<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Birds: News &amp; Videos about Birds - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Birds</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Birds from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:54:52 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Birds: News &amp; Videos about Birds - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.edition.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Birds</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Birds from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Exxon Mobil to pay $600,000 for deaths of 85 protected birds</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/13/exxon.mobil.birds/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/08/13/exxon.mobil.birds/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Oil giant Exxon Mobil Corp. has pleaded guilty and will pay $600,000 in fines for the deaths of 85 protected migratory birds in the company's wastewater ponds in five states.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Night owls may benefit from evening strength</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/night.owl.morning/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/07/09/night.owl.morning/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If you have a hard time crawling out of bed in the morning, it could be that your body is biologically programmed to start the day later.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 15:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bird strike that downed plane was by migratory species</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/06/08/usair.bird.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/06/08/usair.bird.strike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>You can blame it on out-of-towners.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 23:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Scientists track penguin poop from space</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/02/penguin.satellite.images/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/06/02/penguin.satellite.images/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Call it a case of high tech meeting low tech, really the lowest of tech.</description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Head-banging parrot proves birds can dance</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/01/dancing.parrots/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/05/01/dancing.parrots/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>(CNN) -- A head-banging parrot who became a YouTube sensation has demonstrated that an ability to appreciate music and keep a rhythm is not unique to humans, scientists say.</description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 13:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Venezuela to give island to New Jersey</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/23/venezuela.island/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/23/venezuela.island/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Venezuela will give a 300-acre island in the Delaware River to the state of New Jersey, the governor's office announced.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ninety years of birdwatchers' notes going online</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/26/pp.bird.usgs/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/26/pp.bird.usgs/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 100 years ago, J.A. Loring had his eyes on the California sky and his hand on a pen.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Many bird populations in trouble, report says</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/19/endangered.birds.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/03/19/endangered.birds.report/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Bird populations native to several areas of the globe are in decline, with some teetering on the brink of extinction, according to a multi-agency report, the first of its kind, released Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Biologist: Birds competing for airspace with planes</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/15/dolbeer.birdstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/01/15/dolbeer.birdstrikes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The problem of planes hitting birds comes down to a key fact: "We're competing for airspace," says Richard Dolbeer, a biologist who spent 20 years studying the problem at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:46:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flight of the penguins: Rescuers return wayward birds home</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/08/rescued.penguins/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/10/08/rescued.penguins/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Flying penguins are unusual. Especially when they fly on a C-130 Hercules military plane.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Penguins Ride Air Force Jet to South Atlantic</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847845,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847845,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>More than 370 penguins that mysteriously washed up on Brazil's equatorial beaches were flown south on a huge air force cargo plane and released closer to the frigid waters they call home</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 15:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beaches Once Thick with Birds Quiet Thanks to Ike</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847225,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1847225,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>One of North America's renowned bird migration and bird watching areas is strangely silent. Blame Hurricane Ike</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Baby Penguins Showing Up Dead in Brazil</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1824509,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1824509,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin experts said Friday</description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>IUCN Red List for birds 2008</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/10/CC.IUCN.Endangeredspecies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/10/CC.IUCN.Endangeredspecies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In May 2008, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) published its Red List for birds.The latest research shows that one in eight bird species are at risk of extinction. Climate change, the report says, is firmly established as an accelerant to many of the factors contributing to loss in the number of species.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 12:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ailing Penguins Signal Sea Problems</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1819355,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1819355,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The dwindling march of the penguins is signaling that the
 world's oceans are in trouble, scientists now say</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Energy, wealth and wildlife: Wyoming looks for harmony</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/24/gas.wildlife.wyoming/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/07/24/gas.wildlife.wyoming/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Call it modern horse-trading. Balancing the nation's energy needs with its interests in protecting wildlife and habitats. </description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Fear of a Black Swan</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/31/news/economy/gelman_taleb.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/31/news/economy/gelman_taleb.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>In two bestselling books, "Fooled by Randomness" and "The Black Swan," Nassim Nicholas Taleb has explored the ways people misunderstand randomness and risk. At the heart of his thinking is the idea of a "Black Swan" - an unlikely but not impossible catastrophe that no one ever seems to plan for. In an e-mail and telephone exchange with Fortune's Eric Gelman that began with Taleb in the Yucatán for the equinox, the New York City-based former trader turned scholar and essayist expounds on the role of Black Swans in the current market crisis.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pilot charged in San Francisco Bay Bridge spill</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/17/sf.oiltanker.pilot/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/17/sf.oiltanker.pilot/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The pilot of the oil tanker that crashed into the San Francisco Bay Bridge, causing a major oil spill last year, has been charged in federal court with criminal negligence in the accident.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 02:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is it Getting Too Warm for Penguins?
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1712518,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1712518,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A new study finds that rising temperatures are in danger of wiping out the king penguins of Antarctica</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Stadium officials want to shoot down pigeons pooping on fans</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/09/28/bc.fbn.bengals.pigeonpo.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/09/28/bc.fbn.bengals.pigeonpo.ap/index.html</guid><description>Paul Brown Stadium officials want permission to shoot down pigeons that are pooping on Bengals fans' heads -- and in their food and beer -- during games.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Pigeons Led To Bridge Collapse?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1655309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1655309,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description> Pounded and strained by heavy traffic and weakened by missing bolts and cracking steel, the failed Interstate 35W bridge over the Mississippi River also faced a less obvious enemy: pigeons</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 21:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bald eagle soars off endangered list</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/28/bald.eagle.delisting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/28/bald.eagle.delisting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The bald eagle, America's national symbol, is flying high after spending three decades in recovery. On Thursday, the government took the eagle off the Endangered Species Act's "threatened" list.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 07:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy big beak: Giant penguins dwarfed modern versions </title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/26/giant.penguin/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/26/giant.penguin/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Picture this: A giant penguin with a long, peculiar beak, lounging in the warm sun.</description><pubDate>Sat, 30 Jun 2007 04:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Audubon: Common backyard birds becoming less common</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/14/bird.decline/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/14/bird.decline/index.html</guid><description>Some of the most common birds seen and heard in American back yards are becoming a less frequent sight and sound in much of the United States, according to a study released by the National Audubon Society.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2007 20:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bald eagle soaring 'success,' but at what cost?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/07/bald.eagle.delisting/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TECH/science/06/07/bald.eagle.delisting/index.html</guid><description>The bald eagle is officially about to become a "conservation success story" for the U.S. government, which has worked for more than three decades to help the national symbol recover from habitat destruction, illegal shooting and contamination of its food source.</description><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jun 2007 13:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hunting with Falcons</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0705/gallery.hunting_Falcons.fsb/index.html</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fsb/0705/gallery.hunting_Falcons.fsb/index.html</guid><description>A West Coast school teaches the ancient art of handling birds of prey.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 21:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking the kids: To the Galapagos Islands</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/25/galapagos/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/04/25/galapagos/index.html</guid><description>The teen was having a fit. He was hungry, and his mother had left to go to work. His father couldn't calm him down and finally gave up trying. The teen stomped around, squawking. Sound familiar?</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Falcon eggs relocated from precarious perch</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/falcon.rescue/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/US/03/31/falcon.rescue/index.html</guid><description>A peregrine falcon shrieked from above as scientists snatched three eggs from a precarious nest under a bridge, to save the chicks from a possible deadly fall or car collision when they hatch.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 12:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Can This Guy's Goose Lay a Golden Egg?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/11/01/8392025/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/11/01/8392025/index.htm</guid><description>Gourmet diners in search of the rich, buttery delicacy known as foie gras are having an increasingly tough time tracking it down. Since August, Chicago restaurants have not been allowed to serve th... </description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 16:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Flocking to Louisiana</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/01/25/louisiana.birds/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/01/25/louisiana.birds/index.html</guid><description>They don't make a sound. They just appear as a burst of pink. But in this flat world of tan grasses and steel-gray water, a wave of roseate spoonbills against a bright blue sky sets off visual alarms as arresting as lightning flashes.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An insider's guide to penguins</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/12/insider.penguins/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/12/12/insider.penguins/index.html</guid><description>They're cute, furry and flightless, but they've been accused of being behind "far left propaganda," and knocking the world's deadliest spy his box office perch. Here we explain the penguin phenomenon taking the world by storm.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Dec 2006 10:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Four favorite getaways</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/09/21/fav.getaways/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TRAVEL/DESTINATIONS/09/21/fav.getaways/index.html</guid><description>On your next mini-vacation, head for one of the Coastal Living staff's favorite destinations. These spots have etched a special place in our hearts and we'd like to share them with you.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A flighty hobby? Pay $9,000 to watch birds</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/07/01/8380528/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/07/01/8380528/index.htm</guid><description>Like Force Recon Marines scouting an enemy field, 11 over-the-hill birders and two tour guides jump from a pair of vans, toting binoculars and $2,000 Swarovski scopes. They rush to the top of a fre... </description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why You Can't Believe Predictions</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/07/01/8380756/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2006/07/01/8380756/index.htm</guid><description>Stephen Roach has changed his mind. In early May, the widely followed chief economist at Morgan Stanley declared that the economy might not be going to hell in a handbasket after all. A famous pess... </description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Jul 2006 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Shuttle team shoos away vultures</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/30/shuttle.vultures/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/TECH/space/06/30/shuttle.vultures/index.html</guid><description>Vultures and space shuttles do not fly together well.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly bird flu confirmed in UK</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/06/swan.flu.britain/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/04/06/swan.flu.britain/index.html</guid><description>British authorities have begun deploying emergency measures to control the spread of bird flu after the country's first case of the deadly H5N1 virus was confirmed in a dead swan found in a Scottish village.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2006 14:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. expands bird flu screening</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/03/20/bird.flu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/03/20/bird.flu/index.html</guid><description>Detection of the highly pathogenic avian flu virus H5N1 inside the United States could come as early as this year, as government officials unveiled plans to increase monitoring and expand screening of migratory birds that could bring it.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>France reports 11 new H5N1 cases</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/03/02/france.birdflu.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/03/02/france.birdflu.ap/index.html</guid><description>France reported 11 new cases of H5N1 bird flu in wild birds on Thursday in an area already hit by the lethal virus.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Mar 2006 16:34:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tower of London cages its ravens</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/21/birdflu.london/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/21/birdflu.london/index.html</guid><description>The Tower of London, home to Britain's Crown Jewels, has decided to keep its ravens indoors to protect them from the threat of bird flu.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 13:50:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Europe scrambles to stop bird flu</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/15/birdflu.wrap/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/15/birdflu.wrap/index.html</guid><description>European Union veterinary experts have backed plans to boost surveillance of migratory birds and impose stricter bans on imports as officials desperately tried to find ways to curb the spread of deadly bird flu on the continent.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 06:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bird flu reports spread in Europe</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/14/austria.birdflu/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/conditions/02/14/austria.birdflu/index.html</guid><description>Three new countries on Tuesday reported they had detected the deadly strain of bird flu as public health officials battled the H5N1 strain of avian influenza on various fronts across the globe.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Africa the hot zone for bird flu?</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/02/birdflu.africa/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/11/02/birdflu.africa/index.html</guid><description>For Ugandan beachcomber George Bukenya, identifying bird flu is like identifying pornography -- he says he'll know it when he sees it.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 04:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>French tourist 'not carrying H5N1'</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/28/birdflu.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/28/birdflu.main/index.html</guid><description>A 43-year-old man at first thought to have possibly been infected with the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus is in fact suffering from another type of flu, French authorities said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lethal bird flu found in Croatia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/26/birdflu.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/26/birdflu.main/index.html</guid><description>The dangerous H5N1 strain of bird flu that has killed more than 60 people in Asia, has now been found in Croatia, the European Union has announced.</description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2005 06:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bird flu death, spread shakes Asia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/25/birdflu.main.0453/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/25/birdflu.main.0453/index.html</guid><description>Indonesia said on Tuesday testing had confirmed that a man who died in September was positive for bird flu, raising the number of deaths from the virus in the country to four.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 08:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Third outbreak of China bird flu</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/25/birdflu.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/25/birdflu.main/index.html</guid><description>The European Commission has announced a ban on imports of live birds as China announces its third outbreak of bird flu in a week and Indonesia confirms its fourth human death from the virus.</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2005 04:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parrot had deadly bird flu strain</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/24/birdflu.main.1924/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/24/birdflu.main.1924/index.html</guid><description>Britain has confirmed that the bird flu virus that killed a parrot in quarantine was the same deadly strain that has devastated poultry stocks and killed more than 60 people in Asia.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New bird flu outbreak in Russia</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/24/birdflu.main.0728/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/24/birdflu.main.0728/index.html</guid><description>Another region in European Russia, Tambov, located 400 kilometers (250 miles) southeast of Moscow, has confirmed an outbreak of deadly bird flu virus, a senior regional animal health official said.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 11:28:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>EU imposes Croatia bird flu ban</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/24/birdflu.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/24/birdflu.main/index.html</guid><description>European Union officials have imposed a temporary ban on imports of live poultry, game and feathers from Croatia after at least six swans died there from bird flu.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 07:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Parrot in Britain dies of bird flu</title><link>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/22/birdflu.main/index.html</link><guid>http://edition.cnn.com/2005/HEALTH/conditions/10/22/birdflu.main/index.html</guid><description>The British government says a parrot imported from Suriname that died in quarantine two days ago was infected with the "highly pathogenic" H5 strain of bird flu.</description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2005 04:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Turkey tests nine for bird 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