Special report: Global fight against bird flu

Ducks are displayed in a local market in Jakarta April 7, 2007. A 29-year-old Indonesian man from Central Java province has died of bird flu, a health ministry official said on Saturday, taking the human death toll from the virus in the country to 74.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)

    JAKARTA, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A 29-year-old Indonesian man Thursday died of bird flu after coming into contact with infected chickens near his home, a health ministry official said Saturday.

    Local laboratory tests confirmed early Saturday that he had contracted the H5N1 virus.  

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