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Beijing sees first rain in four months
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Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2009 shows vehicles on a street seen through a piece of glass covered with raindrops in Beijing, China. Beijing welcomed its first rain in 111 days on Thursday morning, but experts say it was too little to end the city's lingering drought. [Li Xiaoguo/Xinhua]

Photo taken on Feb. 12, 2009 shows vehicles on a street seen through a piece of glass covered with raindrops in Beijing, China. Beijing welcomed its first rain in 111 days on Thursday morning, but experts say it was too little to end the city's lingering drought. [Li Xiaoguo/Xinhua]



(Xinhua News Agency February 12, 2009)

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