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Argentina Battles Locust Plague in Northern Province

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   Argentinian authorities are battling the country's largest locust
   invasion this year, in the northern province of Formosa.

   The plague of locusts is said to be double the size of two other
   swarms.

   Officials fear the locusts, known for destroying crops, will jeopardize
   the food supplies for livestock.

   Hector Emilio Medina, the director of Argentina's National Locusts
   Control Program, told the Associated Press the locusts are very
   difficult to control.

   Medina also warned a new locust cloud was just spotted in the Bolivian