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IN BRIEF: Dam collapse.(News)
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Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
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October 2, 2006
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ABOUT 40 people were feared dead in flooding from a dam collapse in northwest Nigeria. The dam gave out on Saturday after heavy rains apparently overwhelmed the struct...
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