"U.N. agency warning on bird flu"

[GreenPartyVoter]

ROME, Italy (AP) -- The bird flu virus that has hit several countries in Asia is likely to spread to Europe, the Middle East, south Asia and Africa, a U.N. food agency said Wednesday.

The Food and Agriculture Organization said the virus is likely to be carried over long distances by wild water birds.

Birds flying from Siberia, where the virus has recently spread, may carry the disease to the Caspian and Black Seas, "in the foreseeable future," the Rome-based agency said.

"These regions and countries in the Balkans could become a potential gateway to central Europe for the virus," the FAO said in a statement.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/31/europe.birdflu.ap/index.html

[RaleighNCDUer]

1. Hey,

one catastrophic natural disaster at a time, OK?

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. I wish the world really worked that way. :^(