Locusts cause Sudan asthma deaths

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

More than 1,600 people have been taken to hospital, health officials in the affected state of Gezira said.

Residents said the grasshoppers gave off a strong smell, which caused breathing difficulties.

The health officials said the outbreak had reached unprecedented proportions in the state capital, Wad Medani, Sudan's second largest city.

It was believed to be the first such outbreak in the area.

Last month, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation warned that crops in north Africa were under threat from swarms of locusts.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3234325.stm

[DUreader]

1. locusts as chem weapon delivery device?

or just nature?

[EFF BrandyWine]

2. Now THAT'S scary!

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[Tom Yossarian Joad]

3. We have Dubya saying he was sent by God on one side of the world...

and a plague of locusts on the other...

Hmmm.

Per Jake of the "I'm on a mission from God" Blues Brothers: http://www.nederpoparchief.nl/bluesbrothers/light.wav