India voices alarm over China’s plans to build world’s largest dam in Tibet
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China’s Tibet Dam Project Has Its Neighbors Worried
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India kicks off a massive Hindu festival touted as the world's largest religious gathering
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Powerful earthquake kills over 100 in Tibet, China's state media say
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