To better understand the virus's spread and potential for human-to-human transmission, Chinese and World Health Organization officials said Wednesday in Beijing that they plan to boost surveillance and research on H7N9.

WSJ: Bird Flu Found Outside China's Mainland

Chinese and World Health Organization officials said Wednesday in Beijing that they plan to boost surveillance and research on the H7N9 virus to understand its spread and potential for human-to-human transmission.

WSJ: Bird Flu Found Outside China's Mainland

Under the new plan, security and surveillance will be stepped up at ports, airports and major highways, which are used to smuggle drugs into Sao Paulo.

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The cuts mean postponing the police department's plan to install a new surveillance system in the financial district.

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They had discussed targets while under surveillance but had not settled on a final plan.

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The new plan calls for a review of surveillance programs by the inspectors general of U.S. intelligence agencies within a year.

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Irfan Naseer, 31, Irfan Khalid, 27, and Ashik Ali, 27, were convicted of being "central figures" in the plan which was foiled after months of surveillance work by police.

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But the agreement will also formalise facilities for the American trainers and surveillance planes that help Colombian forces in anti-drug actions under Plan Colombia.

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Qassim Atta, the spokesman for the Iraqi Military in Baghdad, said Friday that Iraqi forces planned and are executing the security plan on their own and are using their own air surveillance.

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