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Is A Human Pandemic Next? (Avian Flu | Gauging the Threat)

Bird flu is erupting across Asia, devastating the region's poultry population. And this could be just the beginning

ASIA

Dead Men Tell No Tales (Letter from China)

A disgraced city official plunges to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed?

AUSTRALIA OBSERVED

Mr. Congeniality

Labors bright new leader makes a splashbut still has a huge job ahead

SOUTH PACIFIC

Sympathy for the Devil (Environment)

An elusive Tasmanian marsupial is menaced by a lethal epidemic and a rapacious new predator