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...notify their counterparts in Heilongjiang until five days after the blast, on Nov. 18. The central question?When were all the relevant authorities informed of the massive chemical leak??is still unanswered. And residents of both provinces were deliberately kept in the dark. "There are many ways to spread information," explained SEPA's vice director, Zhang Lijun, at a press conference last week. "Notifying the people is one way, and notifying local governments and affected enterprises is another...
...desert region may have tasted a hint of a more enticing asset. Many of the once palatial homes of its former merchants, who made their riches during the heyday of the Raj, are up for grabs. By some estimates, as many as 10,000 of these crumbling structures are spread across the sands, awaiting rescue. Authorities hope that some will be turned into hotels or museums, boosting the local economy...
...Vietnam have contracted the virus-and 67 of them have died-this year. While human fatalities in Indonesia have been relatively few (13 known infections and eight dead), the number of infected birds in the country is thought to be significant. "Based on our research, the virus has spread all over the city," Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono told reporters last week in Jakarta. "It is very serious...
...government has so far resisted mass killing of birds even though the virus has been detected in at least 23 of the country's 32 provinces. Compensation to farmers remains the main issue, with the government opting for vaccination as a less expensive way of controlling the spread of the virus in birds. "The government has allocated 134 billion rupiah [about $15 million] for vaccines, surveillance and prevention, but only a small amount for compensation, as mass culling is not the official policy," explains Mulyanto, an expert from the Agriculture Ministry's surveillance department...
...While the spread of bird flu has yet to cause significant panic, the government is taking seriously fears that the virus may jump into the human population. On Friday, Health Minister Siti Fadila Supari announced that Indonesia had been granted a license to produce Tamiflu, the best-known treatment for bird flu. Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche approved requests to domestically produce and distribute the medication in Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand, where the anti-viral drug is not patent protected...