"Work on disputed Tigris dam to resume - Turkey
01 Jul 2009 10:27:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Turkey says work on disputed dam could start next week
* Dam would flood more than 80 villages in the southeast
* Critics say project would bury sites in ancient town
ANKARA, July 1 (Reuters) - Turkey vowed on Wednesday to resume work to build a disputed 1.2 billion euro dam on the Tigris river in its impoverished south-east and said suspension ordered by foreign backers would be lifted."
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