Turning straw to smog
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Updated: 2004-05-26 23:56

Drivers in Hefei, capital city of East China's Anhui Province, turn on their headlights on Tuesday afternoon for fear of accidents as they drive through smog caused by the burning of crop straw by local farmers. The suburban farmers were burning leftover rape straw and wheat straw in nearby fields to enrich the cultivated land, despite warnings by experts that the smog is extremely dangerous to regional aircraft landing and expressway traffic. (Insert) A farmer laughs while seeing blazes rage through his leftover straw. [newsphoto]

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