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To match feature WATER-TECHNOLOGY
19 Mar 2008
Source: Reuters
 
A labourer works on the Danjiangkou dam, under construction for the middle route of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, in central China's Hubei province in this August 17, 2007 file photo. As liquidity is drained from credit and money markets and pours into oil and gold, another asset class that could offer longer-term returns to the discerning investor is water. To match feature WATER-TECHNOLOGY REUTERS/Stringer/Files (CHINA) CHINA OUT
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A farmer pumps water from a well to water a field on the outskirts of Xiangfan, Hubei province March 27, 2008. China is suffering its worst drought in nearly five years, ...




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