China Announces $14.5B Lake Cleanup

October 27, 2007 By JOE McDONALD, Associated Press Writer

(AP) -- China has announced a multibillion-dollar plan to clean up a severely polluted lake where an algae bloom forced the suspension of water supplies to millions of people this summer.

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