NewsJuly 5, 2016

GENEVA -- The Swiss army is working to fend off its latest foe: bedbugs. The defense department said Monday a parents' day event planned for July 16 is being canceled because bedbugs have appeared in dormitories and fabrics used by three companies at an infantry training school in several parts of French-speaking Switzerland. Disinfection measures have been taken, and specialists have been called in to clean up the sites...

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GENEVA -- The Swiss army is working to fend off its latest foe: bedbugs. The defense department said Monday a parents' day event planned for July 16 is being canceled because bedbugs have appeared in dormitories and fabrics used by three companies at an infantry training school in several parts of French-speaking Switzerland. Disinfection measures have been taken, and specialists have been called in to clean up the sites.

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