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Girl dies as bird flu hits Vietnam

AN eight-year-old girl has been confirmed as the fifth person to die in Vietnam from bird flu, the World Health Organisation said today. About two million chickens have been killed by the disease or culled as authorities try to stamp it out, fearing that the disease could be more devastating than Sars if it becomes widespread.

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