MOSCOW, August 24 (RIA Novosti) - Bird flu has been confirmed in a total of 45 villages, Russia's Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Supervision said in a press release Wednesday. "Bird flu has been confirmed in 45 settlements, while the situation in another 75 remains unclear as of August 24," the service said. Lab tests confirmed the virus had hit poultry flocks in eight villages in the Altai region, in the south of West Siberia on the Kazakh border. The disease could hit another four settlements. The virus, which could have been brought into Russia by migrating birds resting...