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A Chinese man carries ducks to prepare in the traditional Pekin Duck style at a restaurant in a Huton in Beijing Tuesday Oct. 25, 2005. Health officials say direct contact with poultry slaughtering, butchering and cooking preparations or surfaces contaminated by their droppings are the main cause of human infections. China has reported an outbreak of bird flu among poultry in the eastern province of Anhui. The news surfaced just days after another new outbreak of the disease was found in the country's northern region of Inner Mongolia. Some 2,600 chickens and ducks were found dead at a breeding facility, sparking fears that humans were at risk of being sickened. (AP Photo/Elizabeth Dalziel)