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Brazil ruling stalls Amazon dam

2012-06-01 112 Dailymotion

A Brazillian court has suspended plans to construct the world's third largest dam in the Amazon rainforest.<br /><br />Indigenous groups say the project will destroy big parts of the rainforest and displace up to 20,000 of people.<br /><br />Their cause has attracted the support of environmentalists and Hollywood celebrities, including James Cameron, the director of the highly acclaimed film "The Avatar".<br /><br />Al Jazeera's Monica Villamizar reports.<br /><br />[April 16, 2010]

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