Spain Plays Down Canary I. Locust Threat
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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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Threats by hooded gunmen and torched   buses have not yet derailed Spain's planned peace talks with   ETA, but may show the Basque separatist guerrilla group's   patience is beginning to wear thin.
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EILAT, Israel - Swarms of locusts devoured lawns and palm trees Sunday in southern Israel, panicking farmers and leaving others worried about biblical plagues.
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ROME -- Swarms of locusts that have devastated crops and pastures across West Africa may hit countries as far away as Pakistan, a UN agency said yesterday as it announced an intensified control campaign. The desert locusts are moving into southwest Libya, southern Algeria, and the borders of Morocco, the Rome-based UN Food and Agriculture Organization said. Other swarms were ...
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Spain opposes separation as EU countries are expected to formally recognise independent state
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The Spanish navy advises ships in the busy Strait of Gibraltar to slow down to avoid hitting whales.
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Spain plans to impose stricter rules on production of a staple of the national diet and increasingly popular export &#151; ham from free-range pigs that feed on acorns and herbs &#151; in order to weed out stable-bound impostors, a newspaper said Sunday.
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do well to turn to a UN site that counsels if you can&#39;t beat them eat them. swarms that have landed in Cyprus from Africa. &quot;Here are a few local recipes from locust-affected countries,&quot; a page on the FAO Web site says.
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By Sandra Tan, The Buffalo News, N.Y.  Jun. 20--The Henslow's sparrow prefers to stay hidden. But the threatened species has been found in Lancaster, and its presence has stopped a developer from moving forward with its plan for a major housing development.
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Letter from San Sebastian: Talks between the Spanish government and a feared terror group are finally providing reason for optimism
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Swarms of locusts that have devastated crops and pastures across West Africa may hit countries as far away as Pakistan, a U.N. agency said Wednesday as it announced an intensified control campaign.
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Crop-devouring locusts have caused major damage to cereals in Mauritania but other West and Central African states have suffered much less than feared from the worst infestation in over a decade, the U.N. said on Thursday.
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Jordan has so far not been affected by the swarms of desert locusts that plagued Egypt on Wednesday with authorities here saying they are ready to deal with any emergency.
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Spain has ditched plans to build a  300-km motorway across the country&#39;s sun-baked plains because  it would have threatened the Iberian lynx, one of the world&#39;s  most endangered animals.
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afrol News, 17 September - The desert locust crisis in Mauritania, Senegal, Mali and Niger is &quot;expected to deteriorate over the next few weeks,&quot; and there was a serious risk that the Maghreb countries would be reinvaded by swarms from October onwards, FAO
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Poultry farmers around Europe were on guard Monday against the possible spread of bird flu across the North Sea from infected Britain
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The president of Spain's Canary Islands made a desperate appeal Tuesday for more help from European leaders to halt a record-breaking wave of poor Africans seeking to reach his archipelago to gain a toehold in Europe.