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A man carries a shovel as he walks through a coal storage area in the city of Wanzhou
02 Nov 2007
Source: Reuters
 
A man carries a shovel as he walks through a coal storage area in the city of Wanzhou November 2, 2007. In China, the world's largest producer and consumer of coal, demand for the dirty hydrocarbon has nearly doubled in the past five years. Coal accounts for about 70 percent of primary energy consumption in the world's fourth-largest economy. REUTERS/David Gray (CHINA)
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A digital scale displays the weight of 3.26 kg (7.19 pounds) as giant panda cub Fu Long is being weighed in the zoo in Vienna November 9, 2007. The cub was born on August 23, 127 days after panda couple Yang Yang and Long Hui mated in April. The pandas were transferred from China to Schoenbrunn Zoo in 2003, and are on loan to Austria by China for a period of 10 years. REUTERS/Tiergarten Schoenbrunn/Handout (AUSTRIA)



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