Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 4 Num 242 Thu. January 29, 2004       International Thai PM calls on Asia to unite against bird flu Chinese Vice Minister of Agriculture, Qi Jingfa (R) talks with Thai Health Minsiter Sudarat Keyuraphan (L) during the Ministerial Meeting on the Current Poultry Disease Situation at the Foreign Ministry in Bangkok yesterday. International crisis talks aimed at halting the rapid spread of bird flu across Asia opened here yesterday as the threat of a disastrous outbreak loomed in China, the birthplace of Sars.. PHOTO: AFP