2/21/2006
Daily Times
ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to ban the import of poultry and live birds from India, Iran and France where cases of bird flu have been reported.
The decision was taken at a joint meeting of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Food and Agriculture chaired by Health Minister Mohammad Nasir Khan on Saturday.
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AFP
Iran has said that 135 wild swans found dead at the Caspian Sea coast have tested positive for the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu, the first cases of the virus to be confirmed in the Islamic republic.
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2/10/2006
Ali R. Forootan
I just came back from Iran. One hot, uncharacteristically humid, afternoon when I was there I sat on the balcony of our apartment to tea and look at the sites of the country that I adore. Tehran is a beautiful city, even with smog hanging in the air.
Anyway, as I drank my tea and read from the afternoon newspaper. I heard a whistle. A high tone note followed by yet a higher tone but different note. I looked down the street and there he stood, a teenage boy, about 12-13. He had dark long hair, bangs grown longer in front, about five feet tall. He was wearing a azure blue shirt, a pair of jeans, and sneakers. He held a plastic ball, with red and white stripes, firmly between his arm and body.
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