(May 1, 2009) Swine flu hysteria has hit the Middle East. In Lebanon and neighboring countries, Arabs are being told to dispense with their traditional peck-on-the-cheek greeting to avoid contracting swine flu. The Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt calls the pandemic more serious than a hydrogen bomb. The United Arab Emirates bans the import of pork products as a precautionary measure and several supermarkets in the sheikhdom yank them off the shelves.
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