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Incinerator project goes up in smoke

SHANGHAI: The building of a 300-million-yuan ($48 million) incinerator in Jiangsu province has been stopped after a local protest. More than 1,000 people gathered around the nearly-completed plant on No 318 National Highway in Wujiang, Suzhou in late... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Tue, Nov 03 2009

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