Indonesia firm on bird flu virus dispute (AP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia's health minister refused to share bird flu samples with the World Health Organization, saying Tuesday she wanted a guarantee the virus would not be used to make unaffordable commercial vaccines.

Indonesia lifts WHO bird flu samples ban (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Indonesia agreed on Tuesday to lift its ban on sharing bird flu samples with the World Health Organisation (WHO) after reaching an agreement in a long-running row over poor countries' access to vaccines.

Exercise to test Asia readiness for bird flu (AFP via Yahoo! News)
ASEAN, Cambodia and the World Health Organisation will conduct a two-day exercise next week to test Asia's ability to stem a bird flu pandemic, the UN health agency said here Tuesday.

Regional exercise to test Asia bird flu preparedness (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Cambodia, Singapore and the World Health Organisation are to conduct a two-day exercise next week to test Asia's ability to stem a bird flu pandemic, the UN agency said here Tuesday.