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Heavy fog shrouds Beijing and neighboring regions

MAJOR highways to Beijing have been closed as the capital and neighboring Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality were shrouded in dense fog today. The average visibility in Beijing was less than 500 meters this... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Sat, Nov 07 2009

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