http://web2announcer.com/go/443153 unknown@Netscape.com The world should expect more bird flu outbreaks in the coming months, the U.N. official coordinating the global fight against the virus warned Sunday after Britain recorded its first case of the H5N1 strain on a commercial farm. Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:37:55 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/443153birdFluoutbreaksH5N1Dr.davidNabarroNews http://web2announcer.com/go/428567 unknown@Netscape.com LONDON, England (Reuters) -- An outbreak of bird flu on a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey manufacturer Bernard Matthews is the highly pathogenic H5N1 version of the virus which can kill humans, the European Commission said on Saturday. Government veterinary experts were called to the farm near Lowestoft in eastern England late on Thursday. P Sat, 03 Feb 2007 15:54:57 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/428567birdFluH5N1englandNews http://web2announcer.com/go/404677 unknown@Netscape.com Indonesia claimed a major victory in the fight against bird flu Thursday, saying the heart of the capital had been cleared of backyard fowl and that residents elsewhere were handing in chickens for slaughter. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 20:18:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/404677mayorLakartaclaimsbirdFluvictoryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/401848 unknown@Netscape.com Experts have called for closer study of less lethal strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus because they might be more likely candidates to spark an influenza pandemic. Thu, 01 Feb 2007 08:40:05 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/401848ScienceDontIgnoreLessVirulentbirdFlustrainsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/400696 unknown@Netscape.com Women from ethnic communities in the hilly northern part of Laos have, for more than a decade, been encouraged to go into poultry breeding as a way of earning a living in Southeast Asia's poorest nation.However, this initiative has come up against a daunting challenge in the shape of the deadly bird-flu virus that has flared up again in many parts Wed, 31 Jan 2007 22:26:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/400696birdFlulaosasiasoutheastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/277172 unknown@Netscape.com Every year, millions of migratory birds are killed when they collide with one of the thousands of communication towers scattered across the United States. As more and more cell phone, radio, and digital television towers are built, the escalating kills could soon spell disaster for many already at-risk songbirds like the Bell's Vireo, Golden-winged Tue, 23 Jan 2007 15:50:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/277172TransmissionTowersbirddeathTrapssongbirdsmigrationdieNews http://web2announcer.com/go/235773 unknown@Netscape.com A 19-year-old Indonesian woman died of bird flu , a senior Health Ministry official said Saturday, raising the country's death toll to 62. Sat, 20 Jan 2007 09:48:54 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/235773IndonesianbirdFludeathtoll62News http://web2announcer.com/go/181974 unknown@Netscape.com From the article: "Tests have confirmed that bird flu detected in chickens in southern Japan was the virulent H5N1 strain that has been blamed for more than 160 human deaths worldwide, the Japanese Agricultural Ministry said Tuesday. About 4,000 chickens died last week at a farm in Kiyotake town in Miyazaki state. Earlier test results Saturday only confirmed the bird flu strain was an H5 virus but not which one." Tue, 16 Jan 2007 08:54:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/181974birdFluavianchickenjapanH5N1News http://web2announcer.com/go/114150 unknown@Netscape.com South Korean officials said Thursday that the bird flu virus had been transmitted to a human during a recent outbreak among poultry, but the person showed no symptoms of disease. Thu, 11 Jan 2007 09:39:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/114150NewsbirdFlutransmittedhuman http://web2announcer.com/go/98781 unknown@Netscape.com Bird flu is popping up after a yearlong hiatus in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia, and experts are warning now is the time for the H5N1 virus to flourish. The big question: Just how far will it go this winter? Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:55:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/98781birdavianinfluenzaH5N1vietnamNews http://web2announcer.com/go/99644 unknown@Netscape.com The World Health Organization (WHO) reports about the total number of laboratory-confirmed human cases and deaths worldwide from Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) infection. Wed, 10 Jan 2007 08:57:51 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/99644CummulativebirdavianinfluenzaH5N1News http://web2announcer.com/go/63217 unknown@Netscape.com A new recombinant H5N1 vaccine virus has been developed in China and is available for researchers and companies that want to develop or produce the H5N1 vaccine for human use, an official with the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. Sun, 07 Jan 2007 18:09:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/63217chinahealthbirdFluvaccineNews http://web2announcer.com/go/32193 unknown@Netscape.com This is more of an audio file with pictures than a video but it is funny. Listen to an old man tell a story about a bird he got as a gift. Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:32:01 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/32193birdNews http://web2announcer.com/go/20333 unknown@Del.icio.us.com No description for this story Mon, 02 Oct 2006 09:20:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/20333carsDesignbeautifullistphotographyMusichumorculturefunnygamesexcelfunpacmancoolLinuxmanualestutorialestutorialhowtolosttvwikireferenceTelevisionVideomoonwalkbirdyoutube http://web2announcer.com/go/7154 unknown@Netscape.com Video of my pet parrot, Misha, flipping out and attacking a tin I left on the couch, while Sonja watches from a distance. Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:18:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/7154petseclectusparrotparrotsbirdbirdsNews