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Watermelon king
Updated: 2011-05-26 08:18
(chinadaily.com.cn)
![]() A work shows a watermelon that is the "king", with a weight of 36 kilograms, of the watermelon competition in Daxing district in Beijing on May 25. [Photo/Xinhua] |
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