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Myanmar, Thailand: Damning the Salween

Written byJose Manuel Tesoro
Posted 3 February 2006 23:56 GMT

Burma Underground talks about a deal between the Thai government and the ruling Myanmar junta to dam the Salween River and displace thousands in ethnic minority states for Thai industrialization.

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