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Middle East fights locust invasions

Amman, Jordan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Jordan said Saturday it has defeated an invasion of red desert locusts that came from Egypt, while Israel declared it had conquered a similar invasion.

Jordan Agriculture Minister Sharari Shakhanbeh said a team from the armed forces, the air force, the agriculture and the interior ministries had managed to "wipe out groups of desert locusts" that Friday night entered the southern Red Sea port city of Aqaba

http://washingtontimes.com/upi-breaking/20041120-103211-2538r.htm


345 posted on 11/20/2004 1:39:16 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT (Character exalts Liberty and Freedom, Righteous exalts a Nation.)
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A.Q. Khan holds key to Iran's nuclear vault
By Anwar Iqbal
UPI South Asian Affairs Analyst
Published November 20, 2004


WASHINGTON -- Anti-nuclear lobbyists are urging the Bush administration to use its influence on Pakistan to allow international experts to interrogate disgraced Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan.

Khan, who is still regarded as a national hero for founding Pakistan's nuclear program, has been under house arrest since February, when he admitted to selling nuclear secrets and technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea.

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20041120-114505-3164r


346 posted on 11/20/2004 1:43:31 PM PST by DAVEY CROCKETT (Character exalts Liberty and Freedom, Righteous exalts a Nation.)
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