;AFP;IVY;
\nANPAu..r..
\nATW-health-flu-China
\nBird flu crisis escalates in China
\nJP\/12\/ATW<\/p>\n
Bird flu crisis
\nescalates in China<\/p>\n
CHINA: China was struggling to contain an escalation of the
\nbird flu crisis on Thursday after reporting at least one person
\nhad died from the H5N1 virus, with other human cases suspected
\nand two more outbreaks.<\/p>\n
The Ministry of Agriculture reported two new outbreaks of bird
\nflu, one in Xinjiang in the far northwest and the other in the
\ncentral province of Hubei.<\/p>\n
The latest reports bring to 13 the number of outbreaks, across
\nsix provinces and regions, confirmed in China over the past
\nmonth.<\/p>\n
The fresh outbreaks followed confirmation on Wednesday night
\nof the nation's first known human cases of bird flu.<\/p>\n
The World Health Organization (WHO), which sent an
\ninvestigation team to the family's village, confirmed the
\nfindings and said more human cases were likely in China, although
\nnot a huge number.<\/p>\n
Other cases of H5N1 crossing from birds into humans in China
\nwere also being investigated on Thursday. -- AFP<\/p>\n
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\nATW-Germany-UN-Security Council
\nGerman seat on U.N. Security Council an 'illusion,' Merkel
\nadviser says
\nJP\/12\/ATW<\/p>\n
UN Council seat
\n'illusion': Govt<\/p>\n
GERMANY: Germany's hopes of winning a seat on the UN Security
\nCouncil are an \"illusion,\" an EU diplomat tapped to advise the
\nnew coalition government in Berlin said in comments published on
\nThursday.<\/p>\n
Christoph Heusgen's remark was an indication that conservative
\nChancellor-designate Angela Merkel may ease back from outgoing
\nChancellor Gerhard Schroeder's effort to secure a permanent
\nGerman seat.<\/p>\n
\"That is currently an illusion -- the Europeans must cooperate
\nbetter in the Security Council,\" Heusgen was quoted as saying in
\nthe German news weekly Die Zeit.<\/p>\n
Merkel has chosen Heusgen, until now a close aide to European
\nUnion foreign policy chief Javier Solana, to become her new
\nforeign and security policy adviser once parliament elects her as
\nchancellor on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The appointment could make the 50-year-old an influential
\ncounterweight to the designated foreign minister, Frank Walter
\nSteinmeier, a Social Democrat who served as Schroeder's chief of
\nstaff.<\/p>\n
In their coalition agreement, Merkel's conservatives and the
\nSocial Democrats say UN reform without changes in the Security
\nCouncil would be \"incomplete\" and that Germany remains \"ready\" to
\ntake up a seat.<\/p>\n
But they also say: \"In that perspective, we continue to seek a
\npermanent seat for the EU.\" -- AP<\/p>",
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