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Hot weather brings oversized red roaches to the iconic city.

A strain of cockroaches in Europe has evolved to evade sugar traps used to eradicate them, scientists said in a study published on Thursday.

People look at giant African cockroaches from Madagascar in a plastic box prior to their cremation in Bangkok, 23 May 2003.

ANNA MONACO

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