Benin priests battle bird flu with Voodoo
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Sacrificing chickens in a spray of blood, Benin's traditional priests celebrated Voodoo Day on Thursday and declared their ancient religion would protect them from risk of infection by the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
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By Michael Grabell, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 9--Police and religious experts say that a pot containing a human skull, found near the bodies of a missing couple last week, appears to be a shrine of the Afro-Caribbean religion Palo Mayombe.
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The WHO reports three new deaths from bird flu in Vietnam, one of which was from the H5N1 virus strain.
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Laboratory tests have confirmed that a 22- year-old woman in Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria, died from the virulent H5N1 strain of bird flu last month, the World Health Organisation said.
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Vietnam has officially confirmed that two young boys have died from bird flu as state media says two other people are suspected of contracting the virus.
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Okapi are phantasmagoric creatures that have inspired the work of Dr. Terese Hart, the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society in Congo.
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An expert who treated numerous bird flu victims in Vietnam has urged doctors not to lose hope with patients who are admitted late to hospital as there is still a good chance that they can survive.
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A young girl is the 12th victim of bird flu in Vietnam this month, as fears are raised about human transmission.
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Hard-hit Thailand plans a campaign to change poultry farming methods as it seeks to stamp out the deadly bird flu virus before migrating wildfowl return during the
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Many ministries and congregations in the growing African diaspora in the United States and abroad are grappling with witchcraft.
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World Health Organization experts helping Vietnam to battle a recurrence of bird flu said governments should be cautious about prematurely announcing they had beaten the disease, which has killed 27 people this year.
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As the incoming governor prayed for strength to lead Louisiana through its recovery from Hurricane Katrina, the city's infirm gathered at a Mass to pray for their own healing and honor the 19th century priest many call the saint of New Orleans.
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Two Egyptians have tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus, a day after an Egyptian woman died of the disease, Egypt's health ministry said on Thursday.
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A Roman Catholic Diocese has asked priests to refrain from using the communion chalice and parishioners to avoid shaking hands until the end of the flu season.
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A massive army of volunteers wearing protective plastic bags over their flip flops is taking the Thai Prime Minister&#39;s battle against bird flu to its source: Thailand&#39;s chicken coops and live markets.
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BANGKOK : Bird flu fears in Thailand prevented passers-by from helping four people injured in an accident between a drunk-driver and a pick-up truck full of chickens, rescue officials said on Sunday.
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Clergymen struggling to comfort the afflicted in New Orleans are finding they, too, need someone to listen to their troubles.