Iran Girds for Locusts
Associated Press
NICOSIA, Cyprus — Iran has formed a task force to combat an expected invasion of crop-devouring locusts from central Africa, the Islamic Republic News Agency said Saturday.
Locusts started swarming into the Arabian peninsula in October in what experts have called the worst such invasion in nearly 30 years.
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