(2)Tokyo to step up monitoring of bird flu outbreak in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A task force of the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry officials is in session Jan. 13 to discuss ways to contain the first outbreak of bird flu in Japan since 1925.

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