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VOA标准英语2011--Fukushima Plant Operator: Nitrogen Pumpi

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Locals in Uganda are lauding a construction project financed by China which is creating the East African country's largest hydroelectric power plant. The 600-megawatt (MW) Karuma Hydroelectric Power Plant is located at the mid-western district of Kir

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