The Aussies made the World Cup finals (that’s footy, in 2006), so did the Swiss, but not Bahrain.
English cricket - back to normal.
The H5N1 virus has killed more than 60 people in South East Asia since the latest outbreak began in 2003.
The Chinese health ministry said the 24-year-old woman who died was a poultry worker.
As far as infectious disease goes, 60 is not that many. The top three single agent disease killers are HIV/AIDS, TB, and malaria. HIV/AIDS kills 3 million people each year, TB kills 2 million, and malaria kills 1 million. Roughly. Just don’t kiss your sparrow. Or give it coffee.
Jason Kottke’s Hong Kong wrap up.
Sony says sorry about XCP. Here is planet Sony (check the pictures, Europe, USA, Asia).
Crackdown on file-sharers in HK? Spike says so. So does this:
The International Federation for the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) said it was launching 2,100 legal cases and extending the action to five new countries in Europe, Asia and, for the first time, South America.
It said file-sharers in Sweden, Switzerland, Argentina, Hong Kong and Singapore faced prosecution for the first time.
Scary - Gatso 2:
A “24×7 national vehicle movement database” that logs everything on the UK’s roads and retains the data for at least two years is now being built, according to an Association of Chief Police Officers
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