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[FONT=Helvetica, Arial]Indonesia pledges to make bird flu 'history,' dismisses foreign criticism
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]JAKARTA (AP): Indonesia pledged Friday to eliminate bird flu as it launched a public awareness campaign about the virus, which has killed at least 46 people in the sprawling country.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"We want bird flu to become part of history," said Bayu Krisnamurthi, head of the country's bird flu commission.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Indonesia, the country worst hit by bird flu, has attracted international criticism for not doing enough to stamp out the virus in its vast poultry stocks.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The "Be Aware of Bird Flu" campaign will feature TV adverts calling on people to report dead birds to authorities and wash hands after handling chickens or visiting markets, Krisnamurthi said.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The H5N1 virus has killed at least 141 people worldwide since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Most people have been infected after coming into contact with sick birds and the virus remains very hard to catch. But experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among humans, possibly sparking a pandemic.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]"We want bird flu to become part of history," said Bayu Krisnamurthi, head of the country's bird flu commission.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Indonesia, the country worst hit by bird flu, has attracted international criticism for not doing enough to stamp out the virus in its vast poultry stocks.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The "Be Aware of Bird Flu" campaign will feature TV adverts calling on people to report dead birds to authorities and wash hands after handling chickens or visiting markets, Krisnamurthi said.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]The H5N1 virus has killed at least 141 people worldwide since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica]Most people have been infected after coming into contact with sick birds and the virus remains very hard to catch. But experts fear it could mutate into a form that spreads easily among humans, possibly sparking a pandemic.[/FONT]