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Bird flu detected in Nepal town

November 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM

NEPAL

A Nepalese official of the Veterinary Epidemiology Center (VEC) slaughters ducks and chickens in a slum in Bhaktapur, on the outskirts of Kathmandu, yesterday. More than 500 chickens and ducks were killed after the VEC confirmed an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm in Nepal’s Bhaktapur district

November 29, 2011 | 12:00 AM