Distance between Bethel, Alaska, United States and Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, as the crow flies:
2640 miles (4249 km) (2294 nautical miles)

and Chicago, Illinois, United States, as the crow flies:
3257 miles (5242 km) (2830 nautical miles)

and Beijing, China, as the crow flies:
3615 miles (5818 km) (3142 nautical miles)

and Washington, District of Columbia, United States, as the pork flies:
3765 miles (6059 km) (3272 nautical miles)

and Baghdad, Iraq, as the crow flies:
5790 miles (9318 km) (5031 nautical miles)

and Kuwait City, Kuwait, as the crow flies:
6020 miles (9688 km) (5231 nautical miles)

4632 miles (7454 km) (4025 nautical miles)”

Bethel, Alaska, US
Area: Bethel Census Area
Location: 60:46:06N 161:46:20W
Population (1990): 4674

Greenwich Obs, England, United Kingdom
Location: 51:28:00N 0:00:00E

http://www.indo.com/cgi-bin/dist?place1=bethel%2C+ak&place2=Greenwich+UK

By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes, Pacific edition, Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The U.S. military medical community is “quite concerned” about Japan’s latest case of bird flu, Col. Mark Presson said Friday… “They rounded up those birds and destroyed the ones that were affected.

“But I think we all see the potential. We haven’t had a major pandemic for some time. … It can be devastating across all ages. Regardless of where you go, this issue is talked about.”

Presson said the lethal H5N1 strain of the virus doesn’t move easily from person to person. But viruses mutate constantly, and that’s driving concerns.

“It makes managing a viral pandemic very difficult,” he said. “Today’s issue may not be tomorrow’s. That’s the challenge of flu management and prevention.”

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=42979