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A boy cries as he recuperates after surgery during "Operation Smile" at a hospital in Manila's Makati financial district October 26, 2009. Operation Smile aim to provide free surgery for about a hundred children inflicted with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities over a period of five days in Makati. REUTERS/Cheryl Ravelo

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    Swiss report first bird flu case in 2 years

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    Thu Mar 27, 2008 8:22am EDT
    A Swiss Civil Protection unit searches dead birds on the banks of Lake Constance, also known as Bodensee, near the Swiss-German border in Taegerwilen, Switzerland, March 21. 2006. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich

    ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland reported the first case of H5N1 bird flu in the country in two years in a duck on Sempachersee lake, veterinary authorities said on Thursday.

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    The duck, the 33rd case of bird flu in Switzerland, showed no signs of illness, the Federal Veterinary Office said in a statement.

    The other 32 discovered cases of bird flu were all reported in early 2006, on Lake Geneva and Lake Constance.

    Experts fear the H5N1 strain could mutate into a form easily transmitted from person to person, leading to a pandemic that could kill millions worldwide.

    (Reporting by Sam Cage; Editing by Elizabeth Piper)
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