By STEPHANIE HOO, Associated Press Writer 12 minutes ago
BEIJING - Authorities ordered all live poultry markets in China's capital to close immediately and went door-to-door seizing chickens and ducks from private homes, as the government dramatically beefed up its fight against bird flu on Monday.
Beijing also announced that 6 million birds had been slaughtered around the site of China's most recent bird flu outbreak, and the
World Health Organization said it had been asked to help in the reopened investigation of the country's possible first human cases of the virus.
Rioting Spreads to 300 Towns in France
AP - 36 minutes ago
PARIS - Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight and a man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday. As urban unrest spread to neighboring Belgium and possibly Germany, the French government faced growing criticism for its inability to stop the violence, despite massive police deployment and continued calls for calm.
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