S Korea culls 15,000 poultry to prevent spreading of bird flu
xinhuanet.com     May 12, 2008            

SEOUL, May 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korean quarantine ... ... SEOUL, May 12 (Xinhua) -- South Korean quarantine officials announced Monday that they have slaughtered and buried around 15,000 poultry in Seoul to prevent further spreading of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu... [read full story]                    


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