Japan confirms deadly bird flu outbreak
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070203/ap_on_he_me/japan_bird_flu"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070130/capt.tok11401300640.japan_bird_flu_tok114.jpg?x=130&y=96&sig=8eZYYv.NTU56i0aL7VLDDg--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="In this photo released by Okayama Prefecture, a worker prepares to cull chickens at a farm in the town of Takahashi in Okayama prefecture (state) Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2007. Authorities on Tuesday started culling about 12,000 chickens after authorities have determined that the virulent H5 family of the bird flu virus has killed dozens of chickens at the farm. (AP Photo/Okayama Prefecture, HO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Japanese authorities on Saturday confirmed the country's fourth outbreak of the virulent H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus at a poultry farm in the country's south.</p><br clear="all"/>