Locust plague threatens parts of Africa
Tuesday 27 July 2004, 19:58 Makka Time, 16:58 GMT
83 million dollars wanted to face locust plague in north and west Africa
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The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has issued an urgent international appeal in Algiers for 83 million dollars to curb a deadly locust plague ravaging north and west African crops.
Speaking at a special meeting of affected countries on Tuesday, FAO Director-General Joseph Tchikaya said: "The FAO is taking this opportunity to launch its appeal to the international community for urgent and substantial anti-locust assistance."
Without immediate attention to the plague of locusts, the FAO warned, entire fields of maize, cassava and other staple regional crops will be destroyed
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Israel will be 'wiped off earth' if it attacks Iran
July 28, 2004
Iran will wipe Israel "off the face of the earth" if it dared to attack the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities, a spokesman for Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying.
"The United States is showing off by threatening to use its wild dog, Israel," the public relations head of the Revolutionary Guards, Commander Seyed Masood Jazayeri, was quoted as saying by the Iranian student news agency ISNA.
"They will not hesitate to strike Iran if they are capable of it. However, their threats to attack Iran's nuclear facilities cannot be realised.
"They are aware Tehran's reaction will be so harsh that Israel will be wiped off the face of the earth and US interests will be easily damaged," he warned.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/27/1090693968185.html?oneclick=true
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