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Cockroach King reigns as pest-killers discuss climate change

BANGKOK : More than 100 of Southeast Asia's hardiest bugs measured up this week in Bangkok, where experts met to discuss new ways of controlling the pests, which they say are a major contributor to global warming. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Sun, Aug 17 2008

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