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Rights Groups Call for China to Halt Construction of Pipeline in Burma

Shwe Gas Movement presented petitions to Chinese embassies around the world, asking China to halt a 980-kilometer pipeline in Burma ...full story at Voice of America

from Voice of America on Wed, Oct 28 2009

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