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A rice vendor waits for customers at a market in 2008. Spanish ...
May 31st, 2011
(AFP/File) - A rice vendor waits for customers at a market in 2008. Spanish food giant Ebro said Tuesday its bid to take over Australia's Ricegrowers Ltd. had collapsed after failing to win over enough shareholders.(AFP/File/Farjana Khan Godhuly) -
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