Indonesian woman dies of bird flu

JAKARTA, Indonesia - A woman has died of bird flu in an Indonesian village where authorities were investigating a possible cluster of human cases of the H5N1 virus, a health official said Sunday.

Laboratory test results confirmed that Euis Lina, 35, had of the disease, said Nyoman Kandun, the Health Ministry's director general of communicable disease control. She died Thursday at a hospital in West Java province's Garut district.

The H5N1 virus has killed at least 141 people worldwide since it began ravaging Asian poultry stocks in late 2003. Indonesia has the highest toll — 46 — and has come under criticism for not trying aggressively enough to stop the disease from spreading.