Officials Confirm Bird Flu Death of Iraqi (AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060130/ap_on_he_me/iraq_bird_flu"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/ap/20060130/capt.bag10401301549.iraq_bird_flu_bag104.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=zm5diMg_jYgy0tDgrJnleA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="An Iraqi boy looks at pet birds at a local bird market, Monday, Jan. 30, 2006, in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi and U.N. health officials said Monday a 15-year-old girl who died in northern Iraq this month was a victim of the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the first confirmed case of the disease in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iraqi and U.N. health officials said Monday a 15-year-old girl who died this month was a victim of the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, the first confirmed case of the disease in the Middle East.</p><br clear=all>