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Bird Flu Detected on Turkey Farm in England 
Washington Post - Feb 03 5:55 PM
LONDON, Feb. 3 -- The deadly H5N1 Asian strain of bird flu, which has killed 165 people since 2003, has been confirmed on a commercial turkey farm in eastern England, health authorities said Saturday.Turkey faces world jury after editor's killing The Washington Times - 29 minutes ago
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- The bullet that killed a Turkish-Armenian newspaper editor last month has put Turkey and its legal system before a world jury.Campomanes survives car accident in Turkey INQ7.net - Feb 03 2:48 PM
Former World Chess Federation president Florencio Campomanes has been declared out of danger after undergoing extensive surgery from grave injuries suffered in a car accident in Antalya, Turkey, on Friday.H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed on British turkey farm; country's 1st outbreak CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 03 10:52 AM
LONDON (AP) - Britain confirmed its first outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu in a domestic flock on Saturday, saying the virus has been detected on a farm owned by Europe's largest turkey producer where 2,500 turkeys died.Vincent is a 'turkey' says legend Hogg Stuff - Feb 03 11:05 AM
Australian cricket great Rodney Hogg has reopened the Lou Vincent controversy - labelling the Black Cap a "turkey" and warning of retribution from the world champions in today's tri-series showdown in Melbourne.Campomanes injured in car accident in Turkey ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Feb 03 10:23 AM
International Chess Federation (FIDE) honorary president Florencio Campomanes has undergone operation after breaking two neck bones in a vehicular accident in Antalya, Turkey Saturday morning.Bird flu battled at British turkey farm UPI - Feb 03 10:03 AM
IPSWICH, England, Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A bird-flu virus thought capable of killing humans has been identified at a turkey farm in Britain where another 159,000 birds are set to be killed.Turkey Hill Middle School to be honored for MCAS success Sentinel & Enterprise - Feb 03 8:03 AM
LUNENBURG -- Turkey Hill Middle School will be honored Monday at the Statehouse for its performance on the math portion of the MCAS test.Bird flu battled at British turkey farm Moldova.org - Feb 03 10:43 AM
A bird-flu virus thought capable of killing humans has been identified at a turkey farm in Britain where another 159,000 birds are set to be killed.Sky News said Saturday that the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs had confirmed that the outbreak at the Suffolk County farm, which has already killed more than 2,600 turkeys, was indeed the lethal H5N1 strain of avian influenza.H5N1 ...No news on Lions' Turkey Day game WZZM 13 Grand Rapids - Feb 03 5:49 AM
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Lions started the NFL's Thanksgiving tradition in 1934. They host the first Turkey Day game every year. The Dallas CowboysPakistani president to visit Iran, Turkey next week IANS via Yahoo! India News - Feb 03 12:12 AM
Islamabad, Feb 3 (Xinhua) Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf will visit Iran and Turkey next week for talks on Middle East and regional security.Cyprus: Turkey Acting Like Oil 'Pirate' AP via Yahoo! Finance - Feb 02 1:43 PM
Cyprus accused Turkey on Friday of behaving like a pirate over an oil exploration dispute that has threatened to revive tension on the divided island.Turkey defiant over oil deposits The Washington Times - Feb 02 9:15 PM
NICOSIA, Cyprus -- Oil and natural gas deposits possibly worth $400 billion are raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean with Turkey threatening to block exploration that does not include Turkish and Turkish-Cypriot interests.Turkey to buy 800 medium-range anti-tank missiles Turks.US - Feb 03 5:01 AM
Turkey plans to buy 800 anti-tank missiles with a range of up to 4,000 meters at a price of around $80 million.Wild turkey release Montana Standard - Feb 02 11:39 PM
Many members of the Southwest Montana Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation met at the Hirschy Ranch in Silver Star late Saturday afternoon to see a new flock of turkeys arrive.Woman convicted of stealing from turkey foundation Wisconsin State Journal - Feb 02 9:58 PM
More than $20,000 and possibly up to $75,000 is missing from the Wisconsin Chapter of the Wild Turkey Federation, and a former treasurer has been convicted of stealing some of the money in Iowa County. French Sarkozy: Turkey is not European Turks.US - Feb 03 12:07 AM
The presidential candidate of the ruling party UMP in France, Nicolas Sarkozy, mentioned Turkey's membership to the EU: "I am in favor of signing a contract with Turkey.Turkey probes Dink suspect video BBC News - Feb 02 4:42 AM
Turkey investigates after a man charged with killing journalist Hrant Dink appears in a video posing with police.Student accused of killing turkey heads back to court next month The Woonsocket Call - Feb 03 12:23 AM
BLACKSTONE --A high school senior accused of deliberately killing a wild turkey on school grounds in December had his court case continued until March 2.Lethal strain of bird flu virus confirmed on British turkey farm International Herald Tribune - Feb 03 6:37 AM
Authorities confirmed Saturday the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected for the first time on a British poultry farm where 2,500 turkeys died.Wild turkey release, research project in its second year Crookston Daily Times - Feb 02 10:26 PM
This year's annual Hunting Heritage Banquet sponsored by the Team Camo Crookston Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will feature a special guest, University of North Dakota graduate student Chad Parent, who will explain the latest developments in his research study regarding wild turkeys in northwest Minnesota.Cyprus not to bring oil dispute with Turkey to UN Security Council: spokesman People's Daily - Feb 02 6:45 PM
Cyprus said Friday that it will not bring the oil exploration dispute with Turkey to the UN Security Council at the moment.Turkey is running out of water Turks.US - Feb 02 5:21 PM
As one of the countries deeply affected by global warming, Turkey is identified as one of the first places where desertification will start in Europe, according to estimates by the UN Environment Program (UNEP).H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed on British turkey farm Los Angeles Times - Feb 03 1:26 PM
Officials confirmed today that the H5N1 strain of bird flu had been found in turkeys on a commercial farm -- Britain's first mass outbreak of the disease that has ravaged Asia's poultry stocks and killed more than 160 people worldwide. Politically charged novel talks Turkey The Plain Dealer - 40 minutes ago
Lately, Turkish writers have found themselves in the maelstrom. When Orhan Pamuk received the Nobel Prize for Literature, he earned his country's ire speaking out against the 1915 Armenian genocide.Officials ID bird-flu virus strain at British turkey farm Boston Herald - 32 minutes ago
LONDON - Officials confirmed yesterday that the H5N1 strain of bird flu had been found in turkeys on a commercial farm - Britain's first mass outbreak of the disease that has ravaged Asia's...Britain battles H5N1 bird flu outbreak in poultry Reuters via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago
Britain scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry on Saturday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.Musharraf set for visits to Iran, Turkey The Daily Star Lebannon - Feb 02 1:37 PM
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is to visit Iran and Turkey next week to discuss the situation in the Middle East and Muslim world issues, the Foreign Office said Friday. It did not give exact details of when he would travel to Iran, a fellow Islamic republic bordering Pakistan to the West, and Turkey, which Musharraf.Turkey's paramilitary police denied reports the footage was shot at one of their offices [AFP] Aljazeera - Feb 02 8:59 AM
Turkey has launched an inquiry into video footage showing the teenager charged with the murder of a Turkish-Armenian journalist posing with the Turkish flag and security officials after his arrest.Pakistan's Musharraf to visit Iran, Turkey Channel NewsAsia - Feb 02 8:53 AM
ISLAMABAD - Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf is to visit Iran and Turkey next week to discuss the situation in the Middle East and issues in the Muslim world, the foreign office said Friday.Scandal Tails Death of Turkey Journalist Journal Gazette & Times Courier - Feb 02 8:46 AM
ISTANBUL, Turkey - The Turkish media published photographs and video on Friday of police posing with a teenager charged with killing an ethnic Armenian journalist, and newspapers denounced the officers for treating the suspect as a "hero."PREVIEW-Turkey to lobby U.S. over Kurd rebels in N.Iraq AlertNet - Feb 02 5:51 AM
Source: Reuters By Paul de Bendern ANKARA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, facing pressure on security issues ahead of elections, will send his foreign minister to Washington next week to ... Turkey, Cyprus seek to defuse oil exploration row AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 7:05 AM
Turkey and Cyprus have sought to cool a growing row over the island's oil and gas exploration rights, with denials that Ankara had stepped up its naval presence in the eastern Mediterranean.Shell first to end Botas gas monopoly in Turkey Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Feb 02 5:04 AM
ANKARA, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell has won a tender that will make it the first company to take over some distribution of imported natural gas in Turkey from state company Botas, which is having to relinquish its monopoly.H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed on British turkey farm The Star Online - Feb 03 4:37 PM
LONDON (AP): Officials confirmed that the H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found in turkeys on a commercial farm, Britain's first mass outbreak of the disease that has ravaged Asia's poultry stocks and killed more than 160 people worldwide.Brussels defends Cyprus rights in oil row with Turkey Eu Business - Feb 02 1:45 PM
(BRUSSELS ) - The European Commission on Friday backed Cyprus's right to grant offshore oil and gas exploration rights to Egypt and Lebanon, amid reports of a naval build-up in the region from neighbouring Turkey. Romanian Ambassador: Turkey supported our joining NATO, now it's our turn Turks.US - Feb 02 8:13 AM
Romanian Ambassador Constantin Grigorie has said his country is ready and willing to support Turkey's bid to join the European Union. We had already excellent relations with Zaman daily, and we will establish the same links with your newspaper, said the Romanian ambassador.Bernard Matthews took 48 hours to report turkey deaths Daily Mail - Feb 03 2:55 PM
As 160,000 turkeys are slaughtered, there are disturbing questions over how bird flu was allowed to take hold of a flock owned by Bernard Matthews Turkey cull begins as Asian strain of bird flu confirmed in UK Australian Broadcasting Corporation - Feb 03 2:11 PM
A cull of nearly 160,000 turkeys has began after Britain's first outbreak of the potentially lethal Asian strain of the H5N1 bird flu virus.Turkey going to surprise the world? PanARMENIAN.Net - Feb 02 7:00 AM
Mehmet Ali Birand: Last year we discussed a train crash between the EU and Turkey. On this year's agenda there is a possible train crash between Turkey and the United States. This time the crash is about Armenian Genocide issue.H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed on British turkey farm CBC - Feb 03 10:52 AM
Authorities confirmed Saturday the H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected for the first time on a British poultry farm after 2,000 turkeys died.Kansas Turkey Permits Available Online Buckmasters - Feb 02 5:56 AM
The 2007 spring turkey season runs April 11-May 31, and hunters across the state are already making preparations. Turkey permits allow hunters to use either a shotgun or a bow, and this year, hunters have the additional opportunity of an archery-only season that runs April 1-10.Bernard Matthews took 48 hours to report turkey deaths Evening Standard - Feb 03 3:06 PM
A huge operation to kill 160,000 turkeys at a Bernard Matthews farm in Suffolk was underway after it was confirmed as having the first mass outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in Britain.Have Your Say: For oil, only central government deals with Turkey Kurdish Media - Feb 02 6:38 AM
London (KurdishMedia.com) 02 February 2007: The Iraqi central government and Turkey have agreed that all oil contracts will be dealt with only between these two parties. Contrary to the Iraqi Constitution, Kurdistan Regional Government would not have a say in these contracts.Turkey sends warships to Cyprus amid row over oil deals: report AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 01 12:55 AM
Turkey has sent warships to international waters off Cyprus amid a growing row over oil and gas exploration deals the island's internationally recognised government signed with Egypt and Lebanon, the NTV news channel reported.U.S. Small Businesses Add Jobs, Win New Market With Fire Truck Sale to Turkey, Backed by $39 Million Ex-Im Bank ... [Press Release] U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 12:02 PM
When fire trucks roll out of stations in Istanbul, Turkey, they will have small-business employees in Michigan and Louisiana to thank for the state-of-the-art equipment they are driving. And the U.S. companies supplying the equipment will have the Export- Import Bank of the United States (Ex-Im Bank) to thank for the $39 million loan guarantee that made it possible for them to sell 55 ...Turkey s future between mortal racism and rational morality Kurdish Media - Feb 03 1:23 PM
Racism is a disease and it is a deadly one. It is a malady that internally destroys the bearer before it affects its victims. Racism is also a black spectacle. It prevents the wearer from seeing white and colour.Still no ID for SA blast victims in Turkey SABC News - Feb 02 3:11 AM
The foreign affairs department says it is unable at this stage to say when the identification process of the South Africans, who have been killed in a gas pipeline explosion in Turkey, will be completed.Deadly H5N1 bird flu found at Suffolk poultry farm AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 03 5:33 AM
The European Commission has confirmed that the bird flu virus detected at a turkey farm in Suffolk is the virulent H5N1 strain, which can be transmitted to humans.H5N1 bird flu virus confirmed on British turkey farm CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Feb 03 7:05 AM
Scientists in Britain have confirmed that an outbreak of bird flu among turkeys on a farm in eastern England was caused by the H5N1 virus, which can be fatal to humans.EU confirms virulent H5N1 bird flu found at British poultry farm AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 03 5:17 AM
The European Commission has confirmed that the bird flu virus detected at a turkey farm in eastern England was the virulent H5N1 strain, which can be transmitted to humans.Bird flu outbreak on English farm is H5N1 Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 03 5:27 AM
An outbreak of bird flu on a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey manufacturer Bernard Matthews is the highly pathogenic H5N1 version of the virus which can kill humans, the European Commission said on Saturday.Britain has first H5N1 bird flu outbreak in poultry Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 03 6:27 AM
Britain tried to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry on Saturday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.UK Confirms First Bird Flu Case At Farm CBS News - Feb 03 4:30 PM
Britain confirmed its first outbreak of the H5N1 bird flu in a domestic flock, saying the virus has been detected on a farm owned by Europe's largest turkey producer. Japan also announced its fourth H5N1 outbreak.Turkey: Anger as Police Pose With Suspect New York Times - Feb 02 8:12 PM
Turkish news outlets showed photographs and video of policemen posing with a teenager charged with killing Hrant Dink, the Turkish-Armenian editor who was gunned down outside his Ankara office last month, and newspapers denounced the officers for giving the suspect the ?hero treatment.? The youth, Ogun Samast, has confessed to the killing. The photographs show him holding a Turkish flag while ...H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Confirmed in England ABC News - Feb 03 2:03 PM
H5N1 Bird Flu Virus Confirmed on British Turkey Farm; All 159,000 Turkeys Will Be SlaughteredTURKEY SENDS NAVY TO CYPRUS IN ENERGY ROW Middle East Newsline - Feb 01 11:20 PM
ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey has sent naval vessels toward Cyprus to prevent the Greek Cypriot republic from exploring crude oil and natural gas reserves in the Mediterranean.EU confirms H5N1 bird flu virus on poultry farm in Britain USA Today - Feb 03 5:09 AM
Authorities confirmed Saturday the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus has been detected for the first time on a British poultry farm where 2,500 turkeys died. Bernard Matthews PLC, one of Britain's largest turkey producers, confirmed the virus was found at one its farms and said it was working closely with authorities.Scandal in Turkey as police pose with journalist's alleged murderer AFP via Yahoo! News - Feb 02 8:16 AM
The Turkish security forces face fresh embarrassment after it emerged that some of its members had posed for "souvenir pictures" with the alleged murderer of Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink.Bird flu outbreak found on English farm Reuters via Yahoo! News - Feb 03 2:09 AM
An outbreak of bird flu on a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey manufacturer Bernard Matthews has killed 2,500 birds, government officials said on Saturday.SA citizens in Turkey oil blast? iafrica.com - Feb 01 9:28 PM
Five people, who may be South Africans, were affected by an oil pipeline blast in Turkey on Thursday, South Africa's foreign affairs department said.Turkey confirms routine navy patrol off Cyprus Gulf Times - Feb 02 2:16 AM
ANKARA: Turkey s top general confirmed yesterday a report that warships were patrolling the eastern Mediterranean, but denied they had been sent to waters near Cyprus over an oil exploration row as claimed in local media.Turkey says naval activity has nothing to do with Cyprus-Lebanon energy deal Zawya - Feb 02 12:17 AM
ANKARA: Turkey's top general on Thursday confirmed a report that warships were patrolling the Eastern Mediterranean, but denied they had been sent to waters near Cyprus over an oil exploration row as claimed in local media. "We already have ships that patrol the Eastern Mediterranean, the Aegean.Britons strive to contain bird flu The Washington Times - 30 minutes ago
From combined dispatches HOLTON, England -- Britain scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry yesterday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.Nation battles H5N1 bird flu outbreak Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - 1 hour, 7 minutes ago
Officials scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry on Saturday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.EU cautious on Turkey/Greek Cyprus oil row Turks.US - Feb 01 9:14 PM
The EU was cautious to react to the unfolding crisis between Turkey and the Greek Cypriot administration, stating that it was following the developments.One killed, two injured in explosion at northwestern Turkey People's Daily - Feb 01 5:29 PM
One person was killed, two others were wounded and another was missing in an explosion at Turkish Oil Refineries Corp. (Tupras) in Izmit city in northwestern Turkey on Thursday, local Cihan news agency reported.Explosion hits oil refinery in northwestern Turkey, killing 2 Boston Herald - Feb 01 10:42 AM
ANKARA, Turkey - An explosion ripped through a storage tank at Turkey's largest oil refinery in northwestern Turkey on Thursday, killing two South African workers and injuring seven other people,...South Africans affected by blast in Turkey Sunday Times - Feb 01 9:34 PM
Two people - possibly South Africans - have been killed in an oil pipeline blast in Turkey, South Africa s foreign affairs department said.Steve Clemons: NeoCons Trash George Soros in Attempt to Distract from Their Complicity in Iraq "War of Choice" Disaster HuffingtonPost - Feb 03 8:33 AM
George Soros's words often kick up storms . And another storm has hit. This time it's about comparing America today and Nazi Germany -- and how states deal with their not-so-pleasant pasts. Just for the record, Soros also included Turkey and Japan in his mix of history-denying countries that faced obstacles in approaching their futures in a healthy way. Soros is sort of like a less ...Egyptian has charged an Egyptian named Mohamed Essam Ghoneim el-Attar and three Israelis, who have not been named yet, ... Al Jazeera - 37 minutes ago
The Israelis recruited el-Attar, a 31- year old Egyptian who holds Canadian citizenship while he was living in Turkey in August 2001. Israeli intelligence agents helped him get residency permit in Canada under a fake name.Explosion hits oil refinery in northwestern Turkey, killing 2 Long Beach Press-Telegram - Feb 01 1:49 PM
ANKARA, Turkey - An explosion ripped through a storage tank at Turkey's largest oil refinery in northwestern Turkey on Thursday, killing two South African workers and injuring seven other people, the governor's office said.Turkey calls on Azerbaijan to prepare for war PanARMENIAN.Net - Feb 03 3:45 AM
Nevzat Yalcintas: I should say with regret that the OSCE Minsk Group is one of the most inactive organizations engaged in international mediation.TURKEY A year after his murder, Don Santoro to be remembered in changing Trabzon AsiaNews.it - Feb 03 4:06 AM
by Mavi Zambak There are small signs of the will to break free of nationalistic blindness and an environment that has generated the murder of the priest and the journalist Dink. The priest s relatives and the Vicar of Rome, Cardinal Camillo Ruini, will be present at the commemoration ceremony.Turkey charges eighth man over murder of editor AlertNet - Feb 01 10:52 AM
Source: Reuters ISTANBUL, Feb 1 (Reuters) - Turkey charged an eighth man on Thursday over the murder of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink, the state Anatolian news agency said. The shooting of Dink in Istanbul ... Turkey farm bird flu is deadly H5NI PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 03 4:06 AM
The potentially deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has been found among turkeys in a Bernard Matthews poultry farm in Suffolk, the EU Commission has confirmed.World homepage The New Zealand Herald - Feb 03 2:39 PM
Officials scrambled to contain Britain's first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry this morning (NZ time) after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.Bird flu virus is Asian strain BBC News - Feb 03 10:26 AM
Government experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm is the Asian strain.Bird flu virus found at British farm is Asian strain People's Daily - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
British government experts confirmed on Saturday that the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm was the Asian strain.Bird flu virus is Asian strain BBC News - Feb 03 9:57 AM
Experts confirm the H5N1 bird flu virus outbreak at a Suffolk turkey farm is the Asian strain.H5N1 bird flu virus is Asian strain: UK govt The Peninsula - Feb 03 3:05 PM
London The H5N1 bird flu virus found on a turkey farm in eastern England is the highly pathogenic Asian strain similar to that found in Hungary last month, the government said yesterday.Iraq to Turkey: Contract with KRG for fuel EARTHtimes.org - Feb 01 12:56 PM
Iraqi officials say the Kurdistan Regional Government was given authority to sign fuels deals with Turkey because of a growing fuels crisis.Born in Texas, raised in Cyprus: A student's perspective The Lawrentian - 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
When I tell people I'm from Cyprus, I usually receive a gaze of confusion. "Is that in Wisconsin? Florida?" they usually ask. I kindly tell them that it's an island near Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, an independent country of which I'm not a citizen.Turkey charges seventh man over Dink murder Reuters via Yahoo! News - Jan 31 7:44 AM
Turkey charged a seventh man over the murder of Turkish-Armenian editor Hrant Dink on Wednesday, a court official said.Online news and information for the Rhinelander region Rhinelander Daily News - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago
Question: I am a trapper and am wondering why we cannot register bobcat, otter and fisher at the same registration stations we use for deer, bear and turkey? Making arrangements to get an animal tagged or attending a scheduled fur tagging date is not always convenient.Four charged with spying for Israel The Australian - Feb 03 11:47 AM
High State Security Prosecutor Hisham Badawi said the Egyptian, Mohamed Essam Ghoneim el-Attar, 31, had been arrested and charged. The rest of the spy ring were in Turkey and Canada, and arrest warrants had been issued for them.Turkey farm bird flu deaths probed PA via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Feb 03 1:19 AM
Government vets are continuing to investigate an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm after more than 2,000 turkeys died.UK bird flu outbreak confirmed The Australian - Feb 03 10:48 AM
Police threw a tight cordon around the turkey farm in the eastern English county of Suffolk after experts confirmed that the H5 virus first detected there on Friday was in fact the deadly strain which can be transmitted to people.Hudson talks turkey about `Idol' abuse Chicago Tribune - Feb 02 5:36 AM
You think your job is tough. Just try being on "American Idol." The firm: Bad publicity strikes Bernard Matthews again. Sunday Herald - Feb 03 3:53 PM
is no stranger to controversy. The food manufacturer found itself on the ropes when chef Jamie Oliver fulminated against its turkey twizzlers during a national debate on school meals, and now the firm has been hit again, this time by the latest outbreak of bird flu.The flip side of the Coyne Sunday Times - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Contestant ruffles the feathers of fire-breathing quiz-show host . Among the dozens of countries which have run versions thereof are China, Israel, Croatia, Turkey, Mexico, India, Lebanon, Italy, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Brazil, Chile, the US and Germany.H5N1 bird flu in England is Asian strain: government Channel NewsAsia - Feb 03 10:47 AM
LONDON - The H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus found on a turkey farm in eastern England is the highly pathogenic Asian strain similar to that found in Hungary earlier this month, the government said Saturday.Egypt: Indictments for Israelis Accused of Spying Israel National News - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) Egypt has officially brought indictments against the three Israelis and one Egyptian accused of spying for Israel. The Israelis, who have not yet been named, are currently living in Canada and Turkey.South Africans die in Turkey oil blast Independent Online - Feb 01 10:05 AM
Two South African workers have been killed after an explosion ripped through a storage tank at Turkey's largest oil refinery.Pakistani president to visit Iran, Turkey next week People's Daily - Feb 02 6:45 PM
Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf will visit Iran next week for talks on Middle East and regional security, it was official announced here on Friday.Bird flu hits Britain TVNZ - Feb 03 10:59 AM
Britain scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry on Sunday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.England poultry industry rocked by deadly flu Sydney Morning Herald - Feb 03 6:33 AM
AN outbreak of bird flu on a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer has killed 2500 birds, government officials said yesterday.Tests show bird flu outbreak is H5N1 Reuters.co.uk - Feb 03 10:50 AM
HOLTON (Reuters) - Official scrambled to contain its first outbreak of the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu in domestic poultry on Saturday after the virus was found at a farm run by Europe's biggest turkey producer.Turkey farm investigation continues after bird flu outbreak Evening Standard - Feb 03 3:36 AM
Government vets are continuing to investigate an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry farm after more than 2,000 turkeys died. The farm at the centre of the outbreak was today identified as a Bernard Matthews site at Holton near Halesworth, Suffolk, by trading standards officials.Over 2,000 turkey succumb to H5N1 bird flu in Britain EARTHtimes.org - Feb 03 7:26 AM
LONDON - Around 2,600 turkeys have succumbed to avian flu in a farm in Suffolk, England, triggering fears that as many as 160,000 birds may be culled in order to prevent any outbreak.