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Monday, 21 December 2009 00:00 |
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Press Release December 21, 2009
Black day for Burma’s Irrawaddy: junta ministers host Myitsone dam “celebration”
Hundreds of local villagers were forced to greet the Minister of Electric Power and Minister of Energy today at an official “celebration” ceremony to launch the construction of China’s Myitsone dam, which will block the Irrawaddy River for the first time and impact millions living along Burma’s main waterway. |