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  <title><![CDATA[Has Nature Journal Given Terrorists the Secret of H5N1 Mutant Flu Virus?]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Nature&#039;s controversial bird flu research paper reveals how to create deadly flu epidemic.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336727/20120503/deadly-bird-flu-research-papers-published.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/336727/20120503/deadly-bird-flu-research-papers-published.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2012 09:40:42 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[India challenges U.S. visa rules at WTO, eyes steel case]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[India is challenging a U.S. law that raised visa fees for high-skilled foreign workers as a violation of global trade commitments and is planning another case against U.S. import duties on steel pipe, Indian officials said on Tuesday in the latest sign of prickly trade ties between the two allies.]]></description>
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  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:14:02 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Biosecurity Experts Back down on Mutant H5N1 Bird Flu Strain Studies]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[US experts drop opposition to publishing controversial research into H5N1 strain over fears it could be used by terrorists.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/323398/20120403/bird-flu-h5n1-mutant-virus-study-published.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/323398/20120403/bird-flu-h5n1-mutant-virus-study-published.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:44:05 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Research Released From Quarantine; Pandemic Threat Downplayed]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The controversial bird flu research that was deemed a threat to national security in December got the OK to be published by a panel of scientists on Friday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/322958/20120402/bird-flu-research-publish.htm</guid>
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  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 16:29:58 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Tech Companies Alarmed by India Purchasing Plan, Press Obama Govt to Intervene]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Leading U.S. software and technology companies on Wednesday pressed President Barack Obama&#039;s administration for quick action on a new Indian government policy that they said threatens U.S. exports to the fast-growing economy.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311108/20120308/software-technology-companies-indian-government-policy-threatens.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/311108/20120308/software-technology-companies-indian-government-policy-threatens.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 06:15:58 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Tech Groups Alarmed by India Purchasing Plan]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Leading software and technology companies on Wednesday pressed President Barack Obama&#039;s administration for quick action on a new Indian government policy that they said threatens exports to the fast-growing economy.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/310959/20120308/u-s-tech-groups-alarmed-india-purchasing.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/310959/20120308/u-s-tech-groups-alarmed-india-purchasing.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:11:24 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. tech groups alarmed by India purchasing plan]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Leading software and technology companies on Wednesday pressed President Barack Obama&#039;s administration for quick action on a new Indian government policy that they said threatens exports to the fast-growing economy.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/310895/20120307/utech-groups-alarmed-by-india-purchasing-plan.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/310895/20120307/utech-groups-alarmed-by-india-purchasing-plan.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:28:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Approves First 4-in-1 Flu Vaccine]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The FDA approved the first flu vaccine to protect against four strains of the virus.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307690/20120301/flu-vaccine-4-1-fda-approves.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/307690/20120301/flu-vaccine-4-1-fda-approves.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:42:46 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bat Flu Discovered in Guatemala, Human Risk Unknown]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Researchers have discovered a new strain of the flu virus in bats.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306162/20120228/bat-flu-discovered-human-risk.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/306162/20120228/bat-flu-discovered-human-risk.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 15:21:24 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu More Common and Less Deadly Than Originally Estimated, Study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[More people may have been infected with bird flu than previously thought, making the disease more common and less deadly than previously estimated]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/304202/20120224/bird-flu-more-common-less-deadly.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/304202/20120224/bird-flu-more-common-less-deadly.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:18:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Deadly Bird Flu Studies to Stay Secret for Now: WHO]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300962/20120218/deadly-bird-flu-studies-stay-secret-now.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300962/20120218/deadly-bird-flu-studies-stay-secret-now.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:06:14 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WHO: Results of Bird Flu Experiment to be Published, Study Makes Transmission Easier]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Scientists and experts from the United Nation&#039;s World Health Organisation (WHO), said they will soon publish results of recent experiments on the H5N1 bird flu virus, despite the possibility of it being misused by terrorists.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300825/20120218/bird-flu-experiment-results-published-who.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300825/20120218/bird-flu-experiment-results-published-who.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:38:52 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Deadly bird flu studies to stay secret for now - WHO]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organisation  said on Friday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300765/20120217/deadly-bird-flu-studies-to-stay-secret-for-now-who.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300765/20120217/deadly-bird-flu-studies-to-stay-secret-for-now-who.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:42:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Deadly H5N1 Flu Studies Put on Hold Until Risks Known]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two studies showing how scientists mutated the H5N1 bird flu virus into a form that could cause a deadly human pandemic will be published only after experts fully assess the risks, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300675/20120217/deadly-h5n1-flu-world-health-organization-risks.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/300675/20120217/deadly-h5n1-flu-world-health-organization-risks.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:09:13 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decision Time for Researchers of Deadly Bird Flu]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/299216/20120215/decision-time-researchers-deadly-bird-flu.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/299216/20120215/decision-time-researchers-deadly-bird-flu.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:34:57 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu: Decision Time for Researchers]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/299104/20120215/bird-flu-decision-time-researchers.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/299104/20120215/bird-flu-decision-time-researchers.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:07:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Decision Time for Researchers of Deadly Bird Flu]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[When 22 bird flu experts meet at the World Health Organization (WHO) this week, they will be tasked with deciding just how far scientists should go in creating lethal mutant viruses in the name of research.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/298460/20120214/decision-time-researchers-deadly-bird-flu.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/298460/20120214/decision-time-researchers-deadly-bird-flu.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:03:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Australia Slaughters Thousands of Ducks to Contain the Avian Flu Virus]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Australian authorities have ordered on Wednesday the destruction of some 24,000 ducks in Victoria to contain the spread of the avian flu detected in the southern region of the country.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291578/20120202/australia-slaughters-thousands-duck-contain-avian-flu.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291578/20120202/australia-slaughters-thousands-duck-contain-avian-flu.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:18:56 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Panel Defends Call to Censor Bird Flu Studies]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A potentially deadlier form of the bird flu virus poses one of the gravest known threats to humans and justifies an unprecedented call to censor the research that produced it, a top U.S. biosecurity official said on Tuesday.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291161/20120201/u-s-panel-defends-call-censor-bird.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/291161/20120201/u-s-panel-defends-call-censor-bird.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:37:54 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Created Bird Flu Superbug that Could Set Off Next Global Pandemic]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[During roughly the same time period that health experts worldwide have been warning that the infamous H5N1 avian flu virus could soon morph into a highly-transmissible, exceedingly-deadly &quot;super strain&quot; capable of killing millions, scientists from around the world have been exposed deliberately developing such a strain in laboratories.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/290665/20120131/scientists-created-bird-flu-superbug-set-next.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/290665/20120131/scientists-created-bird-flu-superbug-set-next.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:11:23 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Queen Takes on Mike Tyson In Pigeon Race]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The Queen&#039;s racing bird Royal Desire is taking on Mike Tyson&#039;s thoroughbred fliers in Sun City, South Africa.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/289024/20120128/queen-england-verses-boxing-legend-mike-tyson.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/289024/20120128/queen-england-verses-boxing-legend-mike-tyson.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 05:54:09 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Death Reported in Southwest China]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A man in southwest China died of bird flu on Sunday after three days of intensive care treatment in hospital, the official Xinhua news agency quoted the Ministry of Health as saying.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/286044/20120123/bird-flu-death-reported-southwest-china.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/286044/20120123/bird-flu-death-reported-southwest-china.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:45:15 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Fears of a Mutant Virus Flying the Coop Halt Bird-Flu Study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Researchers studying a potentially more lethal, airborne version of the bird-flu virus have suspended their studies because of concerns the mutant virus they have created could be used as a devastating form of bioterrorism or accidentally escape the lab.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285404/20120121/fears-mutant-virus-flying-coop-halt-bird.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285404/20120121/fears-mutant-virus-flying-coop-halt-bird.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 04:07:16 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bid to Tackle ‘Frankenstein’ Bird Flu Virus: Study Halted for 60 Days]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A huge controversy has erupted after a group of scientists created an incredibly lethal, hyper-contagious bird flu virus so they can come up with a vaccine to prevent it. The airborne version of the strain may easily spread among humans.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285402/20120121/bid-tackle-frankenstein-bird-flu-virus-study.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/285402/20120121/bid-tackle-frankenstein-bird-flu-virus-study.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 03:49:02 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Vaccine Warfare! Texas Carpet-Bombs 7,000 Square Miles with Air-Dropped Rabies Vaccines]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The weaponization of vaccines just took another leap forward in America with the recent air-dropping of rabies vaccines by the Texas Department of State Health Services. Using a battery of small planes based out of Del Rio, Texas recently dropped 1.8 million edible vaccine packets over 7,700 square miles of rural Texas.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/284755/20120119/vaccine-warfare-texas-carpet-bombs-7-000.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/284755/20120119/vaccine-warfare-texas-carpet-bombs-7-000.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:44:51 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Homeland Security: Social Media Web Sites Monitored by Gov’t, Are You Being Watched? [LIST]]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has been monitoring many popular Web sites, including social media like Facebook and Twitter, since June 2010 as a part of a &quot;privacy compliance review,&quot; according to a report detailing the list.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280922/20120112/homeland-security-social-media-websites-monitored-list.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280922/20120112/homeland-security-social-media-websites-monitored-list.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:06:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Homeland Security Watches Twitter, Social Media]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Homeland Security&#039;s command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280876/20120112/homeland-security-watches-twitter-social-media.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280876/20120112/homeland-security-watches-twitter-social-media.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:38:34 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Homeland Security watches Twitter, social media]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Homeland Security&#039;s command center routinely monitors dozens of popular websites, including Facebook, Twitter, Hulu, WikiLeaks and news and gossip sites including the Huffington Post and Drudge Report, according to a government document.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280347/20120111/homeland-security-watches-twitter-social-media.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/280347/20120111/homeland-security-watches-twitter-social-media.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:42:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Asia on Alert as Deadly Bird Flu Virus Rears Its Head Again]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong authorities ban import of poultry from neighbouring areas including Shenzhen and declare &quot;import control zone&quot;.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/275587/20120103/asia-alert-deadly-bird-flu-virus-rears.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/275587/20120103/asia-alert-deadly-bird-flu-virus-rears.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 07:42:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China says latest bird flu virus doesn't jump between humans]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The latest bird flu virus that killed a 39-year-old bus driver in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen over the weekend is not yet transmissible between humans, Chinese health authorities said.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/275207/20120102/china-says-latest-bird-flu-virus-doesnt-jump-between-humans.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/275207/20120102/china-says-latest-bird-flu-virus-doesnt-jump-between-humans.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 04:21:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Travelers to HK, China Urged to take Precaution on Avian Flu Virus]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[As cases of the avian flu virus seems to worsen in southern China bordering Hong Kong, citizens and visitors are again urged to take precautionary measures against the spread of the disease.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/275133/20120101/travelers-hk-china-urged-take-precaution-avian.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/275133/20120101/travelers-hk-china-urged-take-precaution-avian.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 22:31:18 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Chinese Man Dies of Bird Flu Virus]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The H5N1 strain of the flu is extremely dangerous, killing up to 60 percent of people who contract it.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274951/20111231/china-hong-kong-bird-flu-virus.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274951/20111231/china-hong-kong-bird-flu-virus.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 16:13:31 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[China says man dies of bird flu]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A man in southern China&#039;s Guangdong province died of bird flu Saturday a week after being admitted to hospital with a fever, state media reported.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274897/20111231/china-says-man-dies-of-bird-flu.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274897/20111231/china-says-man-dies-of-bird-flu.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:42:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WHO Warns of Bird Flu Research Dangers]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nation&#039;s (UN) healthy agency, has voiced concerns that scientific research on a strain of highly pathogenic influenza could have negative consequences. However, the agency has also acknowledged the need for tightly-controlled studies, to continue to limit the possibility of future risks to global population.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274858/20111231/who-united-nations-warns-bird-flu-research.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274858/20111231/who-united-nations-warns-bird-flu-research.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 04:08:10 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WHO 'Deeply Concerned' by Mutated Birdflu Research]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization issued a stern warning on Friday to scientists who have engineered a highly pathogenic form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, saying their work carries significant risks and must be tightly controlled.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274601/20111230/who-deeply-concerned-mutated-birdflu-research.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274601/20111230/who-deeply-concerned-mutated-birdflu-research.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:21:27 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[WHO "Deeply Concerned" by Mutated Bird Flu Research]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[The World Health Organization issued a stern warning on Friday to scientists who have engineered a highly pathogenic form of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, saying their work carries significant risks and must be tightly controlled.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274583/20111230/who-deeply-concerned-mutated-bird-flu-research.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/274583/20111230/who-deeply-concerned-mutated-bird-flu-research.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 09:04:35 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Create Contagious Killer Flu Virus: U.S. Funded Research, Now Wants it to be Kept Secret]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two teams of researchers, involved in the creation of a modified version of the contagious H5N1 virus (an act funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, according to The Independent) have been asked by the administration to withhold key information to prevent potential bio-weapon threats.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/271388/20111222/scientists-create-contagious-killer-flu-virus-u.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/271388/20111222/scientists-create-contagious-killer-flu-virus-u.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:13:43 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bird Flu Scare this Holidays: Be Aware]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Groups of scientists were hired by the U.S. government to conduct a study about the fatal bird flu virus. The government wants the group to find out if the virus would alter to become more destructive to humans.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/271347/20111222/bird-flu-scare-holidays-aware.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/271347/20111222/bird-flu-scare-holidays-aware.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 03:40:06 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Bird flu bioterror risk seen increased by censorship]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Any number of laboratories worldwide could engineer bird flu viruses into bioterror weapons capable of causing a human pandemic, and U.S. government efforts to censor research might only increase the risk that rogue elements may give it a try.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270958/20111221/bird-flu-bioterror-risk-seen-increased-by-censorship.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270958/20111221/bird-flu-bioterror-risk-seen-increased-by-censorship.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:49:07 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Hong Kong Slaughter 17,000 Chickens After Bird Flu Virus Found]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Hong Kong is on high alert after workers began to slaughter 17,000 chickens on Wednesday after a chicken carcass was found infected with bird flu.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270680/20111221/hong-kong-slaughter-17-000-chickens-bird.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270680/20111221/hong-kong-slaughter-17-000-chickens-bird.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 04:57:50 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[H5N1 Censorship Controversy at Scientific Journals]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A U.S. scientific advisory board on Tuesday asked two scientific journals to leave out data from research studies on a lab-made version of bird flu that could spread more easily to humans, fearing it could be used as a potential weapon.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270297/20111220/h5n1-censorship-controversy-scientific-journals.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270297/20111220/h5n1-censorship-controversy-scientific-journals.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:29:15 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Biological Warfare: Terrorists Could Use New Bird Flu Strain to Kill Millions]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A Dutch laboratory who developed a strain of bird flu which has the potential to kill millions want to publish its research, sparking fears the information could be used by terrorists.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270091/20111220/biological-warfare-terrorists-use-new-bird-flu.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/270091/20111220/biological-warfare-terrorists-use-new-bird-flu.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:14:29 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Scientists Mutate Deadly Avian Flu Virus to Make it Contagious Among Humans]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Dutch scientists have developed a mutant version of the deadly bird flu virus that could spread to humans.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/266259/20111213/scientists-mutate-deadly-avian-flu-virus-make.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/266259/20111213/scientists-mutate-deadly-avian-flu-virus-make.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:35:52 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Changing Attitudes in China over H5N1 Bird Flu]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Two surveys released Wednesday concludes that poultry workers in China still need H5N1 avian flu education and that people in China have changed their eating habits in response to bird flu.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/263911/20111208/changing-attitudes-china-h5n1-bird-flu.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/263911/20111208/changing-attitudes-china-h5n1-bird-flu.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 11:54:04 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Virologist Develops Highly Contagious and Lethal Strain of H5N1 Bird Flu Virus]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A molecular virologist at Erasmus University in the Netherlands has engineered a new H5N1 bird flu virus so lethal that it would kill 59 percent of those infected.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/262705/20111207/virologist-develops-highly-contagious-lethal-strain-h5n1.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/262705/20111207/virologist-develops-highly-contagious-lethal-strain-h5n1.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 01:48:01 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Canberra Vaccine Expert Urges Censorship on Bird Flu Strain Mutant Research]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[A vaccine expert from Canberra&#039;s National Centre for Biosecurity (NCB) wants the formula used by virologists to mutate the bird flu virus into a strain capable of killing humans to be omitted in the published version of their experiment for security reason.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/261012/20111204/vaccine-expert-wants-h5n1-research-publication-censored.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/261012/20111204/vaccine-expert-wants-h5n1-research-publication-censored.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 22:02:23 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[A Single Flu Vaccine to Counteract Multiple Strains: Study]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[According to scientists, the universal flu vaccine - FLU-v - which recently completed a successful trial challenge, is expected to be available in the markets in between three and five years, subject to the National Health Service&#039;s (NHS) approval.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/244484/20111107/single-flu-vaccine-counteract-multiple-strains-study.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/244484/20111107/single-flu-vaccine-counteract-multiple-strains-study.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 05:53:49 EST</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Universal Flu Vaccine Could Be Available by 2014, Scientists Say]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Scientists are scrambling to develop a universal flu vaccine that will protect against all strains of influenza. Some pharmaceutical companies say that vaccine could be available as soon as 2014.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236661/20111024/universal-flu-vaccine-influenza-h1n1-h5n1-bird-swine-strains.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/236661/20111024/universal-flu-vaccine-influenza-h1n1-h5n1-bird-swine-strains.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:00:50 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Birds Can Also Produce Milk For Their Chicks]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[It is a common knowledge that mammals are the only animal types that can produce milk for their babies. However, research shows that even birds like pigeons and flamingos can also feed their chicks with their own milk.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/217877/20110921/birds-can-also-produce-milk-for-their-chicks.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/217877/20110921/birds-can-also-produce-milk-for-their-chicks.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:45:31 EDT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[New Bird Flu Outbreak Reported in India]]></title>
  <description><![CDATA[Authorities in eastern India will start culling chickens and destroying eggs to contain a new outbreak of H5 bird flu, the government said in a statement on Tuesday, as a mutant strain of the virus is spreading elsewhere in Asia.]]></description>
  <guid>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/217320/20110921/new-bird-flu-outbreak-reported-in-india.htm</guid>
  <link>http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/217320/20110921/new-bird-flu-outbreak-reported-in-india.htm</link>
  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 01:17:24 EDT</pubDate>
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