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In this Wednesday May 25, 2011, photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, a farmer squats in a dried-up pool in Huangpi district of Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. China's worst drought in a half-century is deepening, with the parched conditions that have left millions in the Yangtze River region without enough drinking water pushing inflation higher and adding to widespread power shortages. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zheng Feng) NO SALES