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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