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Cross-border forest fire in southwest China put out

A forest fire that spread to southwest China's Yunnan Province from neighboring Myanmar was putout Wednesday, local authorities said. About 2,000 soldiers and local residents were still patrolling for fresh outbreaks, a provincial forest fire... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Feb 26 2009

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