GENEVA, May 14 (Reuters) - H1N1 flu will dominate the World Health Organization's annual assembly of 193 countries next week, eclipsing other issues like tuberculosis and food safety.The emergence and spread of the new virus caused WHO Director-General Margaret Chan to declare that a global pandemic is imminent, and public health officials are watching it closely in case it mutates and causes severe symptoms as it spreads.The annual World Health Assembly in Geneva was due to run from May 18-27 but is now likely to last five days so health ministers can get home to deal with the virus
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