31.   China to issue bird flu alert.

32.   Chicken vendors and politicians camped outside government offices Tuesday for a second straight day, demanding greater compensation for poultry killed in an attack on bird flu.

33.   China denies any cases of bird flu.

34.   Demand is so great that people pay exhorbitant prices, despite lingering fears over a bird flu that has killed six people.

35.   Doctors said Thursday they have developed faster tests for detecting the mysterious bird flu that has killed two people and sickened at least five others in Hong Kong.

36.   Dr Daniel Lavanchy, the head of the influenza program for the World Health Organisation, said people could contract bird flu from diseased chickens in markets.

37.   Dr Fukuda admitted that he did not know what a handful of cases of bird flu meant.

38.   Eighteen people contracted bird flu.

39.   HAINAN Island has joined Hong Kong in banning chicken imports from neighbouring Guangdong province as fears over the deadly bird flu spread to the mainland.

40.   He added that although he received a Christmas greeting from the page he was unable to find out about bird flu.