Results of a post-mortem examination of a poultry market worker whose death prompted rumors he might have died from bird flu, showed the 42-year-old man died from a pulmonary bleeding.
Leading pro-government Arabic-language newspaper al Attihad al Ichtiraqi said last week that the death in Casablanca's biggest poultry 10 days ago was the second within five months.
The report prompted rumors that the cases might be caused by the H5N1 virus.
"No epidemiological element in the case might point to a bird flu according to the definition established by the World Health Organization said the Health Ministry in a statement.
The ministry said a six-member committee studied the results of the post-mortem examination and concluded the case was not a death from bird flu.
It named the committee members as leading doctors working in the country's main Casablanca Ibn Rochd hospital, adding the heavy-smoker man died of a pulmonary bleeding due to a severe lungs infection.
Fears of a bird flu outbreak have lessened in recent weeks and poultry sales have begun to revive, traders said.
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NEWS FROM HICHAM NAZZAL / UPDATED BIO
The French and Moroccan actor, Hicham Nazzal, is expected to play in the full length film �Scorpion�, to be released in France on February, 2007, MAP news agency reported.
Hicham Nazzal is a 27-year-old French and Moroccan actor who lives in Paris. He studied foreign languages at the worldwide known French University "La Sorbonne-Nouvelle". Thus, he can speak 5 languages fluently, including French, English, Spanish, Moroccan and Classical Arabic. Hicham Nazzal did not cut the umbilical cord with his parent�s home, Morocco. Together with working as an actor in many French successful TV series, he became famous in Morocco when hosting tv shows (such as the equivalent of �American Idol�, daily journals from the International Cannes Film Festival, Marrakech Film Festival�) His brilliant performances were unanimously acclaimed by the Moroccan press.
Today, the French Moroccan actor seems to dig the path of glory in the French cinema.
He first appeared in one of the �Navarro� series in 2003. A daily French newspaper, �Le Parisien�, wrote a complimentary article about his acting. He was also seen in �Lola�, a tv series spotted at Monaco.
In 2005, Hicham Nazzal played a young lawyer, Karim, in Dominique Ladoge's tv film �D�nonciation Calomnieuse� (Slanderous Denunciation). Huge audience.
Nazzal made his first entry into the 7th art world in Steven Spielberg's �Munich�, playing a small role in Palestinian. He was also the voice over of another character, Ali, in Spanish and French.
The young actor still hides lots of talent. His speaking fluently French, English, Spanish and Arabic make foreign castings directors get more and more interested in Hicham Nazzal. His uniqueness resides in his dynamism and tireless energy.
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