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...INDONESIA and MALAYSIA...
...infect only birds will cross over more or less intact into humans. Because this new strain is so different from garden-variety flu viruses, few people are immune. That is apparently what happened in 1918 and in Hong Kong in 1997, then later in Vietnam and Thailand and in Indonesia this summer and fall...
Since 1997, the H5N1 strain of the avian-flu virus has traveled steadily west across Asia. The current outbreak began in December 2003, infecting humans in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam and Indonesia. Although Southeast Asia has borne the brunt of the disease, scientists fear that infected migratory birds will spread it further, resulting in a global pandemic...
...sweeping language that critics called hyperbole, Bush defined terrorism as being much broader than al-Qaeda and warned that militants have vowed to establish "a radical Islamic empire that spans from Spain to Indonesia." Bush, who rarely mentions Osama bin Laden, invoked the name five times in this kill-or-be-killed speech, which he had planned to give on Sept. 12 but postponed because of Katrina. To the dismay of aides--some White House wordsmiths, including Michael Gerson, had been working on the remarks since July--the news coverage dwelled on two sentences about 10 plots Bush said...
...those that warn U.S. citizens to avoid travel altogether to those that urge extreme caution during travel. The College will still prohibit support for study, research, and extracurricular or volunteer activities in those countries that carry the strongest travel warning—a list of 15 that includes Haiti, Indonesia, and Pakistan...