No, the date-palm plantations are infested with insects, and insecticide cannot be imported.

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While the stand-off continued I watched a policeman standing in the shade of a date palm, fidgeting with his sub-machinegun.

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Fourth, it's still entirely possible that neither Sprint nor Palm know the exact date -- we're guessing the firmware still hasn't gone gold, and until it has, they can't be putting an immutable stake in the ground.

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Sunday's fire broke out amid a group of apartment blocks on the 2km-long Trunk of the island, which is shaped like a date palm tree.

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While neither Sprint nor Verizon Wireless--a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone--has set an availability date for the 700p, the launch can't come soon enough for Palm.

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