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                  as of Mon, 13 Feb 2006 13:12:16 GMT

    Bird Flu Inspections Complete in Iraq (AP)

AP - A team of U.N. health experts left Iraq on Monday after completing
 an inspection of areas in northern Iraq where the country's only
 confirmed bird flu case in a human was found.

    Schools Hope Snowshoes Get Kids Moving (AP)

AP - Consider it winter warfare in the battle against childhood obesity.

    Nigeria Ignores Bird Flu Precautions (AP)

AP - Nigeria ignored international recommendations for stopping bird
 flu, keeping poultry markets open on Sunday and letting people move
 their birds around most of the country unrestricted.

    China Issues First Guidelines on HIV (AP)

AP - China issued its first official regulations on how to prevent and
 control the spread of the AIDS virus Sunday, mandating free testing and
 medication for the country's poor.

    Weight-Loss Surgery: For Some, the Last Hope (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, Feb. 12 (HealthDay News) -- When diet, exercise and
 weight-loss medications fail, surgery can offer hope to some of the 23
 million "morbidly obese" Americans who are 100 or more pounds
 overweight.

    Niger helps 15,000 malnourished children in capital (Reuters)

Reuters - Niger, where nearly one in three people went hungry last year
 after drought and locusts hit rural areas, launched a programme on
 Saturday to help 15,200 acutely malnourished children in the capital
 Niamey.

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