Turkey Accused of Slow Bird-Flu Response (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060112/ap_on_he_me/turkey_bird_flu"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060112/capt.ppc10401121134.turkey_bird_flu_ppc104.jpg?x=86&y=130&sig=L2YuHu.WYdxAYahGubMcPA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="A Turkish Agriculture Ministry employee holds a duck as he collects poultry in a small village near the eastern Turkish town of Dogubayazit, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2006. Turkey's fast-moving outbreak of bird flu prompted authorities across Europe to take more steps to keep the deadly H5N1 strain from spreading, despite assurances from the World Health Organization that there was no evidence of person-to-person infection and no reason to panic. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)" border="0" /></a>AP - Local officials accused Turkey's government Thursday of moving too slowly to slaughter fowl when bird flu was still confined to birds, as the number of people infected with the deadly H5N1 strain climbed to 18.</p><br clear=all>