* Egypt begins slaughtering pig herds despite U.N. criticism * Egypt will offer meat of killed pigs for human consumption * Army to be enlisted to help with mass slaughter (Adds villagers hiding pigs, ...

Mountainside farmer blames darkness, low visibility for porker bungle; police say he could face punishment for damaging ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Police and fire department recover an overturned livestock truck; pigs can be seen being transported inside. For the first time ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt started seizing and slaughtering herds of pigs on Thursday as a precaution against swine flu, officials and farmers said, despite resistance by farmers and criticism from the ...