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Cucumber crunch time
Updated: 2011-06-15 07:49
(China Daily)
Two contestants eat as many cucumbers as they can in five minutes in front of the Brandenburg gate in Berlin on Tuesday. The contest was held after German officials had traced a deadly E. coli strain to bean sprouts grown on an organic farm in northern Germany. [PHOTO BY FABRIZIO BENSCH / REUTERS] |
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Way of a warrior
Specials
When two are one
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Wealth of difference
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