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China Daily | Updated: 2009-10-17 11:41
Farmers burn hay in Paris
French farmers demanding more government help blanketed the Champs-Elysees with tires and bales of hay and set them ablaze on Friday to protest slumping grain prices.
About 150 farmers blocked traffic and unloaded hay and tires onto the most famous shopping street in Paris. The protesters set the hay on fire before firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.
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