A man stands in flood waters as fire burns down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina September 6, 2005. The toxic brew of chemicals and human waste in the New Orleans floodwaters will have to be pumped into the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain, raising the specter of an environmental disaster on the heels of Hurricane Katrina, experts say. Pictures of the Year 2005 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE 

A man watches a fire burn down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A man stands in flood waters as a fire burns down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans September 6, 2005 during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The toxic brew of chemicals and human waste in the New Orleans floodwaters will have to be pumped into the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain, raising the specter of an environmental disaster on the heels of Hurricane Katrina, experts say. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

A man watches a fire burn down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. A man stands in flood waters as a fire burns down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans September 6, 2005 during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The toxic brew of chemicals and human waste in the New Orleans floodwaters will have to be pumped into the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain, raising the specter of an environmental disaster on the heels of Hurricane Katrina, experts say. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton 

A man stands in flood waters as fire burns down a home in the seventh ward of New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina September 6, 2005. The toxic brew of chemicals and human waste in the New Orleans floodwaters will have to be pumped into the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain, raising the specter of an environmental disaster on the heels of Hurricane Katrina, experts say. Pictures of the Year 2005 REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton FOR BEST QUALITY ALSO SEE: GF1DVGBGQPAA 

A New Orleans fireman helps evacuate a man out of flood waters as a home burns in the seventh ward of New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina August 6, 2005. The toxic brew of chemicals and human waste in the New Orleans floodwaters will have to be pumped into the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain, raising the specter of an environmental disaster on the heels of Hurricane Katrina, experts say. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton SS/CN 

A man makes his way out of flood waters as a home burns in the seventh ward of New Orleans during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina September 6, 2005. The toxic brew of chemicals and human waste in the New Orleans floodwaters will have to be pumped into the Mississippi River or Lake Pontchartrain, raising the specter of an environmental disaster on the heels of Hurricane Katrina, experts say. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
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Volker Rothbauer polishes his 'BrauEule' home brewing kit in the southern German village of Bayrischzell, some 80km (50 miles) south of Munich September 30, 2004. Rothbauer, a 33 year-old food technologist, developed the device which sells for 1,790 euros, to allow beer lovers to produce different varieties of traditional German beer at home. The 'BrauEule' (Brewing Owl) lets users brew either Weizen beer (wheat beer) in seven days and Lager beer after a longer brewing period of 30 days. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle REUTERS MR/JOH/AA 

Volker Rothbauer is reflected at his 'BrauEule' home brewing kit in the southern German village of Bayrischzell, some 80km (50 miles) south of Munich September 30, 2004. Rothbauer, a 33 year-old food technologist, developed the device which sells for 1,790 euros, to allow beer lovers to produce different varieties of traditional German beer at home. The 'BrauEule' (Brewing Owl) lets users brew either Weizen beer (wheat beer) in seven days and Lager beer after a longer brewing period of 30 days. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle MR/JOH/AA 

Volker Rothbauer is reflected at his 'BrauEule' home brewing kit in the southern German village of Bayrischzell, some 80km (50 miles) south of Munich September 30, 2004. Rothbauer, a 33 year-old food technologist, developed the device which sells for 1,790 euros, to allow beer lovers to produce different varieties of traditional German beer at home. The 'BrauEule' (Brewing Owl) lets users brew either Weizen beer (wheat beer) in seven days and Lager beer after a longer brewing period of 30 days. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle MR/JOH/ABP 

A Pakistani policeman displays bottles of poisonous alcohol seized during raids in the central city of Multan September 5, 2004. A toxic batch of home brew alcohol has killed 31 people in several towns in central Pakistan, police and hospital officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer ZH/LA 

Relatives and friends mourn the death of loved ones after toxic home-brew kills 31 people in several towns in central Pakistan. ATTENTION EDITORS-VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY 

A relative mourns death of loved one after toxic home-brew kills 31 people in several towns in central Pakistan. ATTENTION EDITORS-VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY 

A relative mourns death of loved one after toxic home-brew kills 31 people in several towns in central Pakistan. A relative mourns the death of a loved one in the central city of Multan September 5, 2004. A toxic batch of home-brewed alcohol has killed 31 people in several towns in central Pakistan, police and hospital officials said on Sunday. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer 

Relatives mourn death of loved one after toxic home-brew kills 31 people in several towns in central Pakistan. ATTENTION EDITORS-VISUALS COVERAGE OF SCENES OF DEATH AND INJURY 

A worker checks bottles of Tsingtao beer on the production line of Tsingtao plant in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong province August 16, 2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao Beer, opened on Friday the "13th Qingdao International Beer Festival", showcasing famous breweries from all over the world. Founded by German settlers 100 years ago and once a brew reserved for party cadres in the 1980s, Tsingtao now leads a market that is the world's second-largest after the [United States] by volume. 

A Chinese worker stands near a production line of Tsingtao beer bottles at its original plant in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong province, August 16,2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao Beer, opened on Friday the "13th Qingdao International Beer Festival", showcasing famous breweries from all over the world. Founded by German settlers 100 years ago and once a brew reserved for party cadres in the 1980s, Tsingtao now leads a market that is the world's second-largest after the [United States] by volume, but still growing at six percent a year. 

A worker checks bottles of Tsingtao beer on the production line of
Tsingtao plant in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong
province August 16, 2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao
Beer, opened on Friday the "13th Qingdao International Beer Festival",
showcasing famous breweries from all over the world. Founded by German
settlers 100 years ago and once a brew reserved for party cadres in the
1980s, Tsingtao now leads a market that is the world's second-largest
after the United States by volume. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

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A worker checks bottles of Tsingtao beer on the production line of
Tsingtao plant in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong
province August 16, 2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao
Beer, opened on Friday the "13th Qingdao International Beer Festival",
showcasing famous breweries from all over the world. Founded by German
settlers 100 years ago and once a brew reserved for party cadres in the
1980s, Tsingtao now leads a market that is the world's second-largest
after the United States by volume. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

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A Chinese worker stands near a production line of Tsingtao beer bottles
at its original plant in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong
province, August 16,2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao
Beer, opened on Friday the "13th Qingdao International Beer Festival",
showcasing famous breweries from all over the world. Founded by German
settlers 100 years ago and once a brew reserved for party cadres in the
1980s, Tsingtao now leads a market that is the world's second-largest
after the United States by volume, but still growing at six percent a
year. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

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Chinese workers watch the production line of Tsingtao beer cans at its
original plant in China's eastern port city of Qingdao, Shandong
province, August 16,2003. Qingdao, the home of world famous Tsingtao
Beer, opened on Friday the "13th Qingdao International Beer Festival",
showcasing famous breweries from all over the world. Founded by German
settlers 100 years ago and once a brew reserved for party cadres in the
1980s, Tsingtao now leads a market that is the world's second-largest
after the United States by volume, but still growing at six percent a
year. REUTERS/Claro Cortes IV

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A customer laden with home-brewing kits arrives March 23, 2001, to stock up on supplies at a suburban Sydney store advertising its beers at 40 Australian cents (20 U.S. cents) apiece. Sales of home brew kits have risen 55 percent since the introduction of a 10 percent goods and consumption tax nine months ago, with beer-loving Australians turning their garages into home breweries in record numbers after hotel beer prices jumped following the introduction of the tax. The Australian Hotels Association saying there has been a sharp decline in over the counter beer sales the price hike.

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A Chinese peasant sells wine brewed from home-grown sorghum in her backyard in the village of Hanlu on the outskirts of Chongqing, Sichuan province, December 6, 2000. She sell the wine, which is popular among peasants in neighbouring villages, for 3.6 yuan ($0.4) a kilogram to subsidise the family's meagre income. Low-income Chinese struggle to cope with the rising cost of living in the country even as the authorities are reducing the state's economic assistance.

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A Chinese peasant sells wine brewed from home-grown sorghum in her backyard in the village of Hanlu on the outskirts of Chongqing, Sichuan province, December 6, 2000. She sell the wine, which is popular among peasants in neighbouring villages, for 3.6 yuan ($0.4) a kilogram to subsidise the family's meagre income. Low-income Chinese struggle to cope with the rising cost of living in the country even as the authorities are reducing the state's economic assistance. 

The operator of an illegal distillery stirs his brew in Kibera slum within Nairobi November 23, 2000. The Kenya government pledged to crack down on the sale of home-brewed "moonshine" in Kenya following the deaths of over 150 people last week, but the alcohol was still freely available on Thursday. 

The operator of an illegal distillery stirs his brew in Kibera slum within Nairobi November 23, 2000. The Kenya government pledged to crack down on the sale of home-brewed "moonshine" in Kenya following the deaths of over 150 people last week, but the alcohol was still freely available on Thursday.

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Ania Seliava, 9, a tourist from Israel, looks at the equipment of an illegal home-brew vodka factory in the dense forest of Naliboki national park (reserve) near the Belarussian village of Bakshty, July 16. The average wage of a provincial Belarussian is about $10 per month, so many turn to producing home-brew to use as currency for barter as well as for consumption.

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Grave diggers continue their work in burying the dozens of people who died from drinking poisonous home-brewed liquor at Narsingdi, 80 kilometres from Dhaka May 9. The death toll from Friday night's drinking session has already passed 100 and doctors say it could reach 150.

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Villagers in Narsingdi, 80 km (50 miles) from Dhaka, prepare bodies for a funeral after at least 91 died from drinking lethal home-brewed alcohol May 9. Police and doctors say the death toll may rise further as scores of liquor victims are struggling for their lives.

AN/JIR 

A woman wails as she cradles her son on her lap after the death of her husband who died from drinking bootleg liquor at Narsingdi, 80 km (50 miles) from Dhaka May 9. At least 91 people have died after they gulped the poisonous home-brewed alcohol on Friday night.

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Relatives of the victims who died from drinking illegally home-brewed liquor wail outside Bangladesh's Dhaka Medical College Hospital May 8. At least 40 people died and several others fell ill after drinking the liquor in Narshingdi, 80 kilometres (50 miles) northeast of Dhaka May 6. Doctors at the hospitals said many more were still in critical condition and the death toll might rise.

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Wu Wei of Beijing receives encouragement from a young child as he carries an oversized promotional plastic beer bottle during preparations for a beer festival July 30. The sixth Beijing International Beer Festival will be held in the city's National Olympic Sports Centre for the next ten days where, organisers say, dozens of brewers from home and abroad will exhibit their brews and famous brand beers.

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