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A migrating locust swarm. Such swarms cause almost complete destruction to all green vegetation over vast areas, especially agricultural crops. Credit: CSIRO via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli locust slayers train Ethiopians to save crops

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Some call it a plague. Yoav Motro calls it a war. The enemies are the huge armies of desert locusts destroying farm and grazing lands across nine East African countries. In Ethiopia alone, the locusts...