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CAMPUS NEWS Febnm' 15,2096 2 Bird Flu Found in Italy and Greece JACKIE BULLOCK Staff Writer The bird flu virus that has killed 88 people worldwide has been discovered in Italy and Greece. Seventeen dead swans were found in three Italian regions— Puglia and Calabria, located in southern Italy, and Sicily. An Asso ciated Press story reported that Italian health minis ter, Francesco Storace, said that of the seventeen dead swans five were found to be infected with the H5N1 vi rus. Storace also said that the birds had arrived from the Balkans and were most likely pushed south by the cold weather. Greek authorities also re ported on Saturday, Febru ary 11, that bird flu had been found in northern Greece. Health officials in Azerbai jan said that dead birds from the country’s Caspian Sea coast were found to be in fected with the virus. The virus also has been detected in wild swans in Bulgaria. No human cases of bird flu have been reported from the countries. Also, in Nigeria, it is thought that bird flu may be in as many as eight of the country’s 36 smtes, causing officials to believe that the virus may have been spread ing in Afnca long before it was'detected. Three states in northern Nigeria have been confirmed as having the vi rus: Kaduna, Kano, and Pla teau. In Kaduna, Nigerian health officials were awaiting con firmation of test results on two brothers, a four-year-old and a four-month old, who may be the first Africans in fected with the virus. The children’s father said that the children had become ill after all 250 of his geese, chickens, and turkeys died suddenly. The father re ported that the children had high temperatures and were coughing up blood. He said . that he took the children to the hospital and that they had recovered—adding that the eldest child had returned to school. The family lives close to a farm where the vi rus has been confirmed. A commercial farm in Ka duna that raises chickens, geese and ostriches was dis covered to have the virus; 46,000 birds were slaugh tered. Farmers in other northern regions also have reported mass deaths of poultry. Bird fiu began infecting poultry in Asia in2003, caus ing the slaughter of millions of birds. It is highly conta gious in birds but no human to human cases of transmis sion have been reported. Humans become infected when they come into contact with sick birds but scientists fear that the virus may mu tate. The World Health Or ganization has confirmed a total of 165 human cases in countries including Cambo dia, China, Indonesia, Iraq, Thailand, Turkey, and Viet- The Olympic Tradition RACHEL McELWAIN Staff Writer On Friday night, the world came together to celebrate the opening ceremony of the 20th Winter Olympic Games, held this year in the Italian city of Turin. The Olympic tradition dates back to 776 BC when the ancient Greeks began the competitions, then areligious ceremony and source of na tional pride. Ancient Greek cities competed against one another for nearly 12 centu ries, encouraging good rela tions between cities and rais ing national pride. Today’s Modem Games carry on the tradition of peaceful competition and were reinstated in 1896, ex panding the competition to include athletes from 14 na tions. By the 1900 Games in Paris, women had been allowed to join the competi tion, reflecting the suffrage movements occurring across the globe. Eighty National Olympic Committees are represented at this year’s Winter Games in Turin. 2600 athletes will compete in 15 different dis ciples for the 84 titles to be awarded. Of these 2600 competitors, only 38% are women. The longstanding meaning behind the Olympic Gaines has evolved into a concept that allows conflicting na tions to compete in peace. Although tragedies like the terrorist attack at the Mu nich Games in 1972 and the Atlanta bombing in 1996 cannot be forgotten, the Olympic goal of peaceful competition and worldwide unity overcomes more often than not. The ideal of the Olympic Truce can be seen in the unified front presented by athletes from North and South Korea, competing as one team bearing the name Koreas. During Friday night’s opening ceremony, Brian Williams commented that “Sports have done what politics and diplomats have been trying to do for years.” By Monday evening, the American team had won four gold medals and two silvers. Competition will continue through the 26th of February and footage from the day’s events airs every evening at 8pm on NBC. Jcimiis luo‘«l;iyN('' Tpm lirowii R(H)iii. Tiillcy Siuticiil Cciilcr NC Sliiic I'ni'vryty I'm niuro infdniuiiinn L-all ‘)I0.821.‘)823 7th Annual Let’s Talk R.A.C.E. Conference “Music in Schools” Sponsored by UNC Teaching Fellows Racial Attitudes and Conversation in Education Saturday, February 18,2006 9:00t5:00 p.m. East Chapel Hill High School Speakers include: Rosa Clemente - co-founder of the National Hip Hop Convention Nick Jaffe - musician and teacher Georgiary McElveen - founder & president of Boston Urban Music Project (BUMP) Register at http://www.unc.edu/sites/ltr/ Teacher Network Fair Are you interested in the teaching profession? If so, the Teacher Network Fair is your chance to connect with representatives from puWic, private, charter, and magnet schools for full-time teaching positions. This event will be held on Thursday, March 9 from 9:30am-12:30pm in Belk Dining Hall. If teaching is the career of your choice, make sure to take advantage of this opportunity.
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