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Drought hits Brazil

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-12-04 22:04
Drought hits Brazil

Brazilian fishermen pull a dead caiman from Dos Reis Lake that forms part of the Amazon River system near Manaus, December 3, 2009. After a near-record rainy season earlier this year, the level of the Amazon Basin's rivers has dropped to one of the lowest levels in the past century.[Agencies]
Drought hits Brazil