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Myanmar port faces growing public backlash

<p><a href="http://uk.news.yahoo.com/myanmar-port-faces-growing-public-backlash-064837794.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/VcpZOzevfqDvzu8tJoUAbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_GB/News/AFP/photo_1332311843541-1-0.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Up to about 20,000 people are set to be relocated in the verdant stretch of land along the Andaman coast" align="left" title="Up to about 20,000 people are set to be relocated in the verdant stretch of land along the Andaman coast" border="0" /></a>Public anger is rising in Myanmar over a planned deep-sea port set to displace thousands of villagers, as recent political reforms galvanise grassroots opposition to industrial mega-projects.</p><br clear="all"/>

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