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Brazilian court halts Belo Monte hydro-electric dam project
Source: BBC
15 August 2012 Last updated at 00:56 GMT
Brazilian court halts Belo Monte hydro-electric dam project
A federal court in Brazil has ordered the immediate suspension of work on the huge Belo Monte hydro-electric dam in the Amazon.
The court says local indigenous people have not been properly consulted.
Officials point out that the builders of the dam will be able to appeal against the decision.
Once completed, the 11,000-megawatt dam, in Brazil's Para state, would be the third largest hydro-electric dam in the world
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-19263675
