Egypt Battles Desert Locust Swarms from Libya
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Egypt has killed swarms of a type of locust that has infested parts of Africa and Cyprus this year, the official Middle East News Agency (MENA) reported on Monday.
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Ministry of Agriculture expresses hope temperature drop and change in windâs direction would assist in overcoming problem. After millions of locusts invaded southern Israel on Sunday, the Ministry of Agriculture
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Residents burned tires and trash in the streets Thursday trying to drive off swarms of locusts descending on the region in what a U.N. agency called the worst sub-Saharan invasion in more than a decade.
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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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Swarms of locusts invade southern Italy, including the town where Mel Gibson shot The Passion of The Christ.
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ROME: Egyptian President yesterday renewed international drive in the fight against terrorism just days after his country was hammered by terrorist bombs in the Sinai.
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The continent struggles to contain a locust swarm that a UN official says could be more dangerous than Darfur.
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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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The world's oldest Semitic passages&#8212;spells found deep within an ancient pyramid&#8212;show that the Egyptians turned to neighboring Canaanites for help fending off venomous snakes.
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The United Nations is flying six more aircraft to combat swarms of crop-devouring locusts in west Africa.
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EL-AJRA, Egypt  - The men gathered around the fire under a clear sky studded with stars. Youssef Ali had checked on his loaded Kalashnikov rifle as he prepared to spend another night in the desert, his home for the past six years.
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The locusts swarming across West Africa reach  northern Nigeria, devastating fields of crops.
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A PLAGUE of locusts has swarmed into Israel across the border from Egypt, threatening to devastate fields of crops in the countryâs agricultural heartland.
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ROME Sept. 17, 2004 - Swarms of desert locusts are moving across northwest Africa, threatening to devastate crops in an increasing number of countries, UN officials warned Friday.
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QURSAYA ISLAND, Egypt  - The Egyptian flag flaps in the breeze between two army tents, an unwelcome symbol of state power in a confrontation between the government and the independent-minded inhabitants of an island in the Nile.
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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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Millions of locusts swarmed through Israel's Red Sea resort town of Eilat on Sunday, devouring crops and flowers in the country's south.