* Two children reported with bird flu in Egypt * Egypt has third largest number of human bird flu cases GENEVA, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Two new human cases of bird flu have been reported in Egypt by the health ministry, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. An 8-year-old girl in Kfr Elsheikh developed symptoms on July 24 and was admitted to hospital the next day, where she is now in stable condition, it said in a statement. An 18-month-old boy from Shebin Elkom developed symptoms on July 28. He too is in hospital and stable. Investigations show that both children had close contact with dead or sick poultry, the United Nations agency said. The two children bring to 83 the number of human bird flu infections in Egypt, giving it the third largest number of cases since 2003, after Indonesia and Vietnam. Twenty-seven of the infections in Egypt have been fatal. Worldwide, a total of 438 people have caught the disease since 2003, of whom 262 have died, the WHO said. (For the WHO statement on the two new cases go to http://www.who.int/csr/don/2009_08_11a/en/index.html) (For the WHO's cumulative table of bird flu infections go to http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2009_08_11/en/index.html ) (Reporting by Jonathan Lynn, editing by Tim Pearce)
People pray during Zarema Sadulayeva's funeral ceremony at the village of Shalagi, 50 km southwest of Grozny, August 11, 2009. Sadulayeva, the kidnapped head of a charity helping children in Russia's ...
