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Addis Ababa, ETHIOPIA: A Chinese construction worker (R) supervises the building of a road in Addis Ababa, 27 April 2007. Ethiopian rebels holding seven Chinese oil workers captured during an attack this week on a Chinese oil venture in Ethiopia said 26 April they would release them "as soon as possible". AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images)

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