S Korea crisis talks on bird flu Bird farmers fear bankruptcy South Korean ministers have held an emergency meeting to discuss how to contain an outbreak of bird flu, which has previously proved fatal in humans. Since the virus was discovered at a farm 80km (50 miles) south of Seoul last week, more than 200,000 chickens and ducks have been culled. The meeting took place as another farm was found to be infected. However, there is no proof yet that the South Korean strain of the Avian flu can infect human beings.A variant of the virus killed seven people in...