Authorities have urged citizens to avoid contact with fowl today, as Turkey reported a 15th person had tested positive for the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.

A bomb blast, possibly caused by a female suicide bomber, devastated a minibus today as it headed toward a popular beach in an Aegean Sea resort town, killing two Irish tourists and two Turks, police officials said.

A moderate earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck Turkey’s southern Aegean coast, sending residents into the streets in panic, the Anatolia news agency reported. At least one person was injured.