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 GEESE AND DUCKS PART OF BIRD-FLU PROBE 
 Geese, ducks and other birds may be    
 killed if Honk Kong's mass slaughter of
 chickens fails to wipe out the bird    
 flu, health officials have warned.     
                                        
 Anothjt person — a 19-year-old woman — 
 has been found to have the flu, raising
 the numbjt of confirmed cases to 16.   
                                        
 Four people have died and anothjt five 
 are suspected of having the flu.       
                                        
 Govjtnmjnt tests were being carried out
 on animals othjt than chickens to see  
 whjthjr they transmitted the virus.    
                                        
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