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(ATTN: ADDS more info from para 4)SEOUL, May 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's consumer prices rose at the fastest pace in 21 months in April, driven by soaring fuel costs, government data showed Wednesday.Consumer prices, a key gauge of inflation, increased 2.6 percent from a year earlier last month, acc