"In the past usually you would see chickens dying before any infections occurred in humans, but this time we've seen that many species of poultry actually have no apparent problems, so that makes it difficult because you lose this natural warning sign, " said David Hui, an infectious diseases expert at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

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"The heinous crimes committed by Seung-Hui Cho were an unprecedented act of violence that no one could have foreseen, " Mr. Owczarski said.

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"Gold stocks, as represented by the AMEX Gold Bugs Index (HUI), an index of 15 large-cap, un-hedged, publicly held gold producers, have not kept up in percentage terms with the rise in the price of gold, and this is especially unusual because mining stocks are theoretically a leveraged play on the price of gold and should rise faster than gold in a rising price of gold environment, " says Nystrom.

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But that could be changing, according to Dru Gladney of the University of Hawaii, an expert on China's Hui.

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Shen Li Hui founded the Modern Sky label 10 years ago when his own band wanted to record an album.

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