BIRD FLU IN IRAN

A worker walks among chickens at a poultry farm in Mahmoud Abad, 150 km (93 miles) west of Tehran, Oct. 20, 2005. Iran has banned bird hunting and is stocking up on flu vaccines as it braces for what officials acknowledge is a highly likely outbreak of bird flu which has already arrived at its borders. (UPI Photo/Mohammad Kheirkhah)