Paki Justice pleas for international help against musharraf
BBC, 12-10-07
One of Pakistan's most senior judges has criticised the international response to the state of emergency.
Rana Bagwan Das was among Supreme Court members sacked when President Musharraf suspended the constitution last month.
The international community was not doing enough to restore democracy in Pakistan, Mr Bagwan Das told the BBC.
He said January general elections could not be free and fair unless he and his colleagues were re-instated and the rule of law restored.
'Human-to-human' bird flu fears
BBC, 12-7-07
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/low/health
The father of a Chinese man who died of bird flu has also been infected with the virus, raising fear of human-to-human transmission.
The World Health Organization said it could not rule out the possibility that the H5N1 virus had spread from the son to the father.
For the most part, humans have caught the virus from sick birds.
Scientists fear if the virus gains the ability to pass easily between humans, tens of millions of people could die.
Since the H5N1 virus emerged in South East Asia in late 2003, it has claimed some 200 lives around the world. Indonesia has been hardest hit, with more than 90 deaths.
Suspected human-to-human transmission of H5N1 has been reported in Hong Kong, Vietnam and Indonesia, but none of the cases have been proven.