India quarantines eight, slaughters 96,000 chickens in bird flu
battle
India quarantined eight people in hospital and
slaughtered some 96,000 chickens as it tried to contain the
country's first outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.
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Pakistan Islamists target "Bush and Mush" on cartoons
Pakistani Islamists vowed on Monday to broaden a
campaign against cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad to target the
Pakistani and U.S. presidents.
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India throws open rebuilt Kashmir "peace bridge"
A reconstructed bridge which links the Indian
and Pakistani parts of Kashmir across a Himalayan stream was thrown
open.
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