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Tuesday August 23, 3:44 PM Pig disease claims 40th human life in ChinaA pig-borne disease has claimed a 40th human life in China, and the first in southern Guangdong province, days after the government said it had brought the disease under control elsewhere. Three other people in Guangdong were also found to be infected with the streptococosis suis bacteria, provincial health bureau Wei Jiafen said. "The lone fatality occurred in Yangjiang (city)," he told AFP. All the other fatalities from the disease were recorded in Sichuan province, further west, which also has about 200 infections. The latest announcement came two...