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Saturday, November 21, 2009 7:46 AM

Published 11/07/2009 by Shanghai Daily

Foggy havoc on highways

MAJOR highways to Beijing were closed as the capital, neighboring Hebei Province and Tianjin Municipality were shrouded in dense fog yesterday.

The average visibility in Beijing was less than 500 meters yesterday...

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