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Article: DPRK denies bird flu outbreak
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- June 19, 2008
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DPRK denies bird flu outbreak
PYONGYANG, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic
of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday denied allegations of a bird flu
outbreak in the country.
Official news agency KCNA rebuffed an Associated Press (AP)
report that various types of fowl and a boy had died of bird flu,
accusing AP of fabricating the epidemic situation to ruin the
country's international image.
The DPRK has set up a state emergency anti-epizootic committee as
a national command to combat bird flu, ...