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A Jew, an Arab and an owl walk into a barn – Haaretz

Jewish and Arab farmers in northern Israel have recruited avian assistance and adopted a green method of pest control. Published 23.08.11 By Zafrir Rinat Tags: Palestinians Israeli Arab Israel agriculture A popular superstition holding that owls are bad luck caused Arab farmers to refuse for quite some time to put up nesting boxes for the […]

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Egypt: Ex-officials face allegations of environmental crimes against Nile [Al-Masry Al-Youm]

Jano Charbel, 01/07/2011, Source: http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/473342 In addition to charges of corruption and involvement in killing protesters, deposed President Hosni Mubarak and his cabinet are facing new allegations of crimes against the environment. Rose al-Youssef Editor Wafaa Hussein filed a lawsuit with the attorney general’s office that was referred to the South Cairo criminal court. In […]

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