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Myanmar’s Myitsone Dam: Far From Dead
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Nov 08, 2013
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Back in September 2011 when President Thein Sein issued a decree ordering that construction of the Myitsone dam “be suspended in the time of our government,” the announcement was met with widespread applause both internationally and at home.

The ambitious project, which would involve building a 152-meter-tall hydroelectric dam at the confluence of the tw…

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