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A striking coal miner places a burning tire onto a barricade on the A-66 motorway to protest the government's spending cuts in the mining sector, in Campomanes, near Oviedo, northern Spain, May 29, 2012. Spain's economy is contracting for the second time since late 2009 and four years of stagnation and recession have pushed unemployment above 24 percent, the highest rate in the European Union. REUTERS/Eloy Alonso

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BEIJING | Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:17pm EDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A teenage boy died after falling ill with the H5N1 bird flu virus, Chinese state media reported on Thursday.

The 16-year-old came from Bengbu in eastern China's rural Anhui province, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a provincial health official. The boy was admitted to hospital on March 18 after falling ill with a fever and he died on Tuesday.

Tests by China's disease control authorities confirmed he had the H5N1 bird flu strain, which can spread from birds to humans through close contact. China has now reported a total of 24 human cases of bird flu, including 15 deaths since 2003.
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