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Drought persists in Southwest China
Updated: 2011-08-16 06:55
(China Daily)
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A resident in Zhanyi county, Southwest China's Yunnan province, sits on the desiccated bottom of a local reservoir while keeping watch over her sheep on Sunday. Some parts of the county are in the midst of the worst drought they have seen since 1951. [Photo by Ren Dong/China News Service] |

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