Cyprus planes to destroy locusts
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Cyprus begins aerial spraying to eradicate swarms of crop-destroying locusts that have arrived from Africa.
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Two Palestinians are confirmed dead and four injured after an Israeli aircraft launched two missiles at a group of Palestinians in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunus.
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Cypriot authorities set their sights on illegal hunts, which kill thousands of birds each year.
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The desert locust infestation that descended on West and Central Africa this year is likely to return in 2005 and officials will have to be better prepared to avoid major damage to crops, experts said on Monday.
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DAKAR, Senegal -- Residents burned tires and children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital yesterday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West African nations agreed on a battle plan.
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In their struggle to cope with an invasion of desert locusts, Cypriot farmers may do well to turn to a UN site that counsels if you can&#39;t beat them eat them.
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A Lufthansa airliner en route to Tel Aviv was rerouted to Cyprus on today after the airline received a bomb threat. The airliner was escorted by Israeli warplanes on its way to the Mediterranean island.
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Swarms of desert locusts are moving across northwest Africa, threatening to devastate crops in an increasing number of countries, U.N. officials warned Friday.
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LARNACA, Cyprus  - Ships and aircraft scooped more   exhausted people fleeing the fighting in Lebanon to safety in   Cyprus on Saturday in a mass international effort that has so   far evacuated more than 25,000 people.
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Millions of locusts swarmed through Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat on Sunday, devouring crops and flowers in the country's south.
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MILLIONS of locusts have plagued disgusted British sunseekers after invading a holiday island.
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A Greek fighter jet and a Turkish warplane collided Tuesday near the island of Karpathos in the Aegean Sea, the Greek government said. A rescue operation was launched for the three missing pilots, two Turks and one Greek.
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Swarms of locusts blown off the Mediterranean towards the Egyptian capital, Cairo, are not expected to cause major damage to crops.
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Shortages of crop-dusting planes and pesticide are continuing to hamper locust control operations in West Africa, where new swarms of young insects are forming in southern Mauritania, northern Senegal and parts of Niger, the UN Food and Agriculture
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A huge fire in Cyprus razes holiday homes and forces the evacuation of at least two villages, officials say.
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Woman killed as 50 planes target PKK guerrilla bases while PM warns of further military action
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Warplanes bombed Beirut&#039;s southern suburbs again early Sunday, witnesses reported, after a day in which Israel tightened a noose around this reeling nation with the heaviest air strikes yet in the four-day-old conflict.