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...years since Ceduna declared war on the fruit fly. A pest in other states, this blight of fruit- and vegetable-growers the world over is rarely spotted in South Australia, with its encircling deserts providing a natural buffer zone. Even so, as Australia's biggest producer of wine grapes, the state is taking no chances...
...most of President Bush's time in office, North Korea has been merely a pest, one that the President insisted on dealing with exclusively in concert with China, South Korea, Japan and Russia in six-party talks. But since late last summer, when all the parties agreed in principle that North Korea would shut down its nuclear program in exchange for security guarantees, the North has refused to show up for meetings. Now that Kim has ignored warnings--from the U.S., Russia and China--not to test his missile capability and is threatening more tests in the immediate future...
...Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) is not responsible for pest management outside the kitchen, according to HUDS spokeswoman Jami M. Snyder. “To be clear, Dining Services operates (and is responsible for pest control in) the serveries and kitchens,” wrote Snyder in an e-mail. “The rest of the spaces are maintained by the building managers...
...Kitchen staff keep detailed logs of every rodent or pest incident. HUDS did not release this information to The Crimson and said that mice infiltration was not a major issue in the kitchens and storerooms under its jurisdiction...
...When it turned out that a new staircase in the dining hall was allowing mice to enter the House, O’Connor, working with Alpert and the Best Pest Company, screened over ventilation gates at the bottom of the stairs...