Labs destroy pandemic flu strain at urging of WHO

GENEVA (AP) — Countries around the world were destroying vials of a nearly 50-year-old killer influenza virus Wednesday that were sent to thousands of labs as part of a routine test kit, raising fears of a global pandemic.The World Health Organization said Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore had already destroyed their samples, while laboratories in Japan were doing the same. Germany said all its vials had been destroyed through exposure to extreme heat...