Chinese authorities to drain swelling lake

Sunday, June 1, 2008

MIANYANG, China -- Chinese authorities prepared on Saturday to drain a swelling lake formed by a devastating earthquake, completing work on a drainage channel to divert water that threatens hundreds of thousands of people downstream.

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