India swoops on homes in night raids to halt bird flu (Reuters) 
Reuters - Veterinary staff in eastern India are capturing chickens in night-time raids on the backyards of homes to surprise villagers unwilling to part with their poultry as an outbreak of bird flu spread.
Source: news.yahoo.comIndonesia bird flu death toll hits 100 (Reuters) 
Reuters - A 23-year-old Indonesian woman from East Jakarta has died from bird flu, taking the country's death toll to 100, according to a report from Indonesia's bird flu information centre on Monday.
Source: news.yahoo.comIndia steps up culling as bird flu spreads (AFP) 
AFP - Health officials in India's West Bengal state said on Monday that they were culling chickens on a "war footing" as bird flu spread to new areas of the state at the weekend.
Source: news.yahoo.comBangladesh plans house-to-house bird flu search (AFP) 
AFP - Bangladeshi authorities are to start house-to-house surveillance in their latest effort to stem a worsening outbreak of bird flu, an official said Monday.
Source: news.yahoo.comSome ordinary flu strains resist Tamiflu in study (Reuters) 
Reuters - Some seasonal influenza viruses are resistant to Roche Holding AG's Tamiflu, a study showed, but Roche said no doubts had been raised about the drug's power to combat any deadly bird flu pandemic.
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