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Severe drought hits NW Chinese city
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A hiker pulls a raft from the dry riverbed at Baiyanghe Canyon scenic area in Kalamay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on September 2, 2008. The most severe drought in ten years currently threatens the city in northwestern China. [Photo: Photobase.cn]

A hiker pulls a raft from the dry riverbed at Baiyanghe Canyon scenic area in Kalamay, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on September 2, 2008. The most severe drought in ten years currently threatens the city in northwestern China. [Photo: Photobase.cn]



(CRI September 4, 2008)

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