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FILE - In this Jan. 4, 2008 file photo, a river bed is exposed as water levels fall along the Yangtze River near Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. Plans to raise the water level in China's massive Three Gorges dam to full capacity in November 2009 have stalled amid a worsening drought and reports of increased landslide risks. (AP Photo, File) ** CHINA OUT **
By TINI TRAN

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