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  • Three Gorges Dam: Landslide Kills More than 30

    The New York Times

    BEIJING, Friday, Nov. 23 — Chinese authorities on Friday confirmed the deaths of about 30 more people from a landslide that struck this week in the Three Gorges Dam region. The news comes as Chinese ...

  • Protests at Stock Exchange of Thailand and MDX Corp

    Bangkok Post

    Environmentalists have called on two SET-listed companies to halt their investments in Burma, saying they only serve to fatten the junta's purse while jeopardising the lives of minority groups.

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  • Chinese Move Into Tasang Dam Project

    The Nation

    ENERGY PROJECTS
    Chinese make move: MDX, Ratchaburi face threat in huge power schemes

    In china's quest for energy security, Chinese companies have penetrated into the power-generating business in Burma and La...

  • Salween on a Precipice

    During a lull in construction preparations, villagers whose ancestral lands face oblivion from a proposed series of dams on the Salween River are eager to make the public aware of the fragile beauty of the riverine system, reports TUNYA SUKPANICH from Mae...
  • Bangladesh Bails on Burmese Energy Projects

    energybangla.com

    Bangladesh Finally Give up the Idea of Importing Electricity from Myanmar

    Bangladesh may finally give up the idea of importing electricity from neighboring Myanmar for reasons of security apart from the hug...

  • Burma's Neighbors Prefer Dams to Confrontation

    Sydney Morning Herald

    THE politics of water has helped the Burmese military ride out an international backlash to its repression of protesting monks, by tempering criticism from two important neighbours, China and Thailand.

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  • Salween Dams Threaten Livelihoods

    enews.mcot.net

    Salween: Regional river in jeopardy

    The Salween River starts in Tibet and flows through China, Myanmar and Thailand. For most of its over 2,800-kilometre route, the international river is of lit...

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