The Great Egyptian Swine Slaughter

Cairo, Egypt - hit hard by bird flu, has ordered the slaughter of every pig herd in the country as a precaution against swine flu, a step the United Nations said was a mistake.
The H1N1 swine flu virus is spread by people and is not present in Egyptian animals but culling pigs, largely viewed as unclean in Muslim Egypt, could help quell any panic.
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...does everything in that part of the world have to be of biblical proportions?

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