The government is committed to getting the results of the investigation as quickly as possible.

It is definitely an unusually high number, normally you don't find wild birds dropping out and dying.

The experts have reported that they have seen no sign of bird flu, and no new deaths of flamingos or any other species.

He is standing beside the government.

I don't think the government can really sort out the many billions of SMS messages for passages that might have destabilizing political content, though it might be easier to catch discussion about, say, drug trafficking or other blatantly criminal activity. But registering people would have a chilling effect, in that people would know they could potentially be linked to illegal messages and activities.

We've seen what happens when the federal government hasn't done much of anything in advance. If you want to be prepared for the maximum credible catastrophic event, you should be thinking seven days, not just the minimum of three days.