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Fishermen pay price in Asia’s volatile sea rifts

By Wed, May 22, 2013 5:30PM UTC Filipino boys carry empty containers for fish in the coastal town of Infanta, Pangasinan province, northwestern Philippines. Pic: AP.

MASINLOC, Philippines (AP) — Along the northwestern Philippine coast, poor children with claw hammers clamber aboard an abandoned fishing vessel to pry loose and steal rusty nails from its deck. It’s become a familiar sight in villages where some fishermen have been forced to give up their livelihoods since China

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Taiwan fighter jet crashes, 2nd in a week

By Mon, May 20, 2013 3:19PM UTC

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A Taiwanese Mirage fighter jet has crashed into the sea off the island’s northwest coast, the second air force fighter to be lost in less than a week. The air force said both Mirage pilots were rescued at sea Monday, after the plane ditched during a

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Concern mounts over new bird flu strain

By Thu, May 02, 2013 12:54AM UTC Concern mounts over new bird flu strain

At least 124 people have so far been infected with the new strain of bird flu known as H7N9. Twenty-four of those victims have died. Any virus with a death rate approaching 20% should be taken extremely seriously, international researchers warn. Professor John McCauley, director of the WHO Collaborating Centre for

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Bird flu crosses borders to Taiwan

By Sun, Apr 28, 2013 1:33PM UTC Pic: AP.

Bird flu is just like birds: it crosses borders without regard for visa regulations and bureaucracy. On April 24, the government of Taiwan confirmed that the virus had been identified in the island, unknowingly carried in by a 53-year-old man who had traveled for work to Suzhou, in eastern China.

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Taiwan watching travelers after H7N9 bird flu case

By Thu, Apr 25, 2013 1:04PM UTC Commuters wear masks at a subway station in Taipei, Taiwan, Thursday. Pic: AP.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan heightened surveillance of travelers from China on Thursday after authorities confirmed the island’s first case of a new deadly strain of bird flu. The 53-year-old man became ill with fever after returning from a visit to the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu on April 9,

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