Al-Mithaq [Archives:2007/1060/Press Review]

Monday, June 11
Main Headlines

– Small armory in Al-Dhale'

governorate explodes

– Unidentified people shoot dead

relative of Prime Minister

– President of Yemeni Journalists

Syndicate: Government orders

reviewing job description of

journalists

– Prime Minister: Yemen enjoys

distinctive ties with Gulf states, trade

exchange continues to increase

– Fish quality inspectors and officials

attend training course

– Government accuses Joint Meeting

Parties of backing terrorists

– German investors demonstrate their

desire to initiate businesses in Yemen

– Locusts spread in Hadramout,

threatens food security in Yemen and

neighboring countries

Swarms of locusts are terribly spreading in different areas and farmlands in Hadramout government, thereby threatening food security in Yemen and other neighboring countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, the ruling party-affiliated weekly quoted Abdu Fare' Al-Rumaih, Director of the National Center for Observing and Fighting Desert Locusts, as saying after his center received reports on the infestation of locusts. The newspaper added that Al-Rumaih told Yemen News Agency, Saba, that locusts are spreading, according to the reports, in the desert valleys, north of Hadramout and near the border with Saudi Arabia. The areas suffering the spread of locusts include the valleys of Ghubari, Washa, and Dhaba'at, as well as other agricultural lands in Sayoun.

The official clarified that the teams in charge of observing and fighting locusts in the affected areas have moved immediately to new areas to assess the current situation of locusts' infestation and provide the center with the requisite information. He ascertained that his center cares for fighting locusts and controlling their spread, plus preventing them from reaching other bordering countries. Al-Rumaim stated that his center has prepared a plan to avoid massive locust infestation.
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