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With filling stations now selling foodstuffs, this can attract unwanted attention. (photo courtesy of World Highways reader Bogdan Schiteanu).
May 30, 2012 Read time: 1 min
With filling stations now selling foodstuffs, this can attract unwanted attention. (photo courtesy of World Highways reader Bogdan Schiteanu).

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