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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Rare beetle holding up road works in Poland


Road officials say that concern for a rare beetle is holding up construction on a local road in northern Poland that is largely funded by the EU.

Ecologists say the protected hermit beetle in living in some 60 trees growing along a road that is to be widened this year at the cost of some 50 million zlotys ($17 million) with 85 percent coming from EU funds.

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