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World Service,19 Nov 2005,22 mins

Bird Flu Fears in Hong Kong

From Our Own Correspondent

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As China announces its first case of bird flu, plans to contain a possible global pandemic. Hong Kong has introduced screening for people coming in from mainland following China's first cases of bird flu. Also in the programme fears of a new war in Africa between Eritrea and the Sudan, a debate over what it means to be European at a conference in Berlin and what happened to the Italian pensioner who wanted a new family. Presenter: Francis Lyne.

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