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Fog halts 700 cargo ships in China
Beijing, April 30 (IANS) More than 700 cargo ships have been stranded on the Yangtze river in central China due to heavy fog that has shrouded the region for the past two days. The fog began to engulf the area near the Three Gorges Dam in central Hubei province Saturday, and the visibility was reduced to less than 50 metres, Xinhua reported. As of noon Monday, more than 700 ships had been stranded
Beijing, April 30 (IANS) More than 700 cargo ships have been stranded on the Yangtze river in central China due to heavy fog that has shrouded the region for the past two days. The fog began to engulf the area near the Three Gorges Dam in central Hubei province Saturday, and the visibility was reduced to less than 50 metres, Xinhua reported. As of noon Monday, more than 700 ships had been stranded
Workers building big dam in Amazon plan strike
Workers building the huge Belo Monte dam in Brazil's Amazon jungle will go on strike next week, a union official said Friday.
Workers building the huge Belo Monte dam in Brazil's Amazon jungle will go on strike next week, a union official said Friday.
Danger from Three Gorges Dam may force out 100,000
Another 100,000 people may have to move away from China's Three Gorges Dam due to the risk of disastrous landslides and bank collapses around the reservoir of the world's biggest hydroelectric
1st suicide reported at Hoover Dam bypass bridge
The death of a woman who jumped from the Hoover Dam bypass bridge was the first known suicide since the sweeping arch linking Nevada and Arizona opened in October 2010, a federal official said
Nepal Parliament gives go-ahead for Chinese firm's $1.6 bln dam project
Nepal's lawmakers have reportedly given the green signal to a Chinese state-owned company's 1.6 billion dollars hydroelectric-power project.
Nepal's lawmakers have reportedly given the green signal to a Chinese state-owned company's 1.6 billion dollars hydroelectric-power project.
Giant and impractical
The Supreme Court’s startling directive to the Centre to set up a “special committee” to expedite river interlinking, which the Court declared was in the “national
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