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Snapshots: the world in 24 hours May 7, 2011

Updated: 2011-05-08 15:07

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Snapshots: the world in 24 hours May 7, 2011
A worker carries a bundle of rice stalks at a rice field at Gowa district, Indonesia's South Sulawesi province May 7, 2011. ASEAN, together with China, Japan and South Korea, has agreed to have a rice reserve of over 700,0000 tonnes to protect against volatile commodity prices, which had surged this year before unexpectedly diving this week. [Photo/Agencies] 

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