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| China's Tang Weixing seems to have everyone on his side, including Ishida Yoshio...
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| ...while opponent Hong Manki of South Korea rightly looks anxious during the count-up
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| But Hiraoka crept up on the blind side and was a happy man at the winner's press conference
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| And of course he was happy to review his game with Ishida Yoshio, even if he was ticked off for winning it too often!
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| Appearances can be deceptive. Audris Kuras of Lithuania and Kee Soon Tiong of Malayasia
seem to be a classic example of the war of words in our senryu series. But it was just a case of trying to find words in common.
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| Turkey's Kivanc Doganay, left meets Austria's Bernhard Scheid
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| Battle of the ex-inseis: Emil Nijhuis, right, from the Netherlands went on to lose by 1.5 against fellow ex, Pal Balogh of Hungary
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| Another battle of the inseis, Ondrej Silt of the Czech Republic faces Hungary's Pal Balogh
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| Diego Ruiz came dressed in Argentina's colours, ready for the next world cup, that small affair in Berlin
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| Photo of the tournament. Not the technical prize,
maybe, but this image encapsulates the international friendship ethos of the WAGC: North Korea explains to South Korea how to
get things right next time. A rather friendlier table than the infamous one
at Panmunjom, even if one side is a little bit glum after defeat by China.
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