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Taipei, TAIWAN: Local consumers who are in credit card debt, referred to as "credit card slaves", take part in a demonstration calling for the government to pass a law to help people oweing money to banks, 02 June 2007, in Taipei. The group claims there are more than 600,000 credit cards slaves in Taiwan, suffering from credit card high interest rates and high repayments. AFP PHOTO/Sam YEH (Photo credit should read SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images)

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