where 12 people have died of bird flu -- could serve as a regional bird flu vaccine centre to save every country having to build up its own stockpiles. "If we would form a networking of stock, and we can borrow each other's if things are happening some place, that might be a better way out instead of every country trying to have their own stockpile," Thaksin said on a visit to Finland. Leavitt, who is visiting bird flu-hit countries in Southeast Asia, said in Hanoi: "H5N1 is mostly an animal disease today. To stop it from spreading to humans, we have to stop it in birds." To calm the public, the Turkish and French prime ministers made a point of eating chicken. --more 2234 Local Time 1934 GMT
