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Buy Me a River

Posted August 12, 2007



The Tigris River (right), is one of 13 rivers in Turkey up for sale under a new privatization plan expected to boost infrastructure and net $3.1 billion in profits. Similar plans around the world are pushing forward, though not without opposition.


Photo: Charles Roffey