Life & Culture -- October 24, 2005

• All 117 feared dead in Nigerian plane crash
• Britain urges EU to ban exotic bird trade
• Chinese TV fans to promote Korean tourism
• Diabetes fourth killer in Zimbabwe
• European health officials meet to decide countermeasures

• Europe considers live wild bird import ban
• Egypt destroys duckling import to keep out bird flu
• H5N1 bird flu strain found in dead parrot in Britain: officials
• Sweden says dead duck carries no deadly H5N1 flu strain
• Thailand ready to battle bird flu: health minister

• Thai seven-year-old bird flu victim's condition improving