•But….
–Consider:
–BBC Newshour
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–This is why the world
community seems now to be acting swiftly…
•"$1.9bn pledged for bird flu fight," BBC News Online, (18
January 2006).
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•The World Bank
requested $1.5bn to fight the virus, which has killed almost 80 people. Rupert Wingfield-Hayes reports from
Beijing.