Beijing Poultry Markets Closed, Homes Searched
From Times Wire Reports
China ordered the closure of all live poultry markets in Beijing and conducted door-to-door searches for chickens and ducks as it toughened its efforts to fight bird flu. Beijing also said that 6 million birds had been killed near the most recent outbreak.
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