TWAIWAN'S COAST GUARD THWARTS SMUGGLING PLOT

BYE-BYE BIRDIES:Amid fears of avian flu spreading to Taiwan, officials discovered -- and will destroy -- more than 1,500 birds and other animals on a ship from Fujian

The Coast Guard Administration (CGA) yesterday intercepted a Panama-registered cargo ship carrying more than 1,500 smuggled birds and other animals from China as it entered Taichung Harbor.

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