For humanitarian workers, the east remains an area of grave concern with the possibility of various types of armed conflict breaking out at any moment. The state of emergency order, which gave the government powers to ban public meetings, censor the press and arrest people without charge, was imposed at a time of frequent attacks by anti-government rebels. He and other bird flu experts are concerned about reports that large-scale farmers around the commercial capital, Lagos, and in the...

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Malaysia has yet to lift its ban on duckling imports since a farm in Britain had an outbreak of bird flu four months ago. The move is expected to drive duck import prices up by 20 cents per kilogramme and could send retail prices up. The reduction in exports comes as a result of decreasing supply of parent stock or ducklings from Britain to Malaysia. Still, consumers could end up paying more for live ducks. SINGAPORE : From Monday, Malaysia will cut the export of live ducks to Singapore by...

Avian flu, as deadly as ever, proves a persistent foe