Central Asia's water worries in spotlight
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3192241.stm
Experts meeting in Central Asia are debating water issues amid
controversy over the possibility of catastrophic flooding from a huge
mountain lake located high in the Pamir mountains.
In early August, an expedition by civil defence experts and Russian
mountaineers concluded that an earthquake in nearby Afghanistan could
destroy the natural barrier which holds back Lake Sarez, in
south-eastern Tajikistan.
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