Construction crews finished the main wall of the world’s largest hydroelectic dam on Saturday, Xinhua News Agency reported. After 13 years of construction, the structure of the 185-meter-high (607 feet), 2,309-meter-long (1.4-mile-long) dam across the Yangtze River was completed at around 2 pm on Saturday.
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International NGO letter to Thailand’s Prime Minister, May 19, 2000
(May 19, 2000) We write to express our support for the members of the Assembly of the Poor who are currently occupying the crest of Pak Mun dam and the fish ladder. They are demanding that the Thai Government and the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand open the dam gates to allow the fish to migrate up the Mun from the Mekong to breed as they did in former times. We wholeheartedly support the villager s efforts to recover their lost livelihood and restore the ecology of the Mun River.
‘I think the EDC should be shut down’: Q&A
(May 19, 2000) Paul McKay discusses the EDC with Patricia Adams, Executive Director of Probe International.
Liberals plan watchdog for EDC
(May 19, 2000) The government is looking at establishing an ombudsman for the Export Development Corporation as part of an effort to improve the much-criticized Crown corporation’s "accountability, compliance and access to information."
‘I think the EDC should be shut down’: Q&A
(May 19, 2000) Paul McKay discusses the EDC with Patricia Adams, Executive Director of Probe International.
It was lunacy to dam the Moon
(May 18, 2000) When villagers started their protest against the Pak Moon dam 12 years ago, few realised the power of little people’s tenacity.
Construction costs of Three Gorges Dam returned within 10 years
The Three Gorges project will have earned enough revenue to have paid its construction costs less than a decade after coming into full operation, the project’s chief accountant says.
Liberals deny EDC boss in conflict
(May 16, 2000) Members of the official Opposition made EDC chairman Patrick Lavelle the focus of their opening queries yesterday in question period. A long-time Liberal and self-confessed patronage appointee, Mr. Lavelle is a personal friend and political confidant of Prime Minister Jean Chretien.
O.J. lawyer to defend dictator’s family over stolen $8B
(May 15, 2000) Johnnie Cochran, who became one of the United State’s richest and most famous lawyers when he defended O.J. Simpson, has been hired by the relatives of a Nigerian dictator to halt the recovery of billions of dollars stolen from the government.
The destructive reign of Africa’s vampire elite
(May 15, 2000) The absolute terror engulfing the West African state of Sierra Leone is a grim reminder of the chaos and widespread bloodshed frequently erupting on that violence-plagued continent.
The Pak Mool [Mun] dam is worse than useless
(May 15, 2000) Let’s admit it. The Pak Mool dam is one of Thailand’s worst mistakes. The hydroelectric project not only falls short of expectations on economic gains, but also generates economic losses for thousands of fishing families in the Mool river basin.
Does India need big dams?
(May 15, 2000) Debate: Does India need big dams? B.G. Verghese (for) and Sanjay Sangvai (against) big dams.
Take my loan, please
(May 15, 2000) Canadian policy-makers have a curious tendency to think hybrid public-private organizations offer the best of all possible worlds: the efficiency of the private sector and the financial muscle of government working smoothly to further the public interest.
A tale of two export banks
(May 14, 2000) The U.S. Export-Import Bank posts details of its transactions on behalf of American companies on the Web for the entire world to see. Its Canadian counterpart, however, conducts its business behind closed doors.
Liberal donors get billions in EDC help
(May 13, 2000) Many of the Liberal party’s biggest corporate donors have collectively received billions in financial assistance from the taxpayer-backed Export Development Corp. — on whose board Liberal appointees of Prime Minister Jean Chretien form the powerful nucleus.
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