Egypt villagers say poultry innocent in bird flu deaths (AFP via Yahoo! News)
In a dark and muddy alley in the Nile Delta town of Damietta, where Egypt's latest fatal bird flu victim Hanem Atwa Ibrahim lived, inhabitants fear the authorities more than the virus.

Swans test negative for bird flu (BBC News)
Two dead swans found near the site of an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, test negative for the virus.

Key facts about bird-flu virus (Lebanon Daily News)
Avian flu or bird flu is not the same as pandemic flu. However, it may be the source of the next pandemic. It is known that all three of the 20th-century pandemics were related to flu viruses that originally came from birds.

Group: Bird Flu Pandemic Risk Overblown (Seattle Times)
Fears of a flu pandemic originating from the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus were overblown, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health said Thursday.