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Israel testing man for bird flu
Israeli doctors are testing a man from
East Jerusalem for possible bird flu.
If confirmed, it would be the first
case of the disease in the area.
The man, being treated at Hadassah
Hospital, owns chickens which have died
in the last few days, officials said.
The H5N1 strain of the virus has killed
more than 70 people worldwide. Some of
the latest cases have arisen in Turkey.
The man is being treated in the same
hospital where Israeli PM Ariel Sharon
has been in a coma since 4 January.
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