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Landslides 'a threat' at Three Gorges Dam

GEOLOGICAL disasters in the Three Gorges Dam area have been brought under control but disturbances such as landslides may still happen, Wang Xiaofeng, director of the Office of the Three Gorges Project Committee of the State Council, said yesterday. As... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Tue, Nov 27 2007

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