Pink locusts swarm over Cairo
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Swarms of locusts descended on Cairo and around the fertile Nile Delta, but the authorities insisted the insects posed no serious threat to agriculture.
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African ministers meet in Senegal to plan a campaign against locusts ravaging West and Central Africa.
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Smoke rises from burning tires in the corners of Oumar Sakho's fields Monday as a swarm of mating, yellow desert locusts munches through his water melons not far from Senegal's capital.
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Tens of millions of locusts have descended on Cyprus and the island now has less than 10 days to act before the invasion turns into a self-perpetuating plague.
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DAKAR, Senegal  - Residents burned tires and  children took to the streets with sticks in Senegal's capital  on Wednesday to fight an invasion of locusts, as 12 West  African nations agreed on a battle plan.
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Locusts in West Africa are devouring crops and breeding at such a rate they are expected to create a substantial number of new swarms across the region in September, two reports said.
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New swarms of crop-devouring locusts are on the move towards north-western Africa, the UN says.
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Sporadic demonstrations have broken out throughout the Egyptian capital Cairo protesting the Egypt-Israel trade agreement as local economists defend it as the best economic choice for the country.
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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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An estimated 100 million locusts swarmed one of the Canary Islands Tuesday, but the crop-ravaging insects &#151; many with only a week to live &#151; posed little threat, arriving with missing wings and broken legs after their 60-mile flight from the African mainland.
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Swarms of pink locusts swept through the  Egyptian capital on Wednesday, evoking the biblical description  of the plagues which struck in the time of Moses.
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CAIRO -- A swarm of pink-bodied locusts descended on Egypt&#39;s capital Wednesday, sending residents scurrying for cover as the swarms banged against windows and dropped onto cars.
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Locust plagues may predate biblical times, but today scientists still struggle to fully understand and control the swarms that can bring famine to thousands.
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says more funds are essential to combat locust swarms that are devastating crops in West Africa, and warns failure to act quickly, could result in a regional plague by the end of the year.
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Egyptians living near the breached border with Gaza were growing increasingly frustrated with the influx of hundreds of thousands Palestinians over the past week, warning that chaos was brewing and demanding the crisis be resolved.
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West Africa's worst locust plague for 15 years has encroached on one of the region's largest rice-growing areas, authorities in Mali said on Friday.
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Experts fighting a major locust outbreak plaguing West Africa will use a new technique for fighting the crop-devouring insects: attacking the flying swarms with pesticide from aircraft, a U.S. diplomat said Tuesday.