CNN.com - APEC: Trade talk progress needed - Nov 19, 2005
BUSAN, South Korea (AP) -- Asia-Pacific leaders including U.S. President George W. Bush and China's Hu Jintao have sought to breathe life into stalled global trade negotiations at an annual summit with a statement calling for a breakthrough in a stalemate with Europe over agricultural subsidies.
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China to Vaccinate All Its Poultry - New York Times: "BEIJING, Nov. 15 - China's Agriculture Ministry said Tuesday that it would inject all of the nation's 5.2 billion chickens, geese and ducks with a vaccine against bird flu."
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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Eighth bird flu outbreak in China
The authorities in China have announced another outbreak of bird flu - the country's eighth within a month.

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BBC NEWS | Technology | Sony stops making anti-piracy CDs
Sony has said it will suspend the production of music CDs with anti-piracy technology that can leave computers vulnerable to viruses.

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First Death Is Reported in Paris Riots as Arson Increases - New York Times
PARIS, Monday, Nov. 8 - France's growing urban unrest claimed its first life today and Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin later indicated on French television that the government was near a decision to allow local officials to impose curfews.

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Six million birds culled in China
Six million poultry have been killed in a mass cull in a Chinese province hit by bird flu, state-run media have said.

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VOA News - Japan, North Korea Reach No Agreements During Direct Talks
Japanese officials on Saturday said no breakthroughs came out of two days of direct talks with North Korea held in Beijing. The discussions were the first to be held in a year between two Asian neighbors that have never had diplomatic relations.

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Indonesia confirms fifth bird flu death - Yahoo! News
JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia has confirmed its fifth death from bird flu after tests by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

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Want 'War and Peace' Online? How About 20 Pages at a Time? - New York Times: "In a race to become the iTunes of the publishing world, Amazon.com and Google are both developing systems to allow consumers to purchase online access to any page, section or chapter of a book. These programs would combine their already available systems of searching books online with a commercial component that could revolutionize the way that people read books."

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BBC NEWS | Health | Asia 'not hiding bird flu cases'
There is no evidence of hidden cases of bird flu in people in South-East Asia, British scientists have stated.

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Climate response risks to nature
Some animals are responding to climate change in ways which could threaten their survival, a new study finds.

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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | World Bank warns of bird flu cost
The World Bank has described the potential economic impact of a global bird flu pandemic as a "grave concern".

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