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A screen at the Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney shows a graph illustrating the drop in share prices Friday, August 10, 2007. The Australian Securities Exchange main gauge, the S&P ASX 200 Index, dropped as much as 2.7 per cent this morning, or more than 170 points to a low of 5994.4, and was down 2.5 per cent to 6009.1 at 10.20 a.m. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)