BANGKOK, Jan. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- A six-year-old Thai boy has died ofbird flu in hospital, becoming the second confirmed death from thedisease in Thailand, a hospital official said Tuesday.

    The hospital official in central Phitsanulok province, 370 km north of Bangkok, said the boy died around 10 a.m. (0300 GMT).

    Another six-year-old boy from Kanchanaburi province who died Sunday was Thailand's first casualty from the bird flu virus. Enditem