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Jump to full article: Agence France Presse (AFP) (fr), 2008-04-30
Intro: Zimbabwe's tobacco selling season was called off for the second time in as many weeks Wednesday after farmers withdrew their crop from the auctions citing low prices.
The auction floors in Harare, ranked among the continent's largest, were supposed to open at 7:30 am (0530 GMT), but after around 80 bales went under the hammer, farmers started ripping off the price tags in protest.
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