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'This could be way worse than SARS' *
A deadly avian flu in Vietnam raises fears that it will be transformed into an infectious human killer. PAUL TAYLOR reports.
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Asia's toll from bird flu rises to 22 *
Two four-year-old boys became the latest victims of the bird flu virus sweeping Asia, bring the human death toll to 22 on Wednesday.
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At least 46 killed by Asian tropical storm *
Tropical storm Mindulle pushed toward South Korea on Sunday after killing at least 46 people in the Philippines and Taiwan, officials said. Twenty others were missing and feared dead.
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Bali: Resurrecting paradise *
On the eve of the Bali bombing's first anniversary, JOHN WEICH examines the security and marketing measures being taken to lure visitors back to this idyllic island.
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Beijing pulls pages from Clinton memoir *
Former first lady's frank references to repression in China fail to appear in new Mandarin edition.
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Bird flu in Asian chickens since April, WHO says *
The bird flu sweeping across Asia has been in chickens in the region since at least April, tests conducted by the World Health Organization revealed, giving reassurance the virus has not been very successful at jumping to humans so far.
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Bird flu killing 70 per cent of victims, doctor says *
Up to 70 per cent of people who contracted avian flu in the Asian outbreak died of the virus, about twice the level of the 1997 outbreak in Hong Kong, a doctor from the territory said yesterday.
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Bird flu strain crosses to pigs *
A Chinese laboratory said Friday that a deadly strain of bird flu has been found in pigs, expanding the number of species that can be infected with the disease.
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Chan fights to revive Hong Kong tourism *
Action film hero Jackie Chan is starring in a television advertisement that will be broadcast in 30 cities around the world in a bid to revive Hong Kong's battered tourism industry after the SARS outbreak, officials said Saturday.
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Chili Club (Hong Kong) ****
This popular Thai restaurant has been serving such favourites as papaya salad, fried prawns with chili paste, and green curry chicken since 1988.
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China confirms new bird flu *
China said Tuesday it had confirmed new cases of bird flu in poultry in an eastern province, nearly four months after declaring victory over the highly-contagious disease.
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China reports bird flu in three more provinces *
China said yesterday the bird flu virus that has killed 10 people in Asia had struck in three provinces, and further cases were suspected, including one in Shanghai.
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China suspected of hiding outbreak *
With its bird-flu outbreak spreading swiftly to new regions, China faces mounting suspicions that its obsessively secretive bureaucracy has again been caught in a cover-up of a deadly disease.
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Five more human cases of bird flu suspected *
Vietnam reported five more suspected human bird flu cases Saturday, as the World Health Organization confirmed that a fourth death was caused by the disease and Taiwan began culling 35,000 chickens at an infected farm.
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Hong Kong rock city *
In Kowloon, a rock show brings out closet rebels and adoring fans.
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Hong Kong stages party to help kick-start tourism *
Hotels accelerate expansion plans as travellers return to embattled city
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Hong Kong's wild side *
DAFFYD RODERICK explores parts of the former colony where Mother Nature overshadows the lingering effects of SARS
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Let Hong Kong be Hong Kong *
British Prime Minister Tony Blair's visit to Hong Kong last week came at a critical time. The former British Crown colony is in the midst of a major political crisis stemming from a botched attempt to impose Draconian new security measures that could endanger civil liberties and impede the promised transition to full democracy.
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Prince to headline Hong Kong's SARS show *
Prince will headline a government-sponsored music festival aimed at boosting the image of SARS-battered Hong Kong.
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Report: Heat wave in southern Chinese city kills 39 *
Vancouver’s sister-city ravaged by heat...
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Shopping in Hong Kong (cursory) *
An introduction only -- for HK visitors making a quick pass-through.
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Singapore to blacklist unethical retailers *
The Singapore Tourism Board is threatening to blacklist retail outlets that overcharge or sell fake goods to tourists.
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Six countries hit by bird flu *
Deadly disease spreads in Asia, emerges as threat to health, markets.
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Tiananmen Square anniversary *
...the eve of the 15th anniversary of the bloody military crackdown on democracy protesters, in Beijing.
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U.S. ruling on China furniture to benefit Canada *
Canadian manufacturers want Ottawa to follow suit on anti-dumping duties.
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UN doubts bird flu linked with pigs *
The human toll in Asia's bird flu crisis rose Friday to 18, as UN officials in Rome moved to play down test results suggesting that swine might also be carriers of the deadly virus.
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UN experts approve bird flu vaccinations *
UN experts approved limited animal vaccinations Thursday in Asia's bird-flu crisis to avoid a mass slaughter of livestock in the affected countries.
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Vietnamese girl 5th bird-flu victim *
An eight-year-old girl has become the fifth confirmed death from bird flu in Vietnam, the World Health Organization said yesterday as Asia went on alert against the chicken-borne virus.
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WHO urges isolation, not travel bans, for bird flu sufferers *
The World Health Organization said Friday that people hit by the bird flu outbreak sweeping Asia should be quarantined to avoid contact with sufferers of regular influenza, because a combination of the two viruses may accelerate the spread of the disease.
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Another suspected case of SARS found in China *
Investigators scoured an apartment block in southern China on Sunday to determine if it played any role in the infection of a SARS patient who lived there -- the season's only confirmed case of the virus so far -- while a new suspected case of the virus emerged in the same region.
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Asian bird flu spreads to Pakistan *
Asia's outbreak of avian influenza spread to Pakistan yesterday, alarming health experts who fear the virus could mutate with a common flu bug to create the world's next human flu pandemic.
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Avian flu creates caution among travellers *
The outbreak of avian influenza, which has spread to 10 Asian nations, has, to date, done little to dissuade Canadian travellers to the region.
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Bird flu death toll hits 15 *
Asia's human death toll from bird flu rose to 15 on Wednesday while China addressed its broadening zone of infected poultry with a new bird flu headquarters and Singaporeans turned in pet chickens for slaughter.
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Bird flu spreads to China; Canada prepares *
Ottawa makes plans to battle outbreak...
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Bird-flu blueprint sees up to 58,000 deaths *
Health Canada's preparedness document says pandemic would hit children, elderly.
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How Apex became world's hottest name in electronics *
Chinese factory the secret behind $29 (U.S.) DVD player, GEOFFREY YORK writes.
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Indonesia seventh country to confirm bird flu *
Indonesia became the seventh country in Asia to confirm an outbreak of deadly bird flu, as the World Health Organization warned Sunday the virus could be resistant to basic human influenza drugs.
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Jackie Chan revives tourism in Hong Kong *
Hong Kong is turning to action star Jackie Chan to help draw visitors back to the territory after the SARS outbreak.
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Taking it on the road *
Work-abroad programs give young Canadians valuable exposure to other cultures before they enter the job market back home, KATHERINE HARDING writes
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The invisible rebellion *
Despite vague public rhetoric about a transition to democracy, the military junta that rules Myanmar (formerly Burma) is as brutal as ever. With the democratic opposition paralyzed by the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi, GEOFFREY YORK reports, resistance has become the quiet work of Buddhist monks, street vendors and even traditional comedians.
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The soup that sparked a shark hunt and gang war *
An ancient luxury, fin that gives good 'face' now a must at wedding banquets, business dinners in Asia
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WHO experts search Chinese restaurant *
World Health Organization experts on Saturday searched a restaurant where China's second suspected SARS patient works and where civet cats and other wild animals thought to be possible transmitters of the virus were served.
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