China culls birds as flu deaths mount; airline shares fall

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China culls birds as flu deaths mount; airline shares fall

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/more-deaths-china-bird-flu-u-japan-guard-021437256.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/xW.qaGldiVOVLePZJuBJAg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-04-05T183430Z_3_CBRE9340PRH00_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-BIRDFLU.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Technicians wearing protection suits begin to cull poultry at a poultry wholesale market in Shanghai" align="left" title="Technicians wearing protection suits begin to cull poultry at a poultry wholesale market in Shanghai" border="0" /></a>By Fayen Wong and Clare Baldwin SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese authorities slaughtered over 20,000 birds at a poultry market in Shanghai on Friday as the death toll from a new strain of bird flu mounted to six, spreading concern overseas and sparking a sell-off in airline shares in Europe and Hong Kong. The local government in Shanghai said the Huhuai market for live birds had been shut down and 20,536 birds had been culled after authorities detected the H7N9 virus from samples of pigeons in the market. Other live poultry markets in the city will be closed down from Saturday, it said. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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