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Indonesia announced Thursday it would start sharing all information about its bird flu cases with a new global database to monitor whether the disease is mutating into a dangerous pandemic strain.
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Indonesian Health Minister Siti Fadilah Supari gestures during an interview with The Associated Press in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 29, 2008. Indonesia says it will start sharing all information about its bird flu cases with a new public...
