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In this Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019 photo, a worker shows a handful of silkworm cocoons used to make silk at Mouhtaridis Silkline manufacturing company in Soufli town, northeastern Greece. Greece's financial crisis nearly snuffed out the country's centuries-old silk manufacturing tradition, but the end of the crippling recession has raised demand for fashion products and silk produced by a remote border town. (AP Photo/Iliana Mier)
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At Kostas Mouhtaridis’ silk factory in Soufli, the non-stop “clunk-click” of the weaving machinery is a loud but welcome sound.
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