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Could you please have my name dropped from the mailing list.

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> From owner-irn-three-gorges@igc.org  Wed Oct 22 15:56:46 1997
> From: owner-irn-three-gorges@igc.org
> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 12:24:37 -0700 (PDT)
> Message-Id: <199710221924.MAA25217@igc3.igc.apc.org>
> >Date: Tue, 14 Oct 1997 23:11:02 PDT
> To: "undisclosed-recipients:;"@igc.org
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> >        BEIJING, Oct. 15 (UPI) -- China will stem the flow of its
> >longest river in less than one month to make way for construction of the
> >massive Three Gorges Dam.
> >        According to an edict issued today by the ruling State Council,
> >engineers will cut the flow of the mighty Yangtze river on November 8.
> >        All river traffic will be diverted to a nearby navigation canal
> >while tens of thousands of workers struggle against time to complete the
> >world's largest hydroelectric project.
> >        Speaking at a State Council meeting called to discuss the dam,
> >Premier Li Peng (``Lee Pung'') praised the rapid pace of construction
> >and urged engineers to complete the project on time.
> >        Li also noted the multi-billion-dollar effort remains within
> >budget after more than five years of construction.
> >        If completed as scheduled in the year 2009, the Three Gorges Dam
> >will be nearly 600 feet high and have a reservoir stretching 400 miles.
> >        It will also produce 85 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity
> >per year, about one-ninth of the national consumption in the power-
> >hungry nation.
> > ---
> >
> >Organization: Copyright 1997 by United Press International
> >Subject: China prepares to dam Yangtze river
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> Date: Wed, 22 Oct 1997 12:27:37 -0800
> From: patrick@irn.org (Patrick McCully)
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