Fifth Indonesian dies of bird flu
27th Sep 2005, 01:50 GMT
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A 27-year-old Indonesian woman died in a Jakarta hospital on Monday after suffering from bird flu and a five-year-old girl who died last week was suspected to have carried the disease, officials said on Monday.
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