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Water piped from river to fill drought-hit lake

LOCK gates were opened yesterday in eastern China's Shandong Province to send water from the Yellow River to the largest freshwater lake in the northern part of the country, Baiyangdian. The lake has been stricken by continuous drought and has to give... ...full story at Shanghai Daily

from Shanghai Daily on Fri, Jan 25 2008

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