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False eyelashes

A woman picks up a box of fake eyelashes at a stall in the Ximending shopping district of Taipei May 24, 2013. Taiwan lowered its 2013 economic growth outlook to 2.4 percent from a preliminary forecast of 3.59 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN – Tags: BUSINESS) – GM1E95O1A8P01
A woman picks up a box of fake eyelashes at a stall in the Ximending shopping district of Taipei May 24, 2013. Taiwan lowered its 2013 economic growth outlook to 2.4 percent from a preliminary forecast of 3.59 percent, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday. REUTERS/Pichi Chuang (TAIWAN – Tags: BUSINESS) – GM1E95O1A8P01
Image: Reuters/Pichi Chuang
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