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Hainan fishers go fishing again as Prapiroon weakens

2006-08-04 05:39:45 Xinhua English

A fisher (L) prepares his fishing net while talking to a local official at a port in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, August 4, 2006. Fishers in Hainan can go fishing again as the Typhoon Prapiroon brushed past this island province and weakened into a tropical storm over south China on Friday.(Xinhua Photo)

Two fishers mend their fishing net at a port in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, August 4, 2006.(Xinhua Photo)

Fishers prepare their boat at a port in Wenchang, south China's Hainan Province, August 4, 2006.(Xinhua Photo)

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