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December 21, 2011 (Wednesday)

The Japanese media reports that prosecutors are raiding Olympus Corporation offices over an accounting scandal. (Reuters)

The death toll from flooding in the Philippines caused by Tropical Storm Washi reaches 1000 and is set to rise further. (AP via ABC News America)
Health authorities in Hong Kong start slaughtering 17,000 chickens after a carcass infected with bird flu^{[clarification needed]} is found at a poultry market. (New York Times)
An Indonesian ferry sinks off the coast of the Maluku Islands with 60 people missing. (AP via Salon)

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 *The death toll from flooding in the [[Philippines]] caused by [[Tropical Storm Washi (2011)|Tropical Storm Washi]] reaches 1000 and is set to rise further. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/death-toll-philippine-flash-floods-tops-1000-15202588#.TvFl_DXkCa8 (AP via ABC News America)]
-*Health authorities in [[Hong Kong]] start slaughtering 17,000 [[chicken]]s after a carcass infected with [[bird flu]]{{what?}} is found at a poultry market. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/world/asia/hong-kong-culls-chickens-after-bird-flu-is-found.html?_r=1 (''New York Times'')]
+*Health authorities in [[Hong Kong]] start slaughtering 17,000 [[chicken]]s after a carcass infected with [[bird flu]]{{what?|date=December 2011}} is found at a poultry market. [http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/22/world/asia/hong-kong-culls-chickens-after-bird-flu-is-found.html?_r=1 (''New York Times'')]
 *An [[Indonesia]]n ferry sinks off the coast of the [[Maluku Islands]] with 60 people missing. [http://www.salon.com/2011/12/21/indonesian_transport_official_says_a_ferry_sank_off_the_maluku_islands_60_missing/ (AP via Salon)]
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